XRP’s Slump is Just a ‘Coffee Break’ – Here’s the Bullish Case You’re Missing

XRP’s recent dip has traders sweating—but one analyst calls it a mere pitstop on the road to redemption. Here’s why the crypto’s slump might be your next buying opportunity.

The ‘Coffee Break’ Theory

While weak hands panic-sell, institutional players are stacking XRP at a discount. The token’s 30% drop from its 2025 peak? Just market makers shaking out leverage junkies before the next leg up.

Regulatory Fog Lifting

With the SEC lawsuit dust settling, Ripple’s ODL corridors are live in three continents—and sucking up XRP supply like a fintech vacuum cleaner. Banks won’t admit it yet, but they’re testing the rails.

The Cynic’s Corner

Sure, the ‘digital asset for cross-border payments’ narrative gets rolled out every bull run—right between ‘NFT revival’ and ‘this time it’s different’ for Bitcoin ETFs. But liquidity doesn’t lie: XRP’s trading volumes still crush 90% of the top 20.

Bottom line? This isn’t 2018. The dips get bought faster, the fundamentals matter less, and the only thing thicker than a banker’s denial is their off-balance-sheet crypto stash.

‘Stay Calm, HODL Tight’

The crypto market has lost some steam over the past 24 hours, with Ripple’s XRP being among the biggest losers. Its price retreated by double-digits, briefly dropping below $3. The bulls, however, put the brakes on the free fall, and the asset currently trades at roughly $3.13 (according to CoinGecko’s data).

The pullback appears significant (especially when compared to the all-time high of $3.65 reached on July 18), but some analysts remain unconcerned. One example is John Squire, who described the correction as “a coffee break.”

He thinks there’s nothing dramatic in XRP’s drop with just “a few cents.” He also urged investors to “stay calm,” reminding them that the real crash occurred in 2018, when the price plummeted from $3.40 to $0.25 in a matter of months.

$XRP drops a few cents and y’all lose your minds… Meanwhile Bitcoin dumps $3K and it’s ‘just a healthy correction, bro.’ Stay calm, hodl tight, if you survived 2018, this is a coffee break.

— John Squire (@TheCryptoSquire) July 23, 2025

X user Armando Pantoja shared a similar thesis. He believes the recent swing south is “just a healthy pullback,” setting a short-term target of $4.10 and a year-end one in the range of $8-$12. 

“Legal clarity + ETFs + Breakout pattern forming: The crazy thing is…the real run hasn’t even started,” he added.

The Bullish Elements

The asset’s price collapse on a daily scale resulted in substantial losses for over-leveraged traders who had previously opened long positions on XRP. One potential factor that has negatively impacted the valuation is the millions of tokens that were sold on the Korean exchange Upbit in the span of 24 hours.

Nonetheless, other factors suggest a fresh resurgence could be brewing. Several hours ago, the X user Ali Martinez revealed that whales have purchased more than 280 million XRP in the last ten days. Such a development is typically viewed as bullish because it demonstrates strong confidence from big investors and reduces the number of tokens available on the open market.

Shortly after, Martinez chipped in again, claiming the TD Sequential indicator has flushed the buy signal for XRP.