XRP, Bitcoin See Lack Of Euphoria: Why This Is Bullish

Keshav Verma

6 months ago

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Data shows social media users aren’t euphoric towards Bitcoin, XRP, and other top cryptocurrencies despite the market-wide surge, a sign that could be bullish for their prices.

Positive Sentiment Vs. Negative Sentiment Ratio Remains Low For Top Coins

According to data from the on-chain analytics firm Santiment, sentiment around digital assets has been low recently, even for the coins that have enjoyed historic runs.

The indicator of relevance here is the “Positive Sentiment Vs. Negative Sentiment Ratio,” which, as its name suggests, tells us about how the positive and negative comments about a given asset being made by social media users currently compare.

This metric sources data from major social media platforms like X, Telegram, Reddit, and 4Chan. It puts these posts/messages/threads containing mentions of the relevant term through a machine-learning model to differentiate between positive and negative ones, and finds the difference in their count.

When the value of this indicator is positive, it means the posts about a positive sentiment outweigh the ones containing a negative sentiment. On the other hand, being negative implies that a bearish mentality is dominant on social media.

Here is a chart showing the recent trend in the Positive Sentiment Vs. Negative Sentiment Ratio for five assets: Bitcoin (BTC), XRP (XRP), Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), and Stellar (XLM).

XRP & Bitcoin Sentiment — Looks like the metric has been at low values for all of these coins recently | Source: Santiment on X

As displayed in the above graph, the Positive Sentiment Vs. Negative Sentiment Ratio has remained almost neutral for all these cryptocurrencies recently. This suggests the market isn’t leaning one way or the other.

The trend is interesting, considering XRP, Cardano, and Stellar have seen massive price surges. Generally, positive comments tend to spike when such rallies occur, like they did for Bitcoin early last month when Donald Trump won the US Presidential Elections.

Historically, digital assets have often shown moves opposite to what the crowd expects. This means that a price correction can become probable whenever bullish sentiment grows too big.

Considering that euphoria hasn’t overtaken the investors of XRP and others despite the price surges, it’s possible that their runs could still have room to continue.

The Positive Sentiment Vs. Negative Sentiment Ratio could still be to keep an eye on in the near future, however, as social media sentiment can sometimes flip very quickly, especially if some big news comes out. A spike in the indicator would naturally be a bearish sign for the market.

XRP Price

At the time of writing, XRP is floating around $2.58, up almost 17% over the past seven days.

Featured image from Dall-E, Santiment.net, chart from TradingView.com

Keshav Verma

Keshav is currently a senior writer at NewsBTC and has been attached to the website since June 14, 2021.

Keshav has been writing for many years, first as a hobbyist and later as a freelancer. He has experience working in a variety of niches, even fiction at one point, but the cryptocurrency industry has been the longest he has been attached to.

In terms of official educational qualifications, Keshav holds a bachelor’s degree in Physics from one of the premier institutes of India, the University of Delhi (DU). He started the degree with an aim of eventually making a career in Physics, but the onset of COVID led to a shift in plans. The virus meant that the college classes had to be delivered in the online-mode and with it came free time for him to explore other passions.

Initially only seeking to make some beer money, Keshav unexpectedly landed clients offering real projects, after which there was no looking back. Writing was something he had always enjoyed and to be able to do it for a living was like a dream come true.

Keshav completed his Physics degree in 2022 and has been focusing on his writing career since, but that doesn’t mean his passion for Physics has ended. He eventually plans to re-enter university to obtain a masters degree in the same field, but perhaps only to satiate his own interest rather than for using it as a means to find employment..

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