On-chain analytics firm Santiment has pointed out that XRP and Ethereum are among the coins that are in the “undervalued” zone of the MVRV Ratio.
30-day MVRV is negative for XRP and Ethereum
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The MVRV ratio is a popular indicator that tells us how the market capitalization of a given digital asset compares to its realized capitalization. The latter is an on-chain capitalization model that calculates the total value of the asset by assuming that the value of each individual token is equal to the spot price at which it was last traded on the network.
Basically, what the Realized Cap represents is the total amount of capital that the cryptocurrency investors have put into it. In contrast, typical market capitalization is just the value that holders carry with them in the present. Because the MVRV ratio represents the ratio of the two, it essentially provides an insight into investor profitability as a whole. In the context of the current topic, the MVRV ratio of only a certain segment of traders matters: those who made a purchase in the past month.
Below is the chart for this version of the MVRV ratio, shared by Santiment, which shows the trend for five top coins: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Cardano and Chainlink.
As visible in the chart, the 30-day MVRV ratio for all five of these cryptocurrencies has recently fallen into negative territory, indicating that the monthly buyers’ returns have gone into the red.
The analytics company considers assets to be ‘undervalued’ when this situation occurs. “A coin with a negative percentage means that the average trader you are competing with is short of money, and there is an opportunity to participate while making profits below the normal zero-sum game level,” Santiment explains.
However, not all tokens with a negative value on the indicator offer an equal opportunity. “The lower a coin’s 30-day MVRV is, the less risk there is in opening or expanding your position,” the analytics firm said.
Up to a value of -5%, Santiment defines cryptocurrencies as being in a “slightly undervalued” zone. Bitcoin has a 30-day MVRV value of 3.7%, so it falls within this range. Meanwhile, XRP and Ethereum have readings of -5.7% and -7.6%, putting them in stronger undervalued region. Of the tokens in the chart, Chainlink’s 30-day buyers are currently in the most pain with losses of 9.5%.
XRP price
XRP fell to a low of $1.8 on Sunday, but has since risen back above $1.9.