The manipulation on XRP is immense. This coin is joked about for being a stable coin - and for good reason... Good news doesn't affect XRP like it does other coins.
My conclusion: big whales are manipulating the price so they can accumulate. And when they've got their fill, this thing is going to pop.
You can see the evidence in this chart showing the downward sell pressure that the top 0.01% has been putting on this coin. They sell, and then they rebuy. Then they sell, then they rebuy. Meanwhile, everybody else is slowly losing patience and selling their bags - many chasing meme coins.
Today Ripple announced their upcoming "Ripple Liquidity Hub."
This thing is going to be huge. I suspect that it will one day become the number one digital asset exchange on the planet - effectively doing for Digital Assets what Amazon has done for physical ones.
Forget about the price manipulation. Use it to your advantage. Accumulate as much XRP as you can and hold on for dear life. When this coin hits its strike, even four figures might be too small. There is no crypto that can do what XRP can do. It doesn't exist.