XRP (XRP) retreated after failing to punch through the closely watched $1.60 level, sliding roughly 3.3% to around $1.53—an abrupt pullback that traders framed as a rejection at the top of a multi-week range. The move unfolded between March 17 and March 18 UTC, when XRP briefly tagged $1.60—its highest print since mid-February—before rolling over and extending losses the next day.