XRP’s social media sentiment has stayed relatively strong even as the crypto market slid and Bitcoin neared $70,000. Santiment said in an X post that traders show a more optimistic outlook for XRP while Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) have “turned extremely bearish” after a significant downswing.
Santiment’s Positive/Negative sentiment indicator — the ratio of positive to negative social mentions — gives XRP a score of 2.19, versus Ethereum’s 1.08 and Bitcoin’s 0.80. Over the past seven days, CoinMarketCap shows Bitcoin and Ethereum fell about 4.97% and 4.92%, respectively, while XRP declined 6.82% over the same period.
Swyftx lead analyst Pav Hundal told Cointelegraph that XRP holders “wear volatility differently.” He argued XRP tends not to stray far from broader market moves and that holders often display “unwavering faith” in the asset’s fundamentals, making them less skeptical during drawdowns. Hundal noted XRP is still down about 35.5% over the past 30 days.
Santiment suggested the pervasive fear could set the stage for a short-term relief rally if small traders continue to distrust crypto broadly. Alternative.me’s Crypto Fear & Greed Index recorded an “extreme fear” score of 12 — its lowest since Dec. 16 — signalling high investor caution.
Other indicators reflect caution across the market. CoinMarketCap’s Altcoin Season Index sits at 32 out of 100, labeled “Bitcoin Season,” indicating investors favor Bitcoin over riskier altcoins. Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said on X that Crypto Twitter is recognizing a “full-blown crypto winter,” adding that the market has been in a crypto winter since January 2025 and that “chances are, we’re closer to the end than the beginning.”
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