Facts Vs. Hype: Analyst Examines XRP Supply Shock Theory
Prominent analyst Cheeky Crypto (203,000 followers on YouTube) set out to verify a fast-spreading claim that XRP’s circulating supply could “vanish overnight,” and his conclusion is more nuanced than the headline suggests: nothing in the ledger disappears, but the amount of XRP that is truly liquid could be far smaller than most dashboards imply—small enough, in his view, to set the stage for an abrupt liquidity squeeze if demand spikes. XRP Supply Shock? The video opens with the host acknowledging his own skepticism—“I woke up to a rumor that XRP supply could vanish overnight. Sounds....
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A crypto pundit has highlighted how the XRP circulating supply is becoming increasingly scarce. With large chunks of tokens locked in various channels and restricted from active circulation, the analyst argues that the market may be preparing for a serious supply shock. Analyst Claims XRP‘s Supply Is Running Thin A crypto market expert, identified as […]
Crypto analyst Versan Aljarrah has made a bullish case for XRP, stating that a major supply shock is inevitable. He claimed that BlackRock and other major institutions have been quietly accumulating for a while, which is why he believes investors should not sell their XRP. Analyst Claims BlackRock and Other Institutions Are Stacking XRP In […]
The "Whales Supply Shock" metric has been pretty accurate in detecting Bitcoin market tops. Bitcoin's (BTC) biggest investors have been lately upping their reserves in sync with the ongoing price recovery, one Glassnode metric suggests.Dubbed as "Whale Supply Shock," the on-chain indicator represents the ratio between the amount of Bitcoin held by "whales" and "fishes." Whales represent addresses that hold between 10,000 BTC and 100,000 BTC, while fishes are those that hold anything between 0.001 BTC and 1,000 BTC.A rising Whale Supply Shock reading indicates a higher degree of....
The supply shock valuation model delivers an extra reason to be long-term bullish on upward price movement. Bitcoin (BTC) should cost at least $55,000 per coin according to one metric measuring its so-called “supply shock.”In a tweet on Sep. 5, analyst Willy Woo highlighted what he added is a “conservative” price estimate for BTC/USD.Bitcoin price plays catch-up with metricsWhile Bitcoin has still not established $50,000 as firm support, on-chain metrics have been much more firmly bullish for some time. Now, the so-called “supply shock valuation model” has joined them, giving a....