XRP closing the month of March in the red now marks the end of the first quarter of 2026 as a very bearish year for the cryptocurrency. While this is concerning for altcoin investors, this is not the first time in history that the XRP price ended the first quarter of the year with a complete decline. In fact, this has happened many times throughout history, and so far the dominant trend seems to be that cryptocurrency will eventually go green.
First quarter of chaos in XRP
One sec Ripple has seen many positive changes in the first quarter of the year, the XRP price did not respond positively to none of them. The first three months of the year have now ended with average cryptocurrency losses of -27%, CryptoRank data can be seen.
Not only did the quarter end in the red, but the recent red monthly close has seen the XRP price currently close in the red for six consecutive months. This is historically significant because it only happened once, and that was in the early days of the altcoin.
In 2014, the price of XRP ended the first and second quarters in the red, but the decline eventually came to an end. This was followed by a double-digit rally that put the bulls back in control of the cryptocurrency. With this it’s only happened once beforethere is little data available to indicate whether this may constitute a trend. However, if the same movement repeats, there may be an escalate in XRP prices in April.
3-red monthly candles can end in a surge
However, unlike six consecutive red candles, three-month periods of red are not unusual for this cryptocurrency. With such a checkered history, XRP has seen more red monthly closes than green ones, with the first quarter of the year ending in the red several times.
The last two times the XRP price ended the first quarter in the red, in 2015 and 2018, the altcoin later dropped to the green. This is with the exception of 2014, where the price hit six consecutive red monthly closes.
In 2015, the economic recovery was moderate and amounted to only 3.31% by the end of April. However, in 2018 the impact was more significant, with the price increasing by 63.1% in 2018 next month April. These two moves suggest that a price reversal is possible this month.
