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XRP Price Prediction: Ripple Faces Strongest Derivatives Selling Pressure

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August 28, 2026

XRP price is having a more complicated prediction than that single red number suggests. Beneath the surface, derivatives desks are running the most aggressive selling program of 2026, and yet leverage keeps piling in.

Binance net taker volume dropped to -$96 million, the strongest aggressive sell push reported this year. Open interest on the same exchange still climbed roughly 14.8%, meaning fresh positions kept entering a market where sellers held the upper hand.

A 90-day taker cumulative volume delta reading also flagged “sell dominance,” reinforcing the bearish tilt already visible in taker flow. This is an unusual setup, falling taker volume paired with rising open interest doesn’t happen when a market is simply losing interest. It happens when new money arrives and picks a side, and right now that side is short.

The question is whether XRP’s two-week rally has enough structural support left to absorb another wave of selling.

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XRP Price Prediction: Can Ripple Token Hit $1.50 This Week?

XRP trades at the $1.40 level after a 24-hour swing between $1.40 and $1.46, a range that itself signals the tug-of-war between profit-taking and dip-buying.

Futures open interest sits near $3.46 billion, down about $30.17 million in 24 hours, a modest cooling rather than a full unwind. Roughly $20 million in leveraged longs were reportedly liquidated during the pullback, confirming forced deleveraging rather than pure spot rotation.

Immediate support sits at $1.41, then $1.39, with a firmer floor near $1.37–$1.38. Resistance clusters at $1.46–$1.49, and the real test is the $1.50–$1.55 supply zone that has capped rallies before.

The best scenario will materialize if XRP can hold $1.41 and then reclaim $1.46 that could open a path toward $1.50, with stretch targets near $1.80–$2.00 if that supply zone breaks.

The most likely scenario is a choppy consolidation between $1.39 and $1.49 while derivatives positioning resets. But a break below $1.37 invalidates the rebound structure and exposes $1.34.

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Bitcoin Hyper Targets Early Mover Upside as XRP Tests Key Levels

Getting XRP back to prior highs now requires grinding through a wall of aggressive sellers, not exactly the setup that rewards patience.

Traders who bought the rally are underwater on sentiment, even if not yet on price, and that’s pushing some capital toward earlier-stage plays where the entry point isn’t fighting a $3.46 billion open-interest overhang.

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The presale has raised $33 million at a token price of just $0.0136853, with staking rewards already live at a high 35% APY only for presale buyers. Its Decentralized Canonical Bridge targets one of Bitcoin’s oldest complaints: no programmability, no smart contracts, no speed.

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