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The crypto market crash accelerated during the weekend, with Bitcoin moving below the key support level at $80,000 for the first time in months. It was trading at $78,678 on Sunday, down sharply from its all-time high of $126,300.
Ethereum price crashed to $2,400, while Binance Coin (BNB) fell to $770. The market capitalization of all tokens dropped by over 5.80% in the last 24 hours to $2.67 trillion. This article explores some of the top reasons behind the ongoing crypto crash.
Crypto market crash happened after Trump nominated Kevin Warsh
One of the main reasons behind the ongoing crypto market crash is that Donald Trump nominated Kevin Warsh to become the next Federal Reserve Chair when Jerome Powell’s term ends in May.
Warsh has recently supported the crypto industry. However, his support was likely because he really wanted the Federal Reserve Chairman job as he has previously blasted the industry.
The same is true with his views on interest rates. In his recent interviews, he has come out in support of lower interest rates. In reality, however, Warsh has always been an interest rate and inflation hawk.
He voted against interest rate cuts and quantitative easing policies in 2011. Most importantly, he has always maintained his opposition to quantitative easing.
Therefore, analysts believe that Warsh will maintain a hawkish view when he moves to the Federal Reserve just as Jerome Powell did.
Soaring liquidations fuelled the crypto crash
The other main reason for the crypto market crash is the soaring liquidations and falling futures open interest.
Data compiled by CoinGlass shows that the futures open interest dropped by 10% in the last 24 hours to $113 billion.
At the same time, liquidations jumped by 348% in the last 24 hours to over $2.5 billion, the biggest increase in months.
Ethereum liquidations jumped to over $1.1 billion, while Bitcoin rose to over $785 million. Solana positions worth over $197 million, while XRP positions worth $61 million were liquidated.
These liquidations brought memories of October 10 when the crypto market experienced the biggest liquidation on record. Positions worth over $20 billion were wiped out on October 10 when Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on China.
Rising geopolitical tensions
The crypto market crash is happening because of the rising geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran. Trump has threatened to attack Iran soon because of the recent protests in the country.
An attack on Iran would be bearish for the crypto market because of the impact on the energy market. Data shows that Brent, the global benchmark, has jumped to $70 for the first time in months.
The crypto market crash is also happening because Bitcoin’s role as a safe-haven asset has been debunked. Instead, investors have moved to other safe-haven assets like the Swiss franc and gold, which have soared in the past few months.
Bitcoin price technicals have contributed to the crash

Technicals have also contributed to the ongoing crypto crash. The weekly timeframe chart above shows that the coin formed a rising wedge pattern. 
It also formed a bearish flag pattern, and moved below the 50-week Exponential Moving Average (EMA) and the Supertrend indicator. This pattern often leads to more downside, which will lead to more downside for Bitcoin and the crypto market.
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The XRP chart is heating up again while macro pressure, ETF hype and political drama collide. Is this the early stage of a major XRP comeback or just another bull trap for the XRP Army? Let’s unpack the risk, the opportunity and the real on-chain and narrative drivers right now.
Vibe Check: XRP is in one of those classic "calm before the storm" moments. The market is neither in full euphoria nor in total fear – more like tense anticipation. Price action has been choppy, swinging between strong rebounds and sharp shakeouts, with traders constantly getting baited into thinking the next massive leg is finally here. That alone tells you one thing: positioning is unstable, and any decisive break could be violent.
Bitcoin’s post-halving environment and the broader altcoin cycle are slowly aligning for a rotation trade, and XRP is firmly on the watchlist of both boomers in suits and the degen XRP Army. But this setup cuts both ways: if liquidity rotates hard into XRP on real catalysts, we get a serious upside squeeze. If not, late FOMO buyers risk becoming fresh bagholders in yet another long consolidation.
The Story: To understand the XRP opportunity and the risk right now, you have to zoom out from the 15-minute chart and look at three big forces: regulation, macro, and narrative.
1. Regulation and the SEC overhang
Ripple’s long war with the SEC has been one of the central crypto storylines of this cycle. The partial legal wins that recognized XRP as not being a security in secondary market trading were a game-changer for sentiment. They cracked open the door for U.S. liquidity to come back. But the overhang is not completely gone: ongoing proceedings, potential appeals, and shifts in U.S. regulatory policy can still swing sentiment fast.
At the same time, there is rising chatter in crypto media about how the next U.S. administration and evolving policy stances could impact Ripple. Every new speech, every hint of a softer or harder stance on crypto, instantly gets reframed as bullish or bearish for XRP. That means volatility spikes around political headlines are not a bug – they are the feature.
2. ETF Hype, Bitcoin Dominance, and Altseason Timing
We are in the post-Bitcoin-halving phase, historically the playground where altcoins fight for dominance. Bitcoin tends to run first, hoarding attention and institutional inflows. Then, once BTC cools and starts ranging, capital rotates into high-beta altcoins. XRP is perfectly positioned as a legacy top asset with a huge community and a still-underexploited regulatory narrative.
There is also growing speculative noise around the potential for an XRP-related ETF in the distant future, inspired by the Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF wave. Is an XRP ETF guaranteed? No. Is the narrative powerful enough to fuel hype and FOMO rallies every time a new rumor drops? Absolutely. Even just the perception that institutional rails could one day open wider for XRP is enough to make traders front-run the story.
3. Real Utility: RLUSD, Payments, and Ledger Adoption
Beyond pure speculation, Ripple is still pushing its core vision: using XRP and Ripple technology to move value across borders in a fast and cost-efficient way. The narrative is evolving around three core pillars:
RLUSD and stablecoin rails: Ripple’s move into stablecoins and tokenized payment infrastructure is aimed at making the XRP Ledger more attractive for institutions and fintechs that want speed and compliance-ready rails.
Institutional payment corridors: Even while the retail crowd watches price candles, banks and payment companies are testing or actively using Ripple’s stack to settle cross-border value faster than legacy SWIFT rails.
XRP Ledger ecosystem: Builders are slowly stacking new use cases on top of the ledger: DeFi primitives, tokenization, NFTs, and application-specific tokens. None of this has reached peak hype yet – which ironically is where long-term asymmetric opportunities often begin.
simply: the more real-world, fee-generating activity migrates to the XRP Ledger, the stronger the long-term fundamental backing of XRP as a settlement and liquidity asset. But this is a slow grind, not an overnight meme pump, and traders need to respect that timeline...
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