XRP Crowd Sentiment Turns Sharply Negative but History Says Prices Might Rally

XRP sentiment across social media has turned sharply cautious again, but history suggests it could be a good sign for prices.

The negative sentiment comes as XRP has continued to perform poorly, a trend seen among most major cryptocurrencies. For weeks, the asset has hovered mostly around the mid-$1.30s, with a push to $1.50 earlier in the month meeting strong rejection.

As prices consolidate, retail traders seem to be giving up on XRP again. This has led to a visible shift in sentiment toward FUD.

Key Points

• The XRP positive-to-negative sentiment ratio recently declined to around 1.1, its weakest reading in the past three weeks.
• XRP price uncertainty has pushed crowd sentiment back into the “FUD zone.”
• This could be a good sign for XRP, as prices tend to rebound during periods of heightened crowd FUD.

XRP Sentiment Falls Back into Fear Zone

The latest data from market intelligence platform Santiment shows that the ratio of bullish to bearish commentary for XRP has dropped back to FUD levels. According to the analysis shared on X, the positive-to-negative sentiment ratio recently declined to around 1.1, marking its weakest reading in the past three weeks. This means for every 1 bearish comment, XRP is seeing just 1.1 bullish comments.

The Santiment data highlights how XRP social discussion has gradually shifted away from optimism throughout May. Earlier in the month, sentiments briefly pushed into the “FOMO zone,” an area where the crowd becomes greedy. This usually happens during uptrends, aligning with the coin’s rally from $1.38 to $1.50 in the first full week of the month.

However, as price uncertainty kicked in, crowd sentiment has now slipped back into the “FUD zone,” where fear and skepticism tend to dominate online conversations.

This Could Be a Good Sign for XRP

According to Santiment, this could be a good sign for XRP. Historically, these periods of crowd pessimism tend to appear near local bottoms. Notably, the accompanying chart shows several instances this month at which heavily negative sentiment coincided with price stabilization shortly afterward.

The analysis noted that one reason behind this pattern is that strong waves of fear often emerge after a large portion of short-term sellers have already exited the market. As such, even though bearish commentary is increasing, selling momentum has faded, which allows prices to recover.

The current reading suggests XRP traders have become increasingly cautious amid recent market uncertainty, with social sentiment falling to deeply negative levels. Yet, the XRP price could play a contrarian role to this bearish disposition and recover higher from the current price near $1.35.

XRP Price at Risk of Further Decline

A parallel XRP price analysis from well-known market analyst Ali Martinez highlights XRP trading within a price channel on the monthly chart. The crypto asset visited the channel’s upper band in July 2025, when it made its current all-time high of $3.67.

If $XRP continues respecting this parallel channel, the mid-range near $0.73 could become an attractive accumulation zone. https://t.co/QVPCjMFie2 pic.twitter.com/xqcE86B2HO

— Ali Charts (@alicharts) May 25, 2026

Having faced rejection in this area, XRP has since trended lower. Martinez noted that if XRP continues to respect the channel, it could revisit its mid-range near $0.73, representing an over 46% decline from the current market price.

Nonetheless, the analysis identifies the mid-range as a strong accumulation zone where XRP could build strength for the next leg higher. Interestingly, this downside prediction aligns with several other outlooks from prominent analysts, including market watcher Knight.