Just went back and looked at how XRP moved through January 2026 - pretty interesting chart pattern actually. Started the month strong around $1.85, then pumped hard to nearly $2.42 in that first week. That's like a 30% move right there, mostly on the back of ETF money flowing in and that Ripple legal thing finally getting resolved. Supply on exchanges was drying up too, which helped push things higher early on. But then the whole thing just lost steam halfway through. You could see the selling kick in, price kept making lower highs and lower lows as we moved toward month-end. By the time January closed out, we'd already broken below support and settled around $1.72-$1.74. So basically a 6-7% loss for the month despite that hot start. What killed the momentum was the usual suspects - macro uncertainty, inflation staying sticky, people rethinking rate cuts. Plus profit-taking and some technical breakdown. The XRP news from January showed that fundamentals might be holding up okay, but short-term price action is still just riding whatever the broader market's doing. We ended up consolidating below $1.80 with everyone waiting to see what happens next. Interesting to see how that early 2026 rally just fizzled out.