{"id":1950,"date":"2026-08-28T13:50:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T13:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinro.io\/is-xrp-going-up-today\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T13:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T13:50:35","slug":"is-xrp-going-up-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinro.io\/ro\/is-xrp-going-up-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Is XRP Going Up Today or Just a Dead Cat Bounce?"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. As of 13:30 UTC on August 28, 2026, XRP<\/strong> is not going up today. CoinGecko has it at $1.42, down 0.4% over 24 hours. The real question: was the 43% climb off the August 17 low a turn, or a dead cat bounce already fading?<\/p>\n

What the last twelve days of XRP price look like<\/h2>\n

XRP bottomed at $0.993 on August 17, per CoinGecko daily data. Then it ripped: $1.11 on August 20, $1.27 on August 21, $1.45 on August 22, and a peak close of $1.52 on August 24.<\/p>\n

It has slipped every day since, to $1.48, $1.43, $1.42, and $1.42. That 6.7% pullback is the shape people mean by a dead cat bounce: a sharp rally inside a downtrend, then a fade.<\/p>\n

The longer trend is still down. XRP sits 53% below its price a year ago and 61% under its July 2025 all-time high of $3.65; see why XRP sits so far below its all-time high<\/a> for how it got there.<\/p>\n

Was the bounce XRP’s own, or just the market’s?<\/h2>\n

Mostly the market’s. Bitcoin went from $62,844 on August 17 to $79,304 today, a 26% move over the same window. XRP, a high-beta altcoin, ran harder, up 43% from its low.<\/p>\n

The pullback is where the two split. Since August 24, Bitcoin has gained about 2% from its $77,712 close that day, while XRP fell 6.7%.<\/p>\n

Sentiment has not cracked. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index reads 73 today, up from 71 yesterday and 65 two days ago, and Bitcoin dominance is 59%. Money is concentrating in Bitcoin, not leaving crypto. The ETF flows behind the rally’s start are in what has been happening with XRP<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How to tell a recovery from a dead cat bounce<\/h2>\n

Score these yourself; the levels come from the daily closes above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Signal<\/th>\nLeans recovery<\/th>\nLeans dead cat bounce<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Against Bitcoin<\/td>\nXRP holds while BTC is flat<\/td>\nXRP falls while BTC rises, as since August 24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pullback depth<\/td>\nHolds the $1.27 to $1.45 breakout zone<\/td>\nCloses under $1.27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Next dip<\/td>\nBottoms above $0.99<\/td>\nRetests or breaks $0.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reason for the move<\/td>\nA dated, XRP-specific event<\/td>\nA market-wide wave, nothing coin-specific<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Scored today: the first and fourth tests lean bounce, because XRP is lagging Bitcoin and no confirmed XRP event drove the rally. The second and third are undecided at $1.42. Caveat: score daily closes, not wicks; a single thin-volume candle can pierce a level without confirming anything. New to candles? Start with how to read a crypto chart<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Scenarios, labelled as scenarios<\/h2>\n

Continuation: XRP holds $1.27 and prints a higher high past $1.52. Range: it chops between $1.27 and $1.52 while Bitcoin consolidates. Rollover: it loses $1.27 and drifts back toward $1.00, confirming the bounce label in hindsight.<\/p>\n

None of these is a forecast or financial advice. The SEC’s investor.gov crypto assets page<\/a> is worth reading before you act on any of this.<\/p>\n

The one pending catalyst is the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, H.R. 3633. The official bill record<\/a> on Congress.gov shows its last actions on August 8, 2026, a motion to proceed and a cloture motion in the Senate, with nothing later recorded.<\/p>\n

Is XRP going up today?<\/h3>\n

No. XRP is down 0.4% over 24 hours at $1.42, per CoinGecko at 13:30 UTC on August 28, 2026, and sits 6.7% below its August 24 peak close of $1.52. It is flat, not rising.<\/p>\n

What is a dead cat bounce in crypto?<\/h3>\n

A short, sharp price recovery inside a longer downtrend that fades and gives way to the prior trend. In XRP’s case the downtrend is the 53% fall over the past year, and the bounce is the run from $0.99 to $1.52 between August 17 and 24.<\/p>\n

What level would confirm XRP’s bounce has failed?<\/h3>\n

A daily close under $1.27, the August 21 level where the breakout began, would put the bounce label on the table. A break of the $0.99 August 17 low would make it unambiguous.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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