XRP Sentiment Turns Bullish, But What’s Stopping the Bullish?
XRP (year)XRP) sentiment on social media has increased significantly over the past few days, but resistance at $1.40 has strengthened the price.
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XRP's social media sentiment has risen 240% to a two-year high in the past 30 days. XRP's price recovery may face resistance at $1.40, a longer consolidation may occur.
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XRP sentiment jumped on integration with Rakuten Pay
News of XRP's integration with Japanese payment platform Rakuten Wallet has sparked renewed optimism among investors.
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This integration allows Rakuten's more than 44 million users to convert their loyalty points (worth more than $23 billion) directly into XRP, trade through the app, and spend at more than 5 million merchant locations through the Rakuten Pay app.
This “marks one of the largest retail deployments of $XRP to date,” linking loyalty programs, payments and crypto utility in a major global economy, he told XPost on Thursday.
XRP will be integrated with Rakuten Pay. Source: Ripple
As a result, XRP has seen the 2nd highest buzz trend on social media in the last 2 years, Santiment. he said. In a post on Thursday, X.
The Sentiment Positive/Negative Sentiment Indicator, which measures the ratio of positive to negative social media mentions for the cryptocurrency, shows that XRP has a score of 3.9, levels seen in early 2024.
This was more than 240% higher than the 1.135 value recorded on March 29, following a 20% price drop in two weeks.
“Traders are excited as XRP continues to see increased adoption,” said the OnChain data provider.
As with prices, these events don't immediately lead to price spikes, usually after the initial wave of euphoria and FOMO has calmed down.
XRP Positive/Negative Sentiment Gauge. Source: Santiment
“Buy $XRP at points. Spend by millions of traders in Japan” Analyst John Squire he said. In response to growth,
“This is what mass adoption looks like.”
Following this news, XRP/USD is up 2% over the past 24 hours, but remains 62% below the multi-year high of 3.66 reached in July 2025.
XRP faces strong resistance above $1.40
XRP's 18% rally from the $1.27 lows reached on April 5 has stopped at $1.48, coinciding with the upper boundary of the congruent triangle.
As you can see in the chart below, this trend line has covered the price since early February.
Bulls need to push the price above the $1.40-$1.45 protection zone to confirm the breakout of the triangle. This area is where the 50-day moving average, the 100-day simple moving average and the upper trend line of the triangle sit, reinforcing the importance of this resistance zone.
XRP/USD Daily Chart. Source: Cointelegraph/Trading view
As he says XRP cost-based distribution dataInvestors hold roughly 2 billion XRP at an average of $1.40-$1.45, creating resistance. This focus suggests that many investors may be selling even during the break, which could curb XRP's upward movement.
XRP Cost Base Distribution Chart. Source: Glassnode
A break above this supply area could pave the way for a rally to the measured triangle target at $2.10, 50% above the current price.
In a Friday post on X, analyst ChartNerd he said. A big move was brewing in XRP price after resistance above $1.40 was “cleared”.
According to Cointelegraph reportedthe XRP/USD pair needs to hold support at $1.27 and rise above the moving average at $1.40, indicating a trend reversal.
