A familiar pattern is beginning to emerge around XRP, and it is becoming harder to ignore. The mix of growing fear surrounding Ripple's price sentiment and the token sitting just above its tested long-term support has started to resemble the setup that preceded previous rebounds. This combination raises the question that many holders are already thinking: Could XRP be approaching another two-digit move from here?
Santiment's sentiment data shows that XRP has fallen into another sharp wave of negative public expectations. Its visual breakdown highlights two recurring scenarios. Periods when discussions become slightly more optimistic than usual tend to occur near short-term highs. Moments when negative comments become unusually heavy often appear near local lows.
XRP (-31% in the last 2 months), unlike Bitcoin, is seeing the highest fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) since October, according to our social data. The circles indicate days where there are abnormally high BULLISH comments compared to BEARISH comments about XRP (Greed Zone)… https://t.co/lJNW8zlRwK pic.twitter.com/ZoFmwrtw3h
— Santiment (@santimentfeed) December 4, 2025
The latest spike in fear looks almost identical to the one seen on November 21. At that time, sentiment was extremely bearish, and many were expecting further declines after weeks of consistent downtrend. Just a few days later, XRP surprised the market with a bounce of approximately 22%. That rally only slowed down when sentiment shifted back towards optimism.
Current readings show that the sentiment ratio is back in the same fear zone seen before the November bounce. The cluster of negative reactions forming around the present date suggests another moment of excessive bearishness from the crowd. Historically, these conditions have often marked turning points for XRP rather than the beginning of deeper sales.
The XRP price chart repeats the familiar support bounce zone
Ripple's weekly chart continues to respect its long-standing support area between $1.7 and $1.8. This level has served as a reliable floor since December 2024. Whenever the price returned to this band, XRP managed to recover, with several of those reversals turning into significant rallies.
The chart shows long wicks and tight clusters of candles around the support zone, a sign that sellers are losing strength while buyers quietly absorb the supply. A strong example occurred earlier this year when XRP fell into the zone, held it, and then advanced in a multi-week upward move.
XRP price chart
Now, XRP has settled once again within that same region. The latest weekly candle shows that the price is stabilizing near $2. Buyers have repeatedly defended this zone over the past year. The token also remains well above the temporary capitulation wick from early October, which turned out to be panic rather than a structural break.
Why another bounce remains possible for Ripple's price
Two signals are intersecting at the same time: sentiment and structure. The Santiment chart shows another spike in fear, a condition that previously aligned with market lows rather than highs. At the same time, the price chart places XRP directly in its tested support band, where previous bounces consistently formed.
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Historically, strong fear has been a more reliable reversal indicator for XRP than strong optimism. When the crowd expects the worst, the market often begins to move in the opposite direction. The current setup closely reflects that pattern. #XRP is in the same environment that triggered the recent bounce at the end of November, with the same emotional profile appearing in the sentiment data.
A rally is never guaranteed, but the similarities between now and previous turning points are becoming more visible.#Xrp🔥🔥 #Ripple #Marialecripto #FOMCWatch $XRP $SOL $ETH
