Quick take:
- Social media interest in XRP is at its highest since September 2018
- XRP new account activations are also at levels last seen during the Flare Networks airdrop
- XRP has set a local high of $0.52 and looks set to keep climbing
- The bullishness exhibited by XRP is a result of the WallStreetBets crypto community buying the coin
Social media interest related to XRP is at its highest since September 2018. This is according to on-chain data by the team at Santiment who pointed out that XRP’s social volume metrics were at their highest since 21st September 2018. At the latter date, XRP surged from $0.32 to $0.77 in a day. The team at Santiment shared their observation via the following statement and accompanying chart.
$XRP broke out to a high of +62% on the day (~$0.47) before retracing back to a now still 5-week high of $0.39. Our social volume metrics note that this gain in interest was the highest since Sep. 21, 2018, when $XRP surged from $0.32 to $0.77 in a day.
XRP Thrives Due to the WallStreetBets Crypto Community (SatoshiStreetBets)
XRP’s resurgence in the crypto markets is attributed to the WallStreetBets Crypto community deciding to purchase the coin. WallStreetBets now has a crypto community on Telegram known as SatoshiStreetBets. This is where the idea and execution of buying XRP was agreed upon.
The increased interest in XRP has also resulted in a significant increment in new account activations. According to XRPScan.com, 7,618 new XRP accounts were created yesterday, January 30th. Such a high number of new account activations is reminiscent of the excitement surrounding the Flare Networks snapshot back in mid-December.
Below is a screenshot demonstrating the mentioned increment in XRP new account activations.
XRP Could Keep Rising in Value
Before the WallStreetBets crypto community took XRP to the local high of $0.52 on the 30th of this month, the remittance coin was consolidating around the $0.25 price area on the 28th of January. Doing the math between the two values, XRP increased by 108% in a period of 48 hours.
At the time of writing, XRP is trading at $0.48 and looks primed to attempt to break the $0.52 resistance are in the hours or days to follow.
However, as was witnessed with the Dogecoin pump by the same WallStreetBets community, XRP traders and investors are reminded that such parabolic moves end with a massive correction. In the case of DOGE, the meme coin experience a massive 70% dip after the impressive pump t0 $0.087 levels.
Therefore, it might be prudent to use adequate stop losses and low leverage when trading XRP on the various derivatives platforms.