Ripple Price Warning: 2 Signals Suggest XRP’s Rally Is About to Run Out in Early 2026

XRP is already down double digits since its recent peak. Is there more pain ahead?

Ripple’s native token was one of the best examples, as it skyrocketed around 30% from under $1.90 to a multi-month peak of $2.41 in less than a week. This came amid growing ETF inflows and declining token holdings on exchanges.

However, this rally was halted and assets have since fallen 13% to $2.10 at the time of writing. According to Ali Martinez, there could be more pain on the horizon for the XRP bulls.

He noted that the cross-border token could be a doji candle on a gravestone, warning that it is “not a great look.” This setup is typically considered a bearish reversal candlestick pattern that looks like an inverted ‘T’. It indicates that the bulls’ push was rejected and could lead to a long-term downtrend, especially if it follows an immediate upswing, as happened with XRP last week.

$XRP seems to print a tombstone doji.

Not a great look! pic.twitter.com/e5m4hf0lie

— Ali Charts (@alicharts) January 10, 2026

The other warning sign for XRP’s price is related to declining whale activity. CryptoPotato reported earlier this week, on the heels of the token’s impressive price rise, that whale-sized XRP transfers had skyrocketed by double digits to their highest level since October.

Santiment warned that this could indicate that the price movement at the time was most likely erratic and unsustainable, given the sudden increase in such transactions. More recent data shared by Martinez shows another massive drop in this metric, which could spell further trouble for the underlying token.

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Whale activity on $XRP rose to 433 transactions on January 6, but has since fallen to just 33. pic.twitter.com/6iuo55v7qk

— Ali Charts (@alicharts) January 9, 2026