A recent technical review of the futures market highlights significant liquidity on both sides of the market. According to CryptoQuant, Binance traders are engaged in a high-stakes battle, with both short-sellers and bulls facing continuous liquidations.
Derivatives liquidity, which overshadows the spot market, is highly sensitive around the $1.43 to $1.60 range, making drastic XRP price movements susceptible to cascading liquidations within this zone.
On the previous day, Binance’s exchange reserves decreased to 2.62 billion XRP as the price retreated to $1.43, marking a 3.17% drop. Following last week’s 55% XRP price spike, long liquidations surged by 31.8% ($4.66 million) and short liquidations increased by 61.6% ($1.13 million), clearing leverage on both sides.
Bulls vs. Bears: Current Market Dynamics
In the past 24 hours, $13.37 million in excessive leverage was liquidated. Although bulls accounted for the majority with $7.37 million during the pullback, XRP short-sellers also faced a substantial loss of $6 million. According to CoinGlass data, the long-to-short ratio stands at 0.9666, indicating a slight leaning toward the bearish side.
Open Interest (OI) has surged toward $3.55 billion, while XRP’s major bullish test remains at the $1.50 mark. If the price maintains the $1.45 support cluster on the daily timeframe, the likelihood of heavy bearish liquidations increases: the OI-weighted funding rate is already reaching extremely high levels, indicating that short-sellers are paying for the bulls’ leveraged positions.
With the Open Interest (OI) funding rate reaching quarterly highs, XRP’s attempt to break the $1.50 resistance line now heavily depends on the $1.51 to $1.55 resistance block, provided the $1.36 support level holds. According to Chart Nerd’s latest technical XRP price analysis, the analyst insists on a $1.80 to $1.94 target if this setup is maintained on the daily timeframe.
