Asset context
Reliable evidence does not support assigning this long early-market drawdown to one XRP-specific announcement.
XRP DRAWDOWN RESEARCH
XRP 2014–2017 drawdown and recovery
XRP declined from its December 2014 local peak, reached its lowest completed UTC observation in December 2015, and recovered above the peak in April 2017.
- Peak date
- 2014-12-18
- Recorded trough
- 2015-12-01
- Maximum decline
- -85.5%
- Recovery status
- Recovered 2017-04-02
CANONICAL DRAWDOWN SERIES
Decline and recovery path
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- Peak
- 2014-12-18
- Trough
- 2015-12-01
- Maximum decline
- -85.5%
- Recovery
- 2017-04-02
- Days underwater
- 836
A drawdown is a measured peak-to-trough price path. Overlapping events are research context, not proof of a single cause.
Contagion and regime context
Early digital-asset markets had thinner liquidity, concentrated venues, and lingering exchange-risk concerns after Mt. Gox.
Events, entities, and evidence
These links identify overlapping evidence windows. They do not assign the full drawdown to any one event.
Mt. Gox trading halt, collapse, and bankruptcy filing2014-02-24–2014-02-28 · focused event chart →XRPCanonical entity profile →Mt. GoxCanonical entity profile →BitcoinCanonical entity profile →Open in Historical LaboratoryInspect the canonical series and market comparisons →
Original source: Mt. Gox trading halt, collapse, and bankruptcy filing ↗Direct external evidence recordRecovery interpretation: Recovery means a completed UTC price observation met or exceeded the prior peak. It does not mean every holder recovered or that purchasing, custody, or tax outcomes were identical.
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Focused XRP market study
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Returns describe coincident market behavior around a documented event. They do not prove that the event caused the move or exclude other XRP-specific, crypto-market, or macro factors.