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Why is XRP Price Down Today: Ripple's $300M RLUSD Market Rattled as JP Morgan Partners 3 US Banks for "Wall Street Stablecoin"

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Ripple (XRP) price plunged 5.2% in the past 24 hours to trade at $ 2.31 on Saturday , underperforming top five rivals.

XRP futures open interest dropped below $ 5B , signaling deleveraging, while long liquidations hit $ 14.88 M in 24 hours .

Bitcoin hit a new all-time high of $ 111 K, driven by ETF inflows and new institutional demand from Trump ’s tariff news.

JPMorgan and top U.S. banks propose a blockchain-based, Wall Street-native stablecoin.

Ripple (XRP) traded at $ 2.3066 at press time, down 5% from Friday .

Bitcoin ’s steady consolidation above $108,000 could offer a technical buffer for XRP bulls in the near term.

XRP has slipped below both the 9-day and 21-day moving averages ($ 2.3697 and $ 22.3556 ) The failure to hold above these key trend lines suggests weakening short-term momentum.