As the third quarter of 2025 draws to a close on September 30, XRP faces a turbulent backdrop marked by ETF delays, sector-wide deleveraging, and volatile technicals.
The token, which currently trades at $2.83, has dropped more than 8.8% in the past week, erasing over $17 billion from its market capitalization.
Finbold’s AI Signals, which combines multiple large language model (LLM) tools and momentum-based indicators, has generated a blended forecast for XRP’s price into the quarter’s end. The system projects an average price of $2.75, implying a 2.83% decline from current levels.
Among the individual model outputs, the most bullish scenario came from GPT-4o, which pointed to $2.85 (+0.71%), while the most bearish came from Claude Sonnet 4, projecting $2.65 (-6.36%). Grok 3 aligned with the average at $2.75.
The forecast arrives at a time when XRP sentiment is under pressure. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s decision on XRP-related ETFs has been postponed until October, sparking a wave of profit-taking and liquidation across leveraged positions. This has been amplified by broader altcoin weakness and rising Bitcoin dominance.
Despite the sell-off, XRP’s underlying fundamentals remain intact. The token continues to be integrated across 300+ financial institutions via Ripple partnerships, and on-chain activity recently hit a milestone of 7 million active XRP Ledger addresses.
The near-term test for XRP lies at $2.71 support, a level that bulls need to defend to avoid a deeper retracement. Whether October’s ETF verdicts can shift momentum back to the upside remains the key catalyst traders are watching as Q3 comes to an end.
