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A new report released on Monday by market analyst Sam Daodu lays out three potential paths for the XRP price this month, with the deciding factor tied to the US crypto market structure bill known as the CLARITY Act.  Daodu expects the bill to reach some kind of resolution within the remaining two weeks of April, and he argues that how the next few days unfold could determine whether XRP continues consolidating—or breaks out of its current trading zone. Why April Holds The Key According to Daodu, the Banking Committee now has about two weeks to schedule a CLARITY Act vote before midterm politics begins to dominate the Senate calendar. In his view, that matters because it creates a narrow window in which major obstacles have been resolved rather than piling up.  Related Reading: What The Bitcoin Relief Rally Above $71,000 Says About Where The Price Is Headed Within XRP trading, Daodu says the token has largely been stuck between roughly $1.28 and $1.45 for most of 2026. For him, April is the month that could decide whether that range continues for the rest of the year or gives way to a more directional move.  He frames the market’s next step using three scenarios, each tied to events expected to play out during the next two weeks. Three XRP Scenarios For Next Two Weeks In the bullish case, the Banking Committee schedules the markup before May. Daodu argues that even the act of setting a markup date could push XRP higher ahead of any final vote.  If the bill ultimately passes, he suggests XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows could climb by another $4 to $8 billion on top of the approximately $1.2 billion that spot ETFs have already attracted, even before the legislation becomes law.  The first technical test would be the $1.45 resistance level. Daodu notes that around 60% of XRP’s circulating supply was bought at that level, creating a “break-even” wall of holders likely to react. If XRP clears that barrier, he points to $1.60 as the next target. Modest Movement Without Markup Date The base case is more measured: roundtable discussions by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) go well, but the committee does not schedule a markup date. In that outcome, Daodu expects XRP to remain inside the same broad band it has been trading for much of the year.  He does acknowledge that the April 16 roundtable could produce a short-lived lift, but without a concrete markup date, he believes there is no real catalyst strong enough to force a sustained breakout above $1.40.  Under this scenario, he expects XRP to close April in the $1.30–$1.40 range. While that would still represent a positive month compared with March’s $1.33 close, Daodu characterizes it as only a modest improvement rather than a decisive shift. Potential Slide To $1.15 The bear case focuses on what happens if the markup slips beyond May and the market decides the delay has moved past “temporary” and into “failed.” Daodu points to the risk of real-world stress adding pressure during that time.  Related Reading: It’s Too Early For A Bitcoin Price Bottom, Here’s What You Should Be Looking At He highlights that the ceasefire expires on April 22 and that the Islamabad talks already collapsed over the weekend. If tensions escalate again and oil prices climb back above $110, Daodu says XRP could lose the $1.28 support level and potentially slide toward $1.15. At the time of writing, XRP was trading at around $1.33. If this scenario plays out, that would suggest an additional 13% drop for the altcoin. For now, confirmation on this key regulatory matter for the industry remains pending.  Featured image from OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com 

A cryptocurrency analyst has pointed out how the support level of a 9-year long pattern could provide the “ultimate” buy-the-dip opportunity for XRP. XRP Has Potentially Been Following A Long-Term Ascending Triangle In a new post on X, analyst Ali Martinez has shared a long-term pattern in the monthly price chart of XRP. The pattern in question is an “Ascending Triangle” from technical analysis (TA), which forms when an asset trades between two converging trendlines. A key feature of the Ascending Triangle that sets it apart from other triangle patterns is that its upper trendline is parallel to the time-axis. Like with other consolidation patterns in TA, the upper line of an Ascending Triangle is also considered likely to be a source of resistance, while the lower one that of support. Together, the trendlines keep the asset trapped in the region between them. Related Reading: Bitcoin Surges To $72,000, But Remains Stuck In Key Supply Zone In the scenario that one of the levels fails to hold up, a sustained break could happen in that direction. That is, a surge above the resistance level may lead to bullish price action, while a fall under support could signal a bearish continuation. Now, here is the chart shared by Martinez that shows the Ascending Triangle that the monthly XRP price has been following since 2017: As displayed in the above graph, XRP retested the resistance level of this long-term Ascending Triangle in August 2025, but the cryptocurrency ended up finding rejection at it. Since then, the coin has gradually been making its way down the channel. “Since 2017, the script has remained the same: XRP hits the upper resistance (X-axis), gets rejected, and retraces to find its floor at the rising trendline,” noted the analyst. In the scenario that this past pattern repeats, it’s possible that XRP could end up revisiting the support level between $0.75 and $0.80. “In my view, this zone represents the ultimate “buy the dip” opportunity before the triangle finally reaches its apex,” explained Martinez. Generally, the closer the price gets to the pattern’s apex, the more probable a breakout could be assumed. As such, the coming years could see the cryptocurrency finally escape from this pattern. “When a 9-year consolidation finally breaks, the move is usually historic,” said the analyst. As for which direction a break might occur, Ascending Triangles are usually considered to be bullish continuation patterns. Therefore, a surge above the triangle may be more likely to occur. Related Reading: Top Toncoin Whales Silently Accumulate 189,730 TON Despite Market Weakness “The next $XRP bull market will be huge!” noted Martinez, based on this pattern. It now remains to be seen whether the Ascending Triangle will hold and which way an escape will happen in. XRP Price At the time of writing, XRP is trading around $1.32, down 2% over the last week. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com

