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XRP Price Sentiment Hits 8-Month Low as Traders Lose Patience

Denis O.
12 June 2026 2 min read

XRP$1.13 price sentiment has fallen to its lowest level since October 2025 as traders grow tired of weak price action and a lack of fresh catalysts.

Weak on-chain activity and XRP price today have pushed sentiment to its lowest level in eight months as traders grow tired of the current setup, according to data from Santiment, a crypto analytics platform.

Chart showing XRP price on the day. Source: CoinGecko
Chart showing XRP price on the day. Source: CoinGecko

In a market overview on June 12, the analysts said XRP’s weighted sentiment, a metric that compares social volume with the balance of positive and negative comments, is now at its lowest level since October 2025.

XRP trades at $1.13 as of press time, up 1.6% over the past 24 hours, but still down more than 22% over the past 30 days, per CoinGecko data.

Read also: XRP Price Prediction 2026: Is a Major Drop Coming for Ripple?

Contents
  1. 1.XRP Crowd Turns Cold
  2. 2.Santiment Sees Contrarian Setup

XRP Crowd Turns Cold

Although negative price performance has helped contribute to the bearish sentiment surrounding XRP, this isn’t the only factor contributing to a lack of enthusiasm in the crypto community.

Chart showing XRP's weighted sentiment since December 2025. Source: Santiment
Chart showing XRP’s weighted sentiment since December 2025. Source: Santiment

The firm said many traders have grown fatigued by the lack of a big catalyst despite years of attention around Ripple’s legal clarity and institutional adoption narratives.

That fading interest is showing up in both weaker discussion volume and more negative commentary. “XRP sentiment has quietly fallen off a cliff,” Santiment said.

Santiment Sees Contrarian Setup

But just because some strong rallies occurred after similar setups doesn’t mean this one will definitely follow suit, according to Santiment.

Instead, the current setup looks more like a contrarian signal than a clean momentum signal, the analysts say.

Santiment notes that even though the excitement from social media may be declining, there has still been progress in the adoption, development, and institutionalization of XRP Ledger, a Layer-1 network.

At least for now, there seems to be a very obvious distinction being made within the ecosystem. Although the XRP community is bearish, according to Santiment, this has typically been how FUD precedes a rally.

Read more: XRP Today Remains Only Non-Bitcoin Top 10 Survivor: CoinGecko

Denis O.

Crypto news reporter at Bitcoin Foundation covering topics including crypto markets, DeFi exploits, and regulatory developments. He was previously a reporter at The Defiant, crypto.news, currency.com, iHodl, BeInCrypto, and other…