XRP Falls Sharply as Traders Brace for Deeper Crypto Sell-Off

Bitcoin price fell below $63K as Iran tensions, ETF outflows and $1.1B liquidations pushed BTC near key support between $60K and $54K.

Ethereum prices have tanked to their lowest levels for more than a year as the crypto exodus continues.

Evernorth says daily activity on the XRP Ledger has climbed to nearly 3 million transactions, up from about 1 million in mid-2025, and the firm is now pointing to banks and other financial companies as the next source of demand. Real Banks Are Moving In According to the XRP-focused treasury company, some of the busiest names on the network over the past year include Bitstamp, Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin, and Braza Bank. The firm says that kind of traffic shows more than trader interest, with real financial activity taking place on the ledger. Related Reading: XRP Dips In The Short Run, But A Bigger Setup May Be Forming: Analyst Asheesh Birla, Evernorth’s chief executive, has argued that XRP’s long-term value will come from banks and businesses using it as working capital rather than treating it as a coin to trade. He has also said the gap between adoption and price remains wide, even as usage and tokenization continue to set records. Birla has pointed to macro pressure, geopolitical tens

Bitcoin’s futures market is flashing a warning that analysts say could mean more pain ahead. Open interest climbed to roughly 288,000 BTC even as prices fell, with funding rates holding positive at 0.083% — a sign that bullish bets remain in place despite the selloff, leaving the market exposed to another wave of forced liquidations. Related Reading: XRP Dips In The Short Run, But A Bigger Setup May Be Forming: Analyst Bitcoin Liquidations Hit Hardest Since February About $672 million in Bitcoin positions were wiped out in 24 hours ending June 2, the largest single-day wipeout since February 5. That came as Bitcoin slipped below $67,000, dragging short-term holders — those who bought recently — into the red at a pace not seen since early in the year. On Binance alone, short-term holder losses hit -16,400 BTC on June 2. Across all exchanges, that figure reached -38,700 BTC, down slightly from -41,300 BTC recorded on May 28. Data shows these are buyers from recent months who are now exit

XRP price extended losses and traded below $1.20. The price is now consolidating losses and faces hurdles near $1.1920 and $1.1950. XRP price started another decline and traded below the $1.20 zone. The price is now trading below $1.20 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $1.1950 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair could continue to move down if it stays below $1.20. XRP Price Nosedives Below $1.20 XRP price failed to stay above $1.20 and extended its decline, like Bitcoin and Ethereum. The price declined below $1.1950 and $1.1920 to enter a short-term bearish zone. The price even extended losses below $1.180. A low was formed at $1.1401, and the price is now consolidating losses well below the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $1.3640 swing high to the $1.1401 low. The price is now trading below $1.1920 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. If there is a fr

The sell-off by high-conviction Bitcoin holders may indicate a late-stage bear market, signaling potential shifts in market dynamics and investor sentiment. The post Bitcoin’s high-conviction holders sell $2.4B as price falls below $70K for first time since April appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Data shows the sentiment in the cryptocurrency sector has plummeted deep into extreme fear as Bitcoin and other assets have crashed. Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index Has Dropped To A Low Of 11 The “Fear & Greed Index” refers to an indicator created by Alternative that tells us about the average sentiment present among traders in the Bitcoin and wider cryptocurrency markets. Related Reading: XRP Breaks Below Triangle—Will Drawdown Extend To $1.14? The index uses a numerical scale running from zero to hundred for representing the investor mentality. All values on this scale above 53 correspond to a sentiment of greed, while those below 47 to one of fear. The metric being between these two cutoffs naturally suggests a net neutral mentality. Besides these three main zones, there are two extreme regions called the extreme fear (25 and under) and extreme greed (above 75). Currently, the market is in the former of these two zones. As is visible above, the Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index has a value of 1

Bitcoin hovered under the $63,000 mark late June 3 after a steep selloff erased more than $1.2 billion in leveraged crypto positions during the past 24 hours. Data from Coinglass shows total liquidations reached approximately $1.12 billion over the last day, with long traders absorbing the overwhelming majority of the damage. Nearly $949 million in […]