XRP is currently trading around $1.33, down by about 64% from its all-time high of $3.65 reached in July 2025. The irony is that the cryptocurrency has spent the past several months shedding value when Ripple, the company behind its primary use case, has been executing developments at a pace that few technology companies in any sector can match. A crypto pundit on X has pointed to what could be the disconnect. According to the pundit, the heavy lifting behind XRP’s development is already complete, yet the market has not reflected it in price. Ripple’s Years Of Work May Already Be Complete According to the pundit’s post, Ripple currently holds more than 75 regulatory licenses across the world’s major financial markets. The pundit’s contention is that obtaining even half of those licenses from scratch would require between eight and twelve years of sustained effort, along with hundreds of millions of dollars in legal and compliance resources. “That development phase has already taken place,” the pundit wrote. “The market has not yet priced this in.” Related Reading: Analyst Says The Real XRP Move Hasn’t Happened Yet, What To Expect Ripple has one of the most extensive compliance footprints in the crypto industry, with regulatory licenses across major financial hubs, including Europe, the UK, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and North America.  For instance, Ripple has secured both an Electronic Money Institution license and crypto-asset registration from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority. In wider Europe, Ripple secured full approval of its EMI license in Luxembourg, granting it passporting rights that allow it to operate in all 27 EU member states under a single authorization.  On the US front, the DTCC’s National Securities Clearing Corporation directory added Hidden Road Partners CIV US LLC, the prime brokerage arm Ripple acquired for $1.25 billion, with operational clearing credentials.  The DTCC also filed patents in 2025 explicitly naming Ripple and XRP as compatible infrastructure for its tokenized finance framework. For context, the DTCC is the backbone of the entire US securities market. The Market Still Isn’t Pricing In Utility Despite that progress with Ripple, XRP’s price action has been on a different path since its 2025 peak. The cryptocurrency is now struggling to break above $1.40, with repeated rejections in the mid-$1.30s showing that buyers are not yet willing to push it into a sustained uptrend. Related Reading: Major Ripple Developments You Might Have Missed That Could Affect The XRP Price The issue comes down to how markets assign value. Infrastructure alone does not immediately translate into price appreciation unless it drives clear and consistent demand for the asset itself.  The broader cryptocurrency market also experienced capital outflows throughout February and March 2026, mostly due to trade tariffs introduced by the Trump administration and escalating military pressure in the Middle East. This is reflected through outflows from spot crypto ETFs, and inflows are only starting to creep back in the past few days. The CLARITY Act Senate Banking Committee markup is targeted for the second half of April 2026, and it could be the final straw that sees the XRP price reflecting its development. This bill would permanently classify XRP as a digital commodity under federal law and may lead to billions in new ETF inflows. Featured image from Pxfuel, chart from Tradingview.com

As institutional capital increasingly explores blockchain infrastructure, the focus is shifting from experimentation to execution. In this evolving landscape, the XRP Ledger is steadily positioning itself at the center of efficiency, scalability, and reliability. With its ability to handle high-value transactions at speed and low cost, it is emerging as a serious contender for institutions seeking to move capital seamlessly across global markets. The XRP Ledger is emerging as a foundational layer for trillions of dollars in institutional opportunity. An analyst known as ChartNerd on X has reported a video in which Marius Jurgilas, CEO of Axiology, highlighted the scale of the opportunity, pointing to multi-trillion-dollar funding gaps and idle capital across European markets waiting to be tokenized on-chain. Tokenization Of Real-World Assets On The XRP Ledger At the center of this transformation is Axiology’s permissioned implementation of XRPL. The platform is designed to compress today’s complex capital market stack, including broker-dealers, custodians, and intermediaries, into a single, efficient, and compliant layer. This specific DLT infrastructure is being deployed within the European Central Bank’s (ECB) pilot initiatives, specifically the PONTES program, which is scheduled to begin in Q3 2026. Related Reading: XRP Could Be The Hidden Beneficiary Of FedNow Expansion — Here’s Why Further reinforcing its institutional credibility, Axiology has become only the second company to secure a Trading and Settlement System (TSS) license under the European Union’s (EU) DLT pilot regime for Central Bank Money Settlement. This TSS license allows the firm to operate a trading and settlement system using distributed ledger technology. Crypto analyst Skipper has also revealed that Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, has consistently maintained that XRP was not limited to payments alone. From the beginning, Ripple’s goal was to build real-world utility technology capable of solving deep inefficiencies within the global financial system, rather than accelerating the movement of money. According to Brad, what initially emerged as a solution for cross-border payments has evolved into a much broader ecosystem. Presently, XRP and XRPL are being explored for a growing range of use cases, including asset tokenization, liquidity solutions, and wider financial applications. As adoption increases and use cases expand, that early vision is beginning to take shape, showing that the strategy was always about starting small and building toward something much bigger. The Imbalance That Could Reshape XRP Markets XRP is entering a phase where market structure is becoming the dominant force behind price behavior. A researcher known as SMQKE on X pointed out that only 1.7 billion XRP is left on exchanges, marking the lowest available exchange supply in seven years. Related Reading: XRP Holders Are Seeing Major Losses Since The Bull Market, And The Numbers Are Rising 21Shares describes this dynamic as a supply-shock mechanism, a scenario where declining liquid supply collides with growing demand. SMQKE explains that this convergence of scale and scarcity is the primary engine for a non-linear repricing event throughout 2026. Featured image from Pxfuel, chart from Tradingview.com

