Social chatter around XRP has turned noticeably sour, with on-chain analytics firm Santiment reporting that the token’s Positive/Negative Sentiment has plunged to its third-worst reading in the past two years — a clear sign the crowd is leaning toward bearish views.
What the metric measures
Santiment’s Positive/Negative Sentiment compares the volume of bullish versus bearish social-media posts about an asset. The firm’s system scans posts and threads that mention XRP, runs them through a machine-learning classifier to separate bullish from bearish commentary, then calculates the ratio of positive to negative mentions. A lower reading indicates a heavier tilt toward negative sentiment.
Recent sentiment trend
According to Santiment’s chart of the last two years, optimism spiked for XRP in December and January as users hoped the market might turn after a pause in selling pressure. That optimism faded when price weakness returned at the end of January; sentiment then bounced back somewhat but never reached the earlier highs. Over the past week, however, positivity collapsed again — dragging the Positive/Negative Sentiment down to about 1.02, meaning positive and negative posts are now roughly balanced.
FUD zone and historical context
Santiment notes this level puts XRP in one of its “FUD” zones: “According to our weekly social data for crypto’s #4 market cap, FUD is at its 3rd highest point in the past 2 years.” The only deeper bearish stretches in that two-year window were in February and October of last year — episodes that ultimately coincided with price rebounds. Santiment points out that in crypto, extreme bearishness (FUD) and extreme bullishness (FOMO) often precede moves in the opposite direction, and that historically a shift into the FUD zone has increased the odds of a relief rally.
Price snapshot
At the time of Santiment’s report, XRP was trading around $1.32, down roughly 1% over the past seven days.
Bottom line
Social sentiment around XRP has cooled sharply and now sits near multi-quarter lows. While that reflects growing trader unease, historical patterns suggest heavy FUD can sometimes mark a short-term bottom and precede a bounce — a dynamic traders will be watching as price action unfolds.
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