{"id":6333,"date":"2026-02-04T18:56:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T18:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6333"},"modified":"2026-02-04T18:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T18:56:35","slug":"xrp-price-risks-drop-below-1-50-amid-crypto-market-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6333","title":{"rendered":"XRP price risks drop below $1.50 amid crypto market crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-site=\"CoinJournal\">\n<div class=\"-mt-16  mb-8  lg:-mt-20  rounded-md  shadow-md\">\n<div class=\"relative  z-10  post-article-image  rounded  overflow-hidden\" data-site=\"CoinJournal\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2025\/09\/image-17-smartcrop-750x375.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 750px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2025\/09\/image-17-smartcrop-363x181.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2025\/09\/image-17-smartcrop-750x375.webp\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 750px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2025\/09\/image-17-smartcrop-363x181.webp\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-17.webp\" alt=\"XRP Price\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"\/>\n<\/picture>                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Ripple\u2019s XRP dropped nearly 5% in 24 hours and 20% in the past week.<\/li>\n<li>Bitcoin\u2019s dip to $72,900 saw XRP come close to breaking below $1.50.<\/li>\n<li>XRP saw over $19 million in ETF inflows on February 3, 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>XRP has fallen sharply, shedding about 20% over the past week to trade near the critical $1.50 level.<\/p>\n<p>The Ripple cryptocurrency, which has declined by about 5% over the past 24 hours amid a broader crypto market downturn, risks dipping below a key level despite witnessing a fresh uptick in exchange-traded fund inflows.<\/p>\n<p>Overall bearish pressure has led the cryptocurrency market cap to drop to $2.66 trillion, with the crash on \u201cBlack Sunday II\u201d having plummeted Bitcoin to under $73,000 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, top altcoins such as Ethereum, BNB, and Solana have also sold off significantly.<\/p>\n<p>ETH, SOL and BNB dropped to $2,100, $91 and $727 respectively on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Key triggers include President Trump\u2019s tariff threats, panic sell-offs amid\u00a0 a risk asset dip, and negative reaction to Federal Reserve policy fears and the recent nomination of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair.<\/p>\n<p>Institutional ETF inflows have failed to stem the downside action.<\/p>\n<h2>XRP price slips towards $1.50<\/h2>\n<p>XRP\u2019s slide to near $1.53 across major exchanges amid risk-off sentiment means that another slip could push prices lower.<\/p>\n<p>Data shows Ripple futures open interest currently averages $2.53 billion, and aligns with the shrinking retail demand and trader caution.<\/p>\n<p>Per CoinGlass data, OI has shrunk from over $8.3 billion on October 10, when a bloodbath pushed XRP price from above $2.80 to under $2.30.<\/p>\n<p>Sellers have since seen prices hit lows under $1.55, with the downside accelerating since January 6, 2026, when prices retested the $2.30 level.<\/p>\n<p>A dip in OI points to a sustained decline in retail interest, which has previously impacted bulls.<\/p>\n<p>The trend holds despite digital asset investment products, including spot XRP ETFs, seeing notable cumulative inflows over the past week.<\/p>\n<p>Spot XRP ETFs also attracted net inflows on Tuesday, with about $19.4 million in net inflows.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s next for the Ripple (XRP) price?<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s drop to $72.8,000 exacerbates the bearish outlook, despite the swift bounce as investors reacted to developments that prevented a US government shutdown. However, bears are still in control.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_360393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-360393\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-source=\"CoinJournal\" class=\"size-full wp-image-360393\" src=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/xrp-price-daily-chart.png\" alt=\"XRP Price Chart\" width=\"1057\" height=\"609\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-360393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">XRP price chart by TradingView<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>XRP has lost over 33% in the past month, hitting $1.53 on February 4 and extending declines from January highs around $2.35.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts say $1.53-$1.50 is a potential key reload zone, but buyers must absorb the likely pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Bearish risks persist amid macro caution, and another leg down might potentially see sellers test lows of $1.25. However, the upside amid a bullish divergence has $1.59 as a key pivot towards $2.00.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-meta\">\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Share this article<\/h6>\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Categories<\/h6>\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Tags<\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Markets,XRP#XRP #price #risks #drop #crypto #market #crash1770231395<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ripple\u2019s XRP dropped nearly 5% in 24 hours and 20% in the past week. Bitcoin\u2019s dip to $72,900 saw XRP come close to breaking below $1.50. XRP saw over $19 million in ETF inflows on February 3, 2026. XRP has fallen sharply, shedding about 20% over the past week to trade near the critical $1.50<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6333","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eurozone"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>XRP price risks drop below $1.50 amid crypto market crash - Crypto News: Latest Cryptocurrency News and Analysis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"XRP price dived to lows of $1.53 as Bitcoin crashed under $73,000, and bulls now risk another sell-off to under $1.50\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6333\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"XRP price risks drop below $1.50 amid crypto market crash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"XRP price dived to lows of $1.53 as Bitcoin crashed under $73,000, and bulls now risk another sell-off to under $1.50\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6333\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Crypto News: Latest Cryptocurrency News and Analysis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-04T18:56:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-17.webp.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1152\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\u884c\u653f\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u884c\u653f\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6333\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6333\",\"name\":\"XRP price risks drop below $1.50 amid crypto market crash - Crypto News: Latest Cryptocurrency News and Analysis\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6333#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6333#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-17.webp.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-04T18:56:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/822778c5844e0d16d43dce6630f4f1bf\"},\"description\":\"XRP price dived to lows of $1.53 as Bitcoin crashed under $73,000, and bulls now risk another sell-off to under $1.50\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6333#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6333\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6333#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-17.webp.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-17.webp.webp\",\"width\":1152,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6333#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"XRP price risks drop below $1.50 amid crypto market crash\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/\",\"name\":\"Crypto News: Latest Cryptocurrency News and Analysis\",\"description\":\"Latest Crypto &amp; 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