Ripple will XRP als Reserve-Asset etablieren und plant im Zuge dessen, mit Ripple Labs eine eigene DAT aufzubauen, für die XRP im Wert von 1 Mrd. US-Dollar gekauft werden sollen.
Zcash price drops to $190 amid broader crypto pullback
- Zcash price dropped to the $190 support level.
- Macro headwinds also had Bitcoin falling to below $105,000 to trigger further bleeding across crypto.
- Analysts remain bullish despite the dip.
Zcash (ZEC) tumbled to lows of $190, with its double-digit declines reflecting widespread market unease.
Triggered by macroeconomic pressures, most coins plummeted to key levels, including Bitcoin, which retested the $105,500 area.
Crypto pullback and Zcash price today
Zcash, the privacy-focused cryptocurrency launched in 2016, experienced a sharp decline on Friday.
The token dipped to support around the $190 mark as a broader crypto market retracement ensued to see total market liquidations surpass $1 billion.
ZEC, one of the outperformers in recent weeks, fell below the key support level of $200.
Moreover, the price declines are accompanied by rising trading volume to reinforce the profit taking.
Per CoinMarketCap, the daily trading volume for the privacy-focused coin has jumped 26% to over $742 million.
Meanwhile, the price has fallen nearly 20% in the same time frame.
Zcash has climbed 260% over the past month, outperforming nearly all of the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalisation.
The market-wide pullback reflects broader macroeconomic factors, including renewed tensions in the US-China trade dispute and the ongoing US government shutdown.
Investors who had recently entered Zcash appear to be taking profits after a strong rally fueled by optimism surrounding its zero-knowledge proof technology.
Zcash has seen a notable surge in institutional interest in recent weeks.
Grayscale’s Zcash Trust has been a key driver, with assets under management exceeding $92 million — a signal of rising adoption.
The trust allows traditional investors to gain exposure to ZEC, one of the leading privacy coins, without the operational complexities of holding the asset directly.
ZEC price forecast
Major declines across the market came as investors, spooked by the latest news from US regional banks, exited positions.
Specifically, reports on Friday indicated that two US regional banks have hit the rocks with bad loans.
Jitters around banking sector risks saw a sharp dump for bank stocks cascade into futures trading on Wall Street.
A slip for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq also sent crypto nosediving.
But Bitcoin’s drop could allow some capital rotation to revive ZEC price, one analyst pointed out on X.
Correlation among shielded transactions adoption gives this strength.
Bitcoin dropped $500B.
Zcash dropped $1.6B.
What are the chances a slice of that $500B lost in Bitcoin rotates back into $ZEC, as shielded Zcash emerges as Encrypted Bitcoin?$ZEC what’s next? pic.twitter.com/5ijKj430c7
— Michelangelo.zec ⓩ🛡️ (@BTCTurtle) October 17, 2025
Market analysts point to overbought conditions in the short term.
A look at the Relative Strength Index (RSI) shows a dip into oversold territory, which means a potential reversal.
Overall, while the $190 mark signals a key demand zone, the $240 mark represents a crucial hurdle.
ZEC price reached highs of $295 earlier in the month.
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Ripple price forecast: XRP could dip below $2.0 as bearish momentum thickens
Key takeaways
- XRP is down 7% in the last 24 hours and is now trading at $2.2 per coin.
- The bearish performance comes as the broader crypto market undergoes a correction.
XRP continues to decline despite Ripple’s efforts to accumulate more tokens
XRP, the native coin of the Ripple ecosystem, has lost 7.5% of its value in the last 24 hours and is now trading at $2.2 per coin. The bearish performance comes despite Ripple Labs leading an effort to raise at least $1 billion through a special-purpose vehicle aimed at accumulating XRP.
Bloomberg reported that the funding round will occur via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), with funds held inside a new digital-asset treasury (DAT) structure. The report added that Ripple intends to contribute a portion of its own XRP holdings.
