XRP price braves growing headwinds as Ripple holders expect short-term buying pressure

09/14/2023 10:04:27 GMT | By Ekta Mourya

XRP price could recover further this week with the break above the descending channel.
Ripple CTO David Schwartz says an AMM will turn XRP price volatility into yield.
Schwartz explains that the XRPLedger based market maker will harvest volatility, promoting buying pressure during price decrease.

Ripple XRP price began recovery this week. A leading catalyst driving the altcoin’s price recovery is the anticipation of an increase in buying pressure on the altcoin, XRP, with the Automated Market Maker (AMM) that is set to go live on the XRPLedger.

Ripple CTO, David Schwartz, expects a short-term increase in buying pressure on XRP, following the launch of AMM.

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XRP price likely to experience buying pressure from holders

Ripple released a new version of the XRPLedger (XRPL) early on Wednesday. The version, 1.12.0, has been released and all XRPL server operators are set to upgrade to the latest version to vote for amendments.

XRP Ledger (rippled server) version 1.12.0 has been released.

If you operate an #XRPL server, upgrade to version 1.12.0 to ensure service continuity and the ability to vote for new amendments such as XLS-30.https://t.co/1J7QYXuPUT
— RippleX (@RippleXDev) September 13, 2023

David Schwartz recently commented on an AMM going live on the XRPL, informing his 463,300 followers on X that he expects a short-term increase in buying pressure on the altcoin. An XRP community member shared his concerns on the likely decline in the altcoin’s price in the rebalancing of the AMM’s pools.

Schwartz addressed the concern and explained that the AMM is likely to draw mainly from XRP holders. This could mean a short-term net increase in selling pressure. However, ideally, as AMM harvests yield, buying pressure could increase during price decreases.

In theory, an AMM should reduce volatility by selling into price increases and buying during price decreases, allowing for yield harvesting.

XRP price recovers this week

XRP price is facing headwinds in its recovery this week. Lockridge Okoth, crypto analyst at FXStreet, noted that XRP price successfully broke above a bearish falling channel. If XRP price continues to hold above this channel, it could flip the $0.4600 level into support.

XRP/USDT 1-day price chart on Binance

Ripple price faces resistances at the 200-, 100-, and 50-day SMAs acting as resistance levels to cap the upside potential for XRP at $0.5107, $0.5666, and $0.5753,respectively. A decisive break below the midline of the channel at $0.4191 would invalidate the bullish outlook for XRP bulls.

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