XRP price has returned above the $1.40 level, buoyed by a series of positive news surrounding it, including Ripple’s recent expansion into the Middle East and its partnership with the OKX platform. Derivatives data reveals that the market’s apparent calm is behind growing pressure similar to a “compressed spring”, which can cause huge losses to short sellers when it explodes.
CryptoQuant’s analysis highlights a significant gap between XRP’s estimated leverage ratio on Binance and its current price level. The leverage ratio has collapsed to around 0.1 level, a level last seen in late October 2024, when the XRP price was hovering around just $0.50. Even though the current price is about three times higher, historical patterns can repeat themselves.
$XRP The leverage ratio on Binance has fallen to ~0.1, an all-time low, while the price remains near $1.30.
Low leverage + high price suggests an underpositioned market.
If leverage returns, conditions will favor strong expansion. pic.twitter.com/C1rGHa3erp– XRP Update (@XrpUdate) May 2, 2026
The last time a similar divergence resolved to the upside, specifically between late June and mid-July 2025, XRP price rose from $1.96 to $3.65 as the leverage ratio fell from less than 0.3 to just below 0.6 in four weeks.
Will XRP manage to break the current trading range and impose price pressure?
XRP price is currently stable around the $1.40 level as it enters a consolidation phase in a narrow range that lasts for several sessions. Although overall market performance has improved, trading volumes currently remain calm. However, a consolidation with low trading volume above key support levels is interpreted very differently from a price drift downward with low trading volume.
The estimated leverage ratio for XRP on Binance is close to 0.1, while the price maintains its levels above pre-breakout zones. This means that excess speculative positions have already been liquidated, leaving the stage relatively clear for the next directional move.
If leverage begins to increase again as new liquidity arrives, this could push XRP towards the psychologically important $2.00 level, with the possibility of returning to test mid-2025 highs near $3.65.
However, if the price declines to align with the low leverage environment, a decline towards the $1.00 to $1.10 area would technically end this gap without a “price squeeze”. What is clear, however, is that negative short positions at this stage carry asymmetric risk, as the return to debt building could be rapid and violent.
Bitcoin Hyper Project Gains Attention as Pressure on XRP Increases
For traders monitoring the XRP situation and wondering which opportunities still offer significant upside potential without waiting for legacy assets to liquidate their derivatives accumulations, the early-stage pre-sale market presents a very different risk profile.
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