XRP Price Rally to $1.5 Cools Off: Experts Predict Where It Will Go Next

Ripple XRP trades at $1.43 today (August 26), down -3.3% over the last 24 hours, according to CoinGecko data. That’s a modest pullback compared to the near-43% weekly surge that pushed the token into overbought territory.

The move capped off one of XRP’s strongest weekly performances among large-cap tokens, with CoinStats putting the token near $1.4419 before the latest dip. CoinMarketCap’s technical desk flagged XRP’s Relative Strength Index near 87, firmly overbought, while noting the token is holding its 23.6% Fibonacci retracement at $1.52 as initial support after the run-up.

Derivatives desks are watching a large Wintermute short position that only pays off if XRP collapses toward $10, a bet that says more about long-dated skepticism than near-term direction.

Zoom out and the setup looks less like a fresh breakout and more like an attempted escape from a months-long range. XRP spent much of the summer defending $1.00 as a psychological floor, yet repeatedly failed to clear resistance near $1.18–$1.20. Whether this rally has legs likely comes down to the weekly close.

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