Data shows the XRP social media sentiment has dropped to its third-worst level in the past two years, a sign that the crowd has turned bearish on the asset. XRP Positive/Negative Sentiment Has Declined Recently According to data from on-chain analytics firm Santiment, the Positive/Negative Sentiment has plummeted for XRP. This indicator tells us about how the degree of positive sentiment surrounding a given asset compares to that of the negative one on major social media platforms. Related Reading: Bitcoin Surges To $72,000, But Remains Stuck In Key Supply Zone The metric works by filtering for social media posts/threads/messages containing mentions of the asset and putting them through a machine-learning algorithm to separate between bullish and bearish comments. Then, it counts up the number of each and finds their ratio. Now, here is the chart shared by Santiment that shows the trend in the Positive/Negative Sentiment for XRP over the last couple of years: As displayed in the above graph, the XRP Positive/Negative Sentiment shot up to high levels in December and January, implying that social media users became optimistic about a market turnaround following a pause in the bearish momentum. This optimism, however, didn’t pay off as the price drawdown picked back up at the end of January. While sentiment initially deteriorated after this decline, the dominance of positive posts returned again, although to a notably lower degree than the earlier highs. This suggests that social media users still didn’t entirely turn bearish about the cryptocurrency. That is, until the past week rolled around. From the chart, it’s visible that the Positive/Negative Sentiment has plummeted for XRP, a potential sign that the drawn-out consolidation has finally broken trader conviction. Currently, the metric is sitting at 1.02, which suggests that there are about as many positive posts related to the asset as negative ones. While this still doesn’t signal an outright shift to a bearish dominance, it’s still a pretty low level when compared to the last two years. “According to our weekly social data for crypto’s #4 market cap, FUD is at its 3rd highest point in the past 2 years,” noted the analytics firm. The two instances in this window where a bearish mentality was more dominant occurred in February and October of last year. Both of these led to price rebounds. This is actually a pattern that has been witnessed time and again in digital asset markets: prices often move against the expectations of the majority. Related Reading: Top Toncoin Whales Silently Accumulate 189,730 TON Despite Market Weakness The effect tends to be the strongest inside the “FUD” and “FOMO” zones highlighted by Santiment in the chart. The latest decline in the Positive/Negative Sentiment has taken XRP into the former of the two regions. “Historically, when bullish comments get replaced by this level of bearish ones, the probability of a relief rally climbs significantly higher,” explained the analytics firm. XRP Price At the time of writing, XRP is floating around $1.32, down 1% in the last seven days. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com

XRP is flat over the past 24 hours, but down more than 60% from its summer 2025 peak.

Rising inflation in the United States has been one of the factors behind crypto market sentiment, with data showing XRP investors are becoming increasingly cautious due to inflation fears. A crypto commentator linked this macro pressure directly to the volatility seen across digital assets in a recent analysis shared on YouTube, while also exploring whether the same forces could eventually contribute to extreme long-term valuations above $1,000 for XRP. Macro Pressure And Investor Psychology The macroeconomic outlook heading into mid-2026 is not one that typically invites risk appetite, and according to the pundit behind the YouTube channel ‘The Modern Investor,’ crypto price movements are more tightly connected to these economic conditions than most realize.  He pointed to falling consumer confidence, rising inflation expectations, and ongoing global tensions as the real drivers behind the lack of bullish momentum in the crypto market, pushing back against the idea that crypto declines happen without cause. For context, the University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index collapsed to a historic low of 47.6 in early April, down 11% from March and far below the forecast of 52.  Related Reading: Why A Bitcoin Price Breakdown To $50,000 Could Be Important For Long-Term Bullishness Investors are expected to reduce exposure to risk assets with expectations of climbing inflation, and that has been reflected across the crypto market. XRP, alongside Bitcoin and Ethereum, has continued to react to macro developments, and the price action isn’t just playing out without warning. This sentiment is also relayed outside the American investor base, where most investors have pulled back from markets. “The sentiment is very negative for everything, not just markets, just in general,” he said. Another important theme from the video is the difference between institutional and retail behavior. The analyst noted that large players have continued accumulating Bitcoin, helping to prevent deeper declines to $40,000, while retail investors have shown less faith. That environment has had a noticeable impact on altcoins such as XRP, where bullish sentiments are still there but price momentum has not fully followed.  The analyst also referenced rumors about banks building on Ripple’s technology, the continued speculation surrounding a potential XRP ETF involving firms like BlackRock, and tokenization on the XRP Ledger, which could help the cryptocurrency’s price in the long run. Can Inflation And Tokenization Push The XRP Price To $1,000? There have been multiple predictions from different analysts that trillions of dollars could move onto blockchain networks by the end of the decade, with figures often cited between $10 trillion and $20 trillion. These projected figures are based on tokenization of real-world assets on-chain, which is most likely the next step for the crypto industry. Related Reading: Bloomberg Analyst Predicts This ‘Underdog’ Will Flip Bitcoin And Ethereum A price target of $1,000 for XRP based on tokenization is on the extreme end, but many XRP investors are still betting on it. However, the consensus among many XRP enthusiasts is that this tokenization is going to push the XRP price over $15 to $20 at least.  According to the analyst, this is much more possible, as it is based on logic. All Ripple technology is tied into XRP, and therefore, this would be great for the price action. Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com