Furthermore, Ripple announced on Thursday that it had acquired GTreasury, a corporate treasury software provider, in a deal worth $1 billion. Ripple is expanding into financial services via acquisitions, buying stablecoin payments firm Rail and prime brokerage firm Hidden Road earlier this year.
Ripple revealed that GTreasury’s treasury platform, used by Fortune 500 enterprises for managing cash, foreign exchange, and risk, will now become part of its suite of financial tools.
XRP could dip below $2 as bullish momentum grows weaker
The XRP/USD 4H Chart is bearish and inefficient after the coin price found resistance around the lower trendline of a falling wedge pattern earlier this week. It has lost 7.5% of its value in the last 24 hours and is now trading below the daily support of $2.35.
The RSI of 37 shows that bears are currently in control, with the MACD lines also signalling selling pressure. At press time, XRP is trading at $2.216 per coin. If the correction continues, XRP could extend its dip toward the next daily support at $1.96. Last Friday’s low of $1.77 could also be revisited if the bearish trend continues.
However, if XRP recovers, it could extend the recovery toward the 200-day EMA at $2.62 over the next few hours. The $3 resistance level remains a medium-term target for now.
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Aster price tanks 20% as sell-off pressure hits altcoins
- Aster price fell 20% to near $1 as sell-off pressure hit altcoins
- The altcoin touched its all-time high of $2.42 in September, but has declined amid broader selling.
- Altcoins are dumping as Bitcoin slips to under $106,000.
Aster (ASTER)’s parabolic gains in recent weeks are quickly fading in the rearview mirror as cryptocurrencies plummet.
The decentralized exchange’s governance token fell nearly 20% to inch closer to the $1 support level, with bulls succumbing to broader sell-off dynamics.
Aster has erased significant gains, and broader risks could see bears take control.
Aster price extends decline amid 20% dip
With crypto in red early Friday, Aster’s price plunged 20% to hit lows of $1.08 across major exchanges and trading platforms.
Having changed hands above $1.36, the double-digit declines over the past 24 hours meant ASTER ranked among the top losers alongside Zcash, Mantle, SPX6900 and Morpho.
Aster’s sharp downturn extends a multi-day decline since bulls failed to hold onto gains near $1.60.
The token had surged to the mark after bouncing off lows seen during the crypto crash on October 10.
In the past week, Aster’s price has fallen more than 32%, as profit-taking and broader macroeconomic pressures weighed on sentiment.
The next-generation decentralized perpetuals and spot exchange, built on the BNB Chain, had previously drawn significant attention from investors and traders alike.
Aster’s rapid rise had been bolstered by recent listings on major platforms such as Robinhood and Binance, which helped fuel earlier momentum.
However, the euphoria looks to be dissipating as sell-off pressure across cryptocurrencies mounts.
Bitcoin dipped below $105,000 early Friday. As bears touched lows of $104,597 after a 4% drop in the last 24 hours, top altcoins plummeted.
Ethereum, Solana and XRP all dipped to or below key support levels, intensifying the bloodbath.
What next as Aster revisits $1 level?
Currently, Aster’s price flirts with the $1 psychological threshold.
This is a key level that bulls have to defend to avoid giving up further ground.
Prices, as the chart below shows, have recently consolidated above the critical mark.
However, the sharp decline and breakdown from a descending triangle pattern mean bulls are at risk of more pain.
The token’s all-time high of $2.42 on September 24 is well off.
Nonetheless, technical indicators such as the Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the daily put ASTER in oversold territory.
What this suggests is that exhausted selling could allow bulls to target a rebound.
Any downward pressure could nonetheless see the support at $1.00 collapse.
Data from Coinglass shows a sharp decline in open interest for Aster, now at $477 million.
Bullish positions have borne the brunt of the correction, with long liquidations accounting for nearly 90% of total liquidations — more than $10 million out of $12 million in the past 24 hours.
Short positions made up just $1.73 million of the total.
For bulls, a decisive breakout above $1 remains critical to regain momentum.
Conversely, sustained selling pressure below $0.85 would likely hand control to the bears.
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