Ripple (XRP) has been overtaken by the bears as was the whole market after the bull run of 2021. The cryptocurrency is under consolidation as the price oscillates with no decisiveness. At the time of writing, the cryptocurrency stands at a price level of $0.60. The price has declined by 4% in the past twenty-four hours while the trading volume has increased by nearly 10%.

The market sentiment for XRP crypto is bearish. Out of the total twenty-six technical indicators, fifteen are standing at a sell position with ten indicators giving out a neutral signal and only one bullish indicator of buy. The oscillators are mainly neutral while the moving averages are strongly bearish.

XRP crypto has been testing various support levels on its downward trajectory. The cryptocurrency has broken many support levels – turning them into resistances. At the moment, XRP coin is testing the support level at $0.58. If the support level fails to hold then future predictions for XRP may turn bearish. The price target in the case of a bearish scenario would be at $0.41.

Ripple Labs vs. SEC lawsuit

The firm behind XRP had been tangled in a legal battle since December 2020. Both the parties have been delivering brutal blows; however, no decision has been reached yet and the legal battle do not appear to approach an end anytime soon. The SEC alleges that Ripple Labs has been involved in the sale of XRP as unregistered security while Ripple Labs states that the SEC is singling out XRP. In a recent move, the counsel of Ripple Labs has moved towards deposing a high-level executive at the SEC – SEC’s former director of Division of Corporation Finance. The council believes that the deposition will reveal why SEC is treating XRP different than cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum.