XRP Drops 6.6% to $1.37 Amid Broader Market Pullback
XRP (XRP)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
beincrypto.com reports that XRP is leading a broader crypto market pullback on August 26, sliding roughly 6.6% over 24 hours to trade near $1.37. This marks the worst performance among the top 10 cryptocurrencies. The decline follows one of the token’s strongest weekly rallies in recent memory. Traders are now watching whether the pain has only just begun for the asset.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for XRP, measured when this story was written up on 26 August 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
XRP is currently trading at $1.42, with a 24-hour buy ratio of 51.9% indicating a slight majority of buyers over the full day. However, the 1-hour buy ratio stands at 51.1%, while the 4-hour ratio drops to 48.4%, suggesting that buying pressure is fading in the shorter timeframes. The 1-hour volume delta is positive at +$462,673, showing immediate net buying, but the 4-hour delta is negative at -$553,241, indicating net selling over the longer recent window. The buy ratio represents the proportion of trades executed by buyers versus sellers, while the volume delta measures the net value of those trades. Over the last 24 hours, the net buying volume delta was +$8,976,592, and the Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) closed at +$134,926. Spot volume reached $238,596,035 across 1,648,472 trades, with net buying occurring in 9 of the 24 hours.
The latest daily buy ratio of 50.6% sits at the 83rd percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 48.5% - stronger buying than most days.
Twenty-four hours later
What XRP did over the 24 hours after the story broke. The market moves for its own reasons; this is what happened, not what the story caused.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for XRP, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Compared to the preceding week, today’s buy ratio is 3.0 percentage points higher than the 7-day average of 48.9%. However, spot volume is only 0.51x the weekly average, indicating significantly lower trading activity than usual. While the price rose 28.7% over the last 8 days, the volume delta for that period was -$61,148,055, meaning the rally occurred on net selling pressure. This is an unusual day for the coin, as there were 0 days of net buying in the preceding week despite the price surge. The current 24-hour volume delta of +$8,976,592 contrasts with the weekly negative delta, highlighting a shift in flow dynamics.