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XRP Price Battles Breakout Resistance With Momentum Showing Mixed Signals

XRP price started a fresh decline below $2. 250. The price is now attempting to recover and faces resistance near the $2. 32 pivot level. XRP price started a fresh decline below the $2. 250 zone. The price is now trading below $2. 250 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $2. 2250 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair could continue to move down if it settles below $2. 10. XRP Price Attempts Recovery XRP price attempted a recovery wave above $2. 280 but failed to continue higher, like Bitcoin and Ethereum. The price started a fresh decline below $2. 250 and $2. 220. There was a move below the $2. 120 support level. A low was formed at $2. 105, and the price is now attempting a recovery wave. There was a move above the 23. 6% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $2. 525 swing high to the $2. 058 low. The price is now trading below $2. 250 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. If there is a fresh upward move, the price might face resistance near the $2. 220 level. There is also a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $2. 2250 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair. The first major resistance is near the $2. 250 level. A close above $2. 250 could send the price to $2. 30. The next hurdle sits at $2. 320 or the 50% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $2. 525 swing high to the $2. 058 low. A clear move above the $2. 320 resistance might send the price toward the $2. 40 resistance. Any more gains might send the price toward the $2. 450 resistance. The next major hurdle for the bulls might be near $2. 50. Another Decline? If XRP fails to clear the $2. 250 resistance zone, it could start a fresh decline. Initial support on the downside is near the $2. 150 level. The next major support is near the $2. 10 level. If there is a downside break and a close below the $2. 10 level, the price might continue to decline toward $2. 050. The next major support sits near the $2. 00 zone, below which the price could continue lower toward $1. 880. Technical Indicators Hourly MACD The MACD for XRP/USD is now losing pace in the bearish zone. Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) The RSI for XRP/USD is now above the 50 level. Major Support Levels $2. 10 and $2. 050. Major Resistance Levels $2. 250 and $2. 320.

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Orioles trade pitcher Grayson Rodriguez to the Angels for power-hitting outfielder Taylor Ward

The Baltimore Orioles have acquired outfielder Taylor Ward from the Los Angeles Angels for right-hander Grayson Rodriguez in one of the first big moves of baseball’s offseason. The 31-year-old Ward hit a career-high 36 home runs this past season, and he’ll join an Orioles team hoping to rebound after falling to last place in the AL East. To get him, Baltimore gave up the oft-injured Rodriguez, who was considered a potential ace for the Orioles but missed the entire 2025 season with elbow and lat problems. The 26-year-old Rodriguez is 20-8 with a 4.11 ERA in 43 big league starts.

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