A price zone that held as a floor throughout all of 2025 is now blocking $XRPfrom recovering. The $1.80 level — once a reliable support — flipped to resistance in January 2026, and the token has not come close to reclaiming it since. Until it does, one analyst says $XRPremains “in deep trouble.”

A Channel Break That Changed Everything

For most of last year, $XRPtraded inside a large parallel channel with a ceiling near $3.45 and a floor a