
{"id":143532,"date":"2026-03-20T04:08:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T04:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=143532"},"modified":"2026-03-20T04:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T04:08:35","slug":"xrp-price-drifts-lower-all-eyes-on-bulls-defending-1-42-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=143532","title":{"rendered":"XRP Price Drifts Lower, All Eyes on Bulls Defending $1.42 Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>XRP price extended losses and traded below $1.50. The price is now consolidating losses but faces hurdles near $1.4650 and $1.50.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>XRP price started another decline and traded below the $1.50 zone.<br \/>\nThe price is now trading below $1.480 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average.<br \/>\nThere was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance at $1.4450 on the hourly chart of the XRP\/USD pair (data source from Kraken).<br \/>\nThe pair could continue to move down if it stays below $1.50.<\/p>\n<h2>XRP Price Extends Losses<\/h2>\n<p>XRP price failed to stay above $1.5350 and extended its decline, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/btc\/bitcoin-price-cools-off-70k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bitcoin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/eth\/ethereum-price-upside-heats-up-2380\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ethereum<\/a>. The price declined below $1.520 and $1.50 to enter a short-term bearish zone.<\/p>\n<p>The price even extended losses below $1.450. A low was formed at $1.4228, and the price is now consolidating losses below the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $1.6068 swing high to the $1.4228 low.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, there was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance at $1.4450 on the hourly chart of the XRP\/USD pair. The pair is now trading below $1.50 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. If there is a fresh recovery move, the price might face resistance near the $1.4650 level.<\/p>\n<p>The first major resistance is near the $1.4920 level. The main resistance could be $1.50. A close above $1.50 could send the price to $1.520. The next hurdle sits at $1.5360 or the 61.8% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $1.6068 swing high to the $1.4228 low.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/XRP_Price_61dab5.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A clear move above the $1.5360 resistance might send the price toward the $1.5620 resistance. Any more gains might send the price toward the $1.5750 resistance. The next major hurdle for the bulls might be near $1.60.<\/p>\n<h2>Another Decline?<\/h2>\n<p>If XRP fails to clear the $1.50 resistance zone, it could start a fresh decline. Initial support on the downside is near the $1.440 level. The next major support is near the $1.4220 level.<\/p>\n<p>If there is a downside break and a close below the $1.4220 level, the price might continue to decline toward $1.4050. The next major support sits near the $1.3880 zone, below which the price could continue lower toward $1.3650.<\/p>\n<p>Technical Indicators<\/p>\n<p>Hourly MACD \u2013 The MACD for XRP\/USD is now losing pace in the bearish zone.<\/p>\n<p>Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) \u2013 The RSI for XRP\/USD is now above the 50 level.<\/p>\n<p>Major Support Levels \u2013 $1.4400 and $1.4220.<\/p>\n<p>Major Resistance Levels \u2013 $1.4650 and $1.5000.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>XRP price extended losses and traded below $1.50. The price is now consolidating losses but faces hurdles near $1.4650 and $1.50. XRP price started another decline and traded below the $1.50 zone. The price is now trading below $1.480 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break above a key bearish trend line [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":143533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/143533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}