Markets XRP sentiment hits 8-month low, historically a buy signal
Santiment's weighted sentiment indicator for XRP has reached its lowest point since October 2025. The company observes that significant price recoveries often begin when market sentiment is this low.
By Shaurya Malwa | Edited by Sheldon Reback Jun 12, 2026, 2:08 p.m. 2 min read
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse (CoinDesk)- The social media sentiment surrounding XRP has declined to its lowest level this year.
- The token is trading significantly below its peak from 2025, despite record activity on the XRP Ledger and an increasing number of pilot projects utilizing its infrastructure.
Support for XRP on social media has fallen to its lowest since October, a historically notable point for traders seeking short-term bullish positions on the Ripple-associated token.
As per the analysis firm Santiment, the weighted sentiment metric, which assesses the ratio of positive to negative mentions along with the volume of discussion, recorded a value of minus 0.908 on Thursday, marking the lowest point of the year.
As of Friday, XRP was priced at $1.14, reflecting a daily increase of 2.3%, yet it remains significantly lower than the January levels exceeding $2.40 and approximately 69% below its high in July.
Santiment noted in a post on X that the price is just one factor; traders are showing signs of fatigue after years of waiting for clarity regarding Ripple's legal issues and broader institutional adoption. Many appear to have shifted their focus or reduced their expectations.
This weariness persists even as developments that support the sixth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap continue to emerge.
In May, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee advanced the Clarity Act, which would designate XRP as a digital commodity regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and formalize guidance established by the agency in March.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse referred to this as "the moment" for the industry, asserting that the industry deserves “the same rules and protections as every other asset class.”
Standard Chartered has estimated that if the bill is enacted, there could be an influx of between $4 billion and $8 billion into U.S. spot XRP exchange-traded funds. Since January, these funds have attracted around $1.4 billion, according to data from SoSoValue.
The contrasting trends are also evident on the XRP Ledger blockchain, where metrics like payment counts, automated market-making activity, and tokenized assets have reached unprecedented levels this year, even as the token's price has declined. Numerous pilot projects are in progress, including one involving Ondo, JPMorgan’s Kinexys, Mastercard, and Ripple, which successfully settled tokenized Treasuries within seconds across the ledger.
Santiment highlighted this disparity, noting that while development activity, ledger usage, and institutional products are on the rise, social enthusiasm is waning.
The current fatigue is not new; Santiment pointed out that some of XRP's most robust recoveries have occurred when market interest was at its lowest, characterized by a decline in discussion volume and predominantly negative commentary, similar to the current scenario.
However, sentiment readings serve as a contrarian indicator rather than a precise timing tool. This signal suggests that the sellers who were vocal have largely ceased their commentary. Whether this indicates a turning point will depend on whether the demand that years of anticipation were expected to unlock actually materializes.
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