The XRP price wasn’t particularly impressive over the past week, despite a bullish momentum into the crypto market. According to the latest on-chain data, the altcoin might be about to put this period of sluggish price action behind it, with a potential breakout on the cards.  Taker Buy Ratio Points To Intense Accumulation On Binance In a recent Quicktake post on the CryptoQuant platform, market analyst CryptoOnchain hypothesized that there could soon be a significant shift in XRP’s price momentum. This optimistic projection is based on the changes in the XRP Taker Buy/Sell Ratio on the Binance exchange.  Related Reading: Dogecoin Cracks Again: BTC Pair Collapse Signals Imminent Drop To $0.07 The Taker Buy Ratio measures how much of the trading volume on an exchange (in this case, Binance) comes from buyers aggressively buying XRP at market price (sell orders). On the other hand, the Taker Sell Ratio measures how much of the trading volume comes from sellers aggressively selling at market price (hitting buy orders) — with the Buy/Sell ratio comparing these two. According to CryptoOnchain, the 100-day simple moving average of the Taker Buy/Sell ratio witnessed a significant surge, recently reaching a historic all-time high. Highlighting, specifically, the 30-day SMA of the Taker Buy ratio, the crypto pundit cited an impressive expansion up to 0.495. At the same time, the Taker Sell ratio has faced the opposite direction, with the index slowly falling until it reached 0.505. When the Taker Sell ratio falls, it signifies that fewer sellers are distributing their holdings.  Contrarily, a rising Taker Buy ratio indicates that more traders are aggressively buying a token (XRP, in this scenario). Taken together, these two readings make it apparent that the aggressive buyers in the XRP market are increasingly accumulating tokens being distributed by the sellers. Notably, CryptoOnchain explained that this behavior has often preceded sustained bullish price momentum in the near-term. Hence, if historical patterns were anything to go by, the XRP price could soon see yet another boost to continue last Tuesday’s move.   XRP Market Overview  As of this writing, the XRP price stands at around the $1.36 level, with no significant movement in the past day. While XRP boasts a 3.3% jump on the weekly timeframe, the cryptocurrency is down by 0.9% in the past 30 days. Per data from SoSoValue, US XRP Spot ETFs recorded a total net inflow of $11.5 million in the past week. Interestingly, however, there were two instances – April 6th and April 8th – where the XRP Spot ETFs recorded $0 in daily net inflows within this period. Related Reading: Crypto Expert Predicts A New XRP All-Time High Is In Sight As These 3 Technicals Align Featured image created by DALL.E, chart from TradingView

The XRP price saw a sharp upward boost on Tuesday, April 7th, owing to the somewhat de-escalating tensions between the United States and Iran. This price momentum follows multiple weeks of unstimulating price movements, mirroring the general market’s uncertain state.  During those moments of relative silence on the charts, user activity seemed to drop alongside prices. Data from a recent on-chain analysis revealed a significant decline in XRP trading activity on Binance, the world’s leading exchange by trading volume. Weak Volume Signals Cooling Market Momentum In a Quicktake post on the CryptoQuant platform, on-chain analyst Arab Chain shared data showing a significant loss of trading activity for XRP on Binance. The relevant indicator here is the XRP Volume Z-Score (30d) metric, which measures the extent to which trading volume deviates from its 30-day average.  Related Reading: Ethereum Mirrors A 2023 Setup As Buyers Take Control Of Derivatives On Binance Arab Chain explained that when readings from this metric slip into negative levels, it indicates that current trading volume is below the historical average, signaling reduced activity and less available liquidity. In the Quicktake post, the analyst highlighted that the index recently dropped below -1, one of the lowest levels reached since 2025. As previously explained, this reading highlights a markedly low volume of trading activity on the exchange. Interestingly, this decline has been concurrent with a sustained downturn in the XRP price, suggesting that the lack of strong participation is weighing on price action, as progressively fewer buyers step in to support the market.  According to the crypto pundit, a fall in trading volume usually coincides with a period of market anticipation, during which investors prefer to wait for clearer signals before entering new positions. Also, a declining Z-Score is often a telltale sign of waning investor participation, especially among its short-term holders (who are more drawn by momentum and trading volume). The analyst added that periods of low trading volume are typically associated with consolidation phases. During such times, the market would move sideways or drift slowly in a direction, as both buyers and sellers remain cautious – a phase which actually precedes strong directional momentum. The market pundit also put forward the possibility that the recorded decline in trading volume may reflect reduced market volatility, characterized by weak price action due to the reduced volume of large market orders. “This pattern is common after periods of high activity, as the market tends to enter a rebalancing phase,” Arab Chain explained. The question, now, is whether this low-activity phase will reawaken momentum or worsen downside risk. If trading volume begins to recover, it could signal growing confidence and the potential for stronger price action; continued weakness in participation may, however, keep the market stuck in a period of uncertainty. XRP Price At A Glance As of this writing, the XRP is valued at approximately $1.35, reflecting a measly 0.7% jump on the daily timeframe.  Related Reading: XRP Eyes $17 After Massive Breakout—Is A 1,100% Surge Next? Featured image from iStock, chart from TradingView

Back in 2016 and 2017, when XRP was worth less than a penny, Ripple’s then-CTO David Schwartz laid out a rough roadmap of what the token could fetch if things went right. Related Reading: Bessent Presses Congress On Crypto Rules As Senate Clock Ticks Down Matching Bitcoin’s market share, he said, could push the price to around $2. Capturing a slice of global payments might justify $20. And if adoption grew beyond that, $120 was not out of the question. At the time, even reaching $1 seemed far-fetched. XRP has since crossed that threshold several times over. Validator Backs The Believers That history is now being used by XRP supporters to defend price targets that critics call absurd. An XRP Ledger validator who goes by the name Vet posted on social media this week that the people routinely mocked for their bold price predictions will likely come out ahead. “Being a dreamer is just too powerful,” Vet wrote, adding that those labeled delusional would win in the end. XRP price predictions aside. I may not like this observation. But i do think the delusional people will win at the end. Somehow, being a dreamer is just too powerful. — Vet (@Vet_X0) April 10, 2026 The post drew broad support from within the XRP community. One commenter, known online as X Finance Bull, said strong conviction carries people further regardless of the numbers. Another user argued there is only a thin line between being delusional and being early, with patience and timing ultimately determining who is right. $1,000 XRP Would Require A Market Cap Larger Than The US Economy The targets being floated are not modest. Reports indicate that XRP holders have been projecting prices anywhere from $100 to $1,000 and beyond, even as the token sits around $1.30 after nearly nine months of declining prices. Two commentators argued in a recent podcast that $1,000 per XRP is achievable within four to five years. Their reasoning pointed to Bitcoin’s track record of exceeding expectations, and the role that narrative and mass adoption play in crypto pricing. Critics, though, have been quick to flag the math. A $1,000 price tag for XRP would push the asset’s total market capitalization to somewhere between $50 trillion and $100 trillion — a figure that dwarfs the entire US stock market. XRP bulls typically counter that market cap is not a reliable ceiling for crypto assets. Related Reading: XRP Eyes $17 After Massive Breakout—Is A 1,100% Surge Next? The Dreamer Argument Has Historical Legs What makes the current debate harder to dismiss outright is how often crypto skeptics have been proven wrong. Schwartz’s own 2016 Reddit comments were recently surfaced by community members to show how dramatically market expectations can shift. What seemed mathematically impossible has, in several cases, happened anyway. Whether $1,000 XRP belongs in the same category remains an open question — one the market alone will eventually settle. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView

Crypto analyst ChartNerd has predicted that the XRP price is about to stage the breakout of the decade. This came as he alluded to a bullish pattern that has been forming since 2024, and is now seeing a critical retest. XRP Price Sees ‘Breakout Of The Decade’ In an X post, ChartNerd stated that the XRP price has secretly handed the market the breakout of the decade. He revealed that a multi-year symmetrical triangle, which finally broke in Q4 2024, leading to a new all-time high (ATH) in July 2025, is now searching for a critical retest. The analyst added that this is the exact setup as the similar triangle in earlier cycles between 2013 and 2017 before a vicious uptick.  Related Reading: Analyst Says The Real XRP Move Hasn’t Happened Yet, What To Expect The analyst noted that the current XRP price structure is similar, with triangle compression, a clean break, a textbook retest, and then ignition. He added that if this retest is successful, XRP is not looking back for another three to four years. ChartNerd added that there is a major opportunity at hand, with the altcoin eyeing new highs.  The analyst’s accompanying chart showed that the XRP price could rally to a new ATH of $21 on this breakout. However, the altcoin could retest below the psychological $1 level before embarking on a parabolic rally to the upside. It is worth noting that the retest could happen as soon as this month amid macro pressures, including the U.S.-Iran war.  ChartNerd had earlier mentioned that this month is shaping up to be a defining one for the XRP price. He noted that the altcoin is navigating a high-volatility zone at the moment, which is worth paying close attention to.  A New ATH Is In Sight In an X post, crypto analyst Dark Defender said that a new all-time high is in sight for the XRP price. This came as he noted that the altcoin broke a key resistance on the 3-day chart after respecting the structure and supporting the $1.31 white Fibonacci line multiple times. The analyst also revealed that XRP has completed the C Wave, broken above the resistance-support triangle, and recorded an RSI bullish cross, which is why he is confident that a new ATH is in sight.  Related Reading: XRP Holders Are Seeing Major Losses Since The Bull Market, And The Numbers Are Rising However, despite these positive outlooks for the XRP price, crypto analyst CasiTrades has warned that the XRP price could still drop to as low as $0.85 on a 5-wave move to the downside. In the short term, she predicts that the altcoin could drop to $1.09 after its relief bounce following the U.S.-Iran ceasefire.  At the time of writing, the XRP price is trading at around $1.35, up in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Featured image from Getty Images, chart from Tradingview.com

XRP has been moving with the broader crypto market, pushing up to important support levels and climbing to the top of its recent consolidation range near $1.36.  That rebound has reignited bullish speculation around the altcoin, and now one analyst is laying out a much more ambitious scenario—one that, if it unfolds, could translate into a roughly 1,100% rally from current levels. New XRP Price Target At $16.39 In a report published by 24/7 Wall St., market analyst Javon Marks said he has a fresh chart-based target for XRP that sits just under $17. Marks is also the analyst credited with calling XRP’s move from $0.56 to $2.47 in January 2024, months before that rally actually happened.  The new thesis, according to the report, is built around a long-running technical structure: a pennant pattern that began forming in 2017 and later broke out in late 2024.  Related Reading: WLFI Crashes 13% To All-Time Lows Amid Growing Liquidation Fears For World Liberty Financial Marks’ framework starts with the earlier 2017 phase. The report notes that XRP rose from $0.006 to $3.31 in 2017 in one of the largest rallies in its history. After that burst, the token fell sharply and then spent about seven years consolidating inside the pennant structure described by the analyst.  The long wait appears to have ended during the post-election crypto rally: in late 2024, XRP broke out of the pennant, jumping from $0.49 to above $3.60 by mid-2025. From there, Marks says he uses a “measured move” method. This approach takes the size of the original rally that created the pennant setup and projects that distance forward from the later breakout point.  Under that method, the analysis points to $16.39—just under the nearly $17 level that Marks posted on April 8. The report also emphasizes that the measured move is not expected to be a straight line, as pullbacks are part of the pattern. What Would It Take For The Altcoin To Rally 1,000%? XRP, the report says, already moved about 647% from the breakout before retracing back toward the area where it currently trades, around $1.36. Marks argues that this pullback looks more like the “normal” behavior of the pattern rather than evidence that the breakout failed.  The report draws a comparison to what happened in 2017: the altcoin pulled back sharply after the early move, yet still went on to complete the full measured move. If history rhymes again, Marks suggests XRP could complete another leg that delivers roughly 1,100% upside from current pricing. Related Reading: Expert Forecasts Bitcoin Surge To $80,000 Amid US-Iran Ceasefire And Oil Price Drop However, the report makes clear that reaching that kind of price would require major real-world changes, not just chart follow-through. It says that for XRP to reach such a valuation, several things would need to fall into place.  Banks on Ripple’s network would need to start settling using XRP instead of the company’s RLUSD stablecoin and fiat. That shift is described as depending on the long-awaited CLARITY Act passing to provide legal cover for the transition.  On top of that, XRP ETF inflows would need to grow substantially; the report notes that XRP has already attracted about $1.2 billion so far, but reaching $17 would likely require sustained inflows in the “tens of billions” over multiple years, alongside institutional adoption at a scale not yet seen. Featured image from OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com 

A crypto market expert has just projected that the XRP price could explode to a new all-time high this cycle. Lately, the cryptocurrency has shown significant weakness amid a prolonged downtrend that began when it broke above $3.5 last year. Despite crashing more than 60% from that high today, the analyst argues that XRP’s corrective phase may have ended, citing three technical indicators that support his bullish thesis.  Aligned Technical Indicators Confirm XRP Price Bottom Crypto analyst Dark Defender has released a new analysis suggesting that XRP may have found a bottom and is poised to reverse its downtrend toward a new all-time high. He points to three technical signals, including a confirmed completion of XRP’s corrective wave C structure, a triangle breakout, and a Relative Strength Index (RSI) bullish cross.  Related Reading: XRP Expert Says Investors Should Not Fret Over Price, Here’s Why In his analysis, Dark Defender presented an Elliott Wave chart of XRP on a three-day timeframe, covering roughly April 2025 through a projected target period extending into mid-to-late 2026. The chart maps out a completed ABC corrective pattern, beginning with wave A, which marked an initial high for XRP before a sharp sell-off followed. Wave B then unfolded as a strong recovery rally, pushing XRP’s price up to its $3.6 peak in 2025 before reversing once again and setting the stage for wave C.  According to the chart, wave C represents the final and most significant phase of the XRP correction. It is shown as a classic five-subwave impulse decline that has now fully played out. Within this structure, the fifth sub-wave recently completed near $1.31, marking XRP’s potential bottom and the end of the five-wave sequence. As a result, the completion of wave C is a key turning point, suggesting that XRP’s prolonged bearish move from the wave B peak may be over, potentially giving way to a new bullish impulse.  In addition, the chart shows that the ABC corrective wave formed between two converging trendlines, creating what Dark Defender called a “resistance-support triangle.” Apparently, the XRP price had compressed inside this bearish triangle throughout its corrective phase. The upper resistance trendline of this triangle, shown in orange, served as a strong barrier for a long time. However, Dark Defender notes that XRP has now broken above this resistance line, signaling the end of its compression phase and the potential beginning of a new uptrend.   Next Move Points To Strong Rally Toward New ATH While the orange resistance trendline capped price action before XRP’s recent breakout, the yellow support line on Dark Defender’s chart served as a strong base, repeatedly preventing the price from breaking lower. Each successful defense of this support helped establish a firmer bottom, a move that coincided with the RSI forming a bullish crossover at deeply oversold levels. Related Reading: XRP Battle Zones Have Been Drawn: The Move To $31 That Could Change Everything Looking ahead, Dark Defender outlines four potential upside targets for XRP’s next bullish impulse wave. The first target sits at the 123.6% extension near $1.66, representing a roughly 27% gain from current levels above $1.30. The next level lies at the 161.8% extension around $1.88 before the final resistance at $2.58.  For his all-time high target, Dark Defender projects a move toward the 261.08% extension at $5.85. A price rally to this level could represent a staggering surge of more than 350% from XRP’s present market value. Featured image from Adobe Stock, chart from Tradingview.com

Over the years, there have been talks of the XRP price eventually reaching the 5-figure mark, putting it above $10,000. These predictions come due to the cryptocurrency’s offering and usage in both the payments sector and the fast-growing real-world assets market. However, this dream still seems far away, given that XRP has yet to hit $5, and even Ethereum has not touched the $10,000 mark. One analyst in particular has come forward to explain that the move to $10,000 will not even follow the trajectory people are expecting. XRP Price Will Move When No One Expects It To In an X post, XRP community member Crypto Aikido explained that the way people are expecting the XRP price to move to new highs is actually not correct. Mostly, it seems that investors are expecting that there will come a time when everything seems to fall into place, and then the price will move up. Related Reading: Bitcoin Rainbow Chart Says Price Is Ranging Above $60,000 For A Reason, Here’s Why However, Crypto Aikido says this will not happen, and instead, it will begin when no one expects it to. The first part of the move is actually that the XRP price will continue to trend low for a while. In fact, the crypto analyst expects the XRP price to keep trending low for way longer than people imagine it would. The whole point of this is that such a muted performance for an extended period would make people lose hope that the coin will ever move higher. As a result, Crypto Aikido believes that most people will be shaken out as the price stays cheap for far too long, and holding XRP would feel pointless. Once this is done, though, is when the crypto analyst believes that the XRP price will actually begin to move. This is because, as they explain, the move is not going to reward agreement. But rather, it will work in a way that punishes those who hesitate and lose hope in the cryptocurrency. Related Reading: Ethereum Ascending Channel Puts Price At $5,700, Analyst Reveals When To Sell As Crypto Aikido explains, eventually, the XRP price, which is being laughed at at $1.50, will be called cheap at $20. Such will be the trajectory that the digital asset will follow in its move toward eventually reaching above the $10,000 mark. Aside from Crypto Aikido, other community members have also predicted that the XRP price will reach $10,000. According to a NewsBTC report, crypto analyst Remi also believes that XRP will reach $10,000 when assets such as Bitcoin and Gold are being tokenized on its blockchain, as well as other precious minerals. Given all of this, the crypto analyst believes $10,000 will be a base price for XRP. Featured image from Dall.E, chart from TradingView.com

Experts say XRP’s design leaves a smaller share of its supply exposed to a potential quantum attack than Bitcoin. An Armor Against Quantum Attacks? Following the recent spike of the crypto quantum-panic or “quantum FUD” (fear, uncertainty and doubt) after Google’s “doomsday” whitepaper, many crypto developers are analysts have taken into the job of running tests to make sure their coins are safe. Others are already writing up safety post-quantum protocols and proofs. Vet, XRP Ledger dUNL validator and long‑time XRPL contributor, shared on a post on the social network X the belief that XRP’s underlying architecture is more favorably positioned against a possible quantum threat than Bitcoin’s. Quick XRP acc quantum vulnerability check. ~300,000 accounts on XRP holding 2.4B XRP never transacted, thus public key unknown and quantum safe. while only 2 accounts with larger holdings of 21M XRP are dormant (inactive over 5 years) and have their public key exposed. Dormant… — Vet (@Vet_X0) April 7, 2026 In short: it’s because of how keys and accounts are handled on XRPL. Related Reading: Bitcoin Stress Cycle Is Ending — But Traders May Hate What Comes Nex XRP’s Quantum Armor Explained The core risk that quantum computers pose and that has a lot of people on crypto very concerned is that, in theory, a future quantum computer could derive the private key that gets revealed once a wallet sends a transaction, thus making possible to drain all the wallet’s funds. However, Vet’s “quick XRP acc quantum vulnerability check” revealed that roughly 300,000 XRP accounts holding about 2.4 billion XRP have never sent funds, so their public keys are unexposed and “quantum‑safe by default. According to the XRPL validator, there are only two long‑dormant XRP whale accounts, together holding around 21 million XRP, whose public key is currently exposed. The holdings of these accounts represent just about 0.03% of the circulating supply, a rounding error next to the network’s total float (circulating supply is around 61 billion XRP as of early April 2026, according to Coinglass data). XRP most important markers, including the circulating supply of 61.40B. Source: Coinglass. XRPL’s account‑based model allows signing key rotation without moving funds, and escrow/timelock tools can keep tokens locked behind conditions, giving holders more options to harden security ahead of any quantum breakthrough. On the flip side, in Bitcoin the early P2PK outputs and exposed public keys leave an estimated 11%–37% of BTC potentially vulnerable in a future quantum scenario. This includes Satoshi‑era coins that can’t just rotate keys. Therefore, despite Ripple and Bitcoin’s approach to quantum resistance being very similar, their stances on dormant whale wallets diverges, simply because almost none exist on XRP. Related Reading: Can’t Move Your Crypto?— Traders Trapped In South Korean Exchanges What This Means For XRP Traders Vet closes the post with calming words directed to XRP holders: Important – your XRP is safe, there are no known quantum computers able to threaten public blockchains. By that time the industry figured a path out. The immediate takeaway for XRP holders is that on‑chain data and XRPL’s toolset point to a relatively contained attack surface, especially for active users who can rotate keys ahead of time. The quantum debate is turning into a new risk‑pricing vector between Bitcoin and high‑cap altcoins. If that narrative sticks, any progress on XRPL’s fully quantum‑resistant testnets or mainnet upgrades could become a fresh catalyst in the next security‑driven rotation. At the moment of writing, XRP trades for around $1,300 on the daily chart. Source: XRPUSD on Tradingview. Cover image from Perplexity. XRPUSD chart from Tradingview.  

XRP’s design leaves a smaller share of its supply exposed to future quantum attacks than Bitcoin’s, experts said, pointing to additional XRPL features that stand out.

XRP is 16% below its late-March high. The market is preparing for a decisive move. And while the price has been retreating, something beneath it has been moving in the opposite direction. Related Reading: Aave Breakdown Deepens With Supply Flooding Back To Binance. Learn What Triggered The Rush A CryptoQuant analysis tracking XRP’s exchange supply structure has identified a sustained, directional withdrawal that has been building for months. Binance’s cumulative XRP netflow has declined from approximately -$10.4 billion in mid-August 2025 to -$11.23 billion now — an additional $830 million in net outflows added to an already historically significant drain. The coins are not returning to the exchange. They are leaving, and they are staying left. That persistent withdrawal matters in direct proportion to the price weakness surrounding it. When XRP falls 16% from a recent high while exchange supply simultaneously contracts, the market is describing two contradictory realities at once: a price that is declining and a supply pool that is thinning. Both cannot reflect the same market indefinitely. Either the supply contraction eventually creates sensitivity to any new demand, or the price weakness eventually brings sellers back to the exchange and rebuilds the available float. The Supply Is Thinning: Conviction Has Not Arrived The derivatives data completes the picture that the netflow analysis started. Binance XRP open interest has held only slightly above $200 million since mid-February 2026 — a level that confirms speculative activity is present but does not confirm that leveraged traders have returned with the kind of aggressive, directional conviction that typically precedes a sustained move. The market is not empty. It is cautious. That distinction matters structurally. Open interest above $200 million means traders are active. Open interest staying barely above $200 million for two months straight means those traders have not escalated their positions despite the supply compression building beneath them. The participants who watch exchange flows and see coins draining from Binance are not yet translating that observation into leveraged bets on the upside. They are watching. They are not committing. The combined reading is the clearest available description of where XRP currently stands. Exchange supply is weakening — $11.23 billion in cumulative net outflows and still declining. Speculative appetite is muted — open interest flat near $200 million since February. A market with a thinning supply and absent leverage conviction is not a market waiting to explode. It is a market waiting for a catalyst — the arrival of either demand or conviction — that neither data point has yet confirmed. When one of those two conditions changes, the structure will resolve. The supply compression determines the magnitude. The conviction determines the direction. Related Reading: XRP Longs Keep Getting Crushed On Binance – Here Is What That Imbalance Signals XRP Stalls in Compression After Prolonged Downtrend XRP remains structurally weak, but short-term price action shows signs of stabilization. After a sustained downtrend from late 2025, the chart reflects a clear breakdown in February, marked by a sharp capitulation wick and a surge in volume. That event likely represents forced liquidations rather than organic selling, often associated with local exhaustion. Since then, XRP has entered a tight consolidation range between approximately $1.25 and $1.40. This range-bound behavior indicates compression, not strength. Buyers are defending the downside, but there is no evidence of aggressive accumulation pushing the price higher. Related Reading: A Key Bitcoin Signal Is Quietly Building While The Price Stays Flat: Here Is What to Watch Next The moving averages reinforce this view. XRP is trading below the 50-day (blue), 100-day (green), and 200-day (red) moving averages, all trending downward. This alignment confirms that the broader trend remains bearish across all major timeframes. Recent attempts to reclaim the 50-day average have failed, suggesting that momentum remains capped. Volume has also declined following the February spike, signaling reduced participation rather than renewed demand. This aligns with a market lacking conviction. Structurally, XRP is building a base, but without a catalyst, it remains vulnerable. A reclaim of the $1.50–$1.70 region is required to shift momentum. Until then, this is consolidation within a downtrend, not a confirmed reversal. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com 

An XRP expert has shared reassuring messages to investors and traders as the cryptocurrency’s price continues to trend downwards, showing no signs of a short-term rebound. The analyst has advised investors not to worry about XRP’s price action or recent weakness, urging them to focus instead on its broader outlook and the significant institutional volume that could flow through the blockchain in the future.  Why Investors Should Stay Calm About The XRP Price Pseudonymous market analyst @UnknowDLT is offering calm guidance to the broader XRP community as investors and traders navigate the current bearish cycle. The analyst encouraged market participants not to fret over the recent price declines or to become increasingly desperate, even as the short-term outlook becomes more uncertain.  Related Reading: XRP Battle Zones Have Been Drawn: The Move To $31 That Could Change Everything The analyst reassured investors, emