Negative chatter around XRP is rising on social media — and that could be a bullish signal, according to on-chain analytics firm Santiment.
What Santiment measured
Santiment tracked XRP’s Positive/Negative Sentiment metric, which uses a machine‑learning model to classify social posts, comments and threads mentioning the token as either “positive” or “negative,” then calculates the ratio between them. A value above 1 indicates bullish commentary dominates, while a value below 1 shows bearish posts are in the majority.
Recent moves and what they mean
The firm’s chart of the past few months shows a large surge in positive mentions earlier this month — a move that pushed the metric into Santiment’s defined “greed zone.” That optimism was followed by a price pullback, illustrating a common pattern in crypto markets where assets sometimes move against crowd expectations.
Since the pullback, social sentiment has deteriorated rapidly. The Positive/Negative Sentiment ratio has fallen to about 1.01 — not yet dominated by bearish posts, but close to parity and firmly inside Santiment’s “fear zone.” Historically, Santiment says, setups where retail sentiment turns doubtful or fearful tend to precede price rallies: “When retail has doubts about a coin’s ability to rise, the rise becomes significantly more likely.”
Price snapshot
At the time of writing, XRP was trading near $1.90, down roughly 1.3% over the past 24 hours.
Bottom line
The swell in negative or neutral social sentiment could be read as a contrarian buy signal if historical patterns repeat. Whether retail sentiment will translate into a renewed XRP rally remains to be seen.
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