Whales Pile Into XRP: 380 Million Coins Defend $1 Psychological Floor
While XRPs price remains stuck in place, wearing down retail investors nerves, major players have pulled off a stealth maneuver. In just one week, they snapped up more than 380 million XRP, increasing their combined balance to 8.13 billion coins. Data from Santiment confirms that whales are literally building a wall of money to keep the price from falling below the key $1 mark. Big money is clearly acting ahead of the curve after spotting a strong trigger on the charts, as analyst Ali Martinez pointed out that XRP has formed a rare buy signal from the Tom DeMark (TD) Sequential indicator on the monthly timeframe. This pattern is a rare sight, but it has been surprisingly accurate. Over the past six years, it predicted two of XRPs biggest rallies: a 1,074% surge in April 2020 and a 973% increase in August 2022. When the indicator produced a sell signal in April 2025, traders exited in time before a 57% collapse. The current whale buying proves that they are betting on history repeating itself. XRP supply squeeze meets regulatory gridlock at $1.06 However, buyers will have to dismantle a real barricade before XRP can fully take off. The main battle will unfold at $1.06, as blockchain