XRP price tests $1.33 as ETF pipeline meets broad crypto selloff

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XRP price tests $1.33

Highlights

XRP traded near $1.33 on Friday and was down about 2.5% to 3% over 24 hours.
The $1.30 zone is back in focus while the first rebound band sits above $1.36.
The Ripple SEC case is closed, while XRP fund filings and products remain part of the asset story.

XRP is no longer in a clean slide, but the tape still looks heavy. Price has backed away from the $1.40 area seen earlier this week and is now spending more time near support than near breakout territory, which usually tells you the market is still trading from caution rather than conviction.

Around here, $1.30 matters because it is the nearest level that could attract dip buyers without forcing a bigger technical reset. A retreat from that region would keep the recent bounce looking like a retracement inside a broader range, while a daily close below it would open room for a deeper test into lower March support.

On the upside of things, the first task for bulls in the XRP market is less dramatic than it sounds: get the token back through the mid $1.30 zone and then see whether $1.40 starts acting like a gateway instead of a ceiling. Until that happens, every rebound risks looking more like short covering than fresh momentum.

XRP price dynamics (February 2026-March 2026). Source: TradingView.

A cleaner legal backdrop meets a harder market

One reason XRP still draws attention on weak days is that the old court narrative is largely behind it. The SEC announced on Aug. 7, 2025 that both sides dismissed their appeals, ending that phase of the Ripple case and leaving the earlier court rulings in place.

That shift has given product development more room to matter. The Franklin XRP ETF disclosed that operations began on Nov. 24, 2025, and filings tied to other XRP exchange traded products remain active, which keeps institutional access in the conversation even when spot price is not cooperating.

Still, Friday was not really a token specific session. Bitcoin was down more than 5% on live pricing, Ethereum was off roughly 4.5% to 5%, and XRP was dragged into the same risk reduction flow that has been weighing on large cap crypto into the end of the week.

What the next push could look like

The constructive path from here is straightforward enough. If XRP stabilizes above $1.30 and broader crypto stops bleeding, the market could start leaning back into the $1.36 to $1.40 band, and repeated pressure there would improve the odds of a more convincing upside extension.

The weaker scenario is not catastrophic, just less forgiving. If risk appetite keeps thinning out and XRP loses the low $1.30 area, traders may start treating recent ETF progress and legal clarity as secondary for now, with price forced to search lower before demand becomes visible again.

XRP is trading in a very different environment from the one that defined most of the SEC era, with litigation no longer dominating every move. What the market is trying to decide now is whether that improved backdrop can outweigh a broader crypto tape that still looks fragile.

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