Asset context
No reviewed XRPAuthority event currently provides a defensible single-cause explanation for this short episode.
XRP DRAWDOWN RESEARCH
XRP April 2017 drawdown and recovery
XRP lost more than half its value from an April local peak before recovering above it in early May.
- Peak date
- 2017-04-02
- Recorded trough
- 2017-04-20
- Maximum decline
- -51.7%
- Recovery status
- Recovered 2017-05-03
CANONICAL DRAWDOWN SERIES
Decline and recovery path
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- Peak
- 2017-04-02
- Trough
- 2017-04-20
- Maximum decline
- -51.7%
- Recovery
- 2017-05-03
- Days underwater
- 31
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
Thin liquidity and early-market volatility are relevant background, but are not presented as a proven cause.
Events, entities, and evidence
These links identify overlapping evidence windows. They do not assign the full drawdown to any one event.
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Recovery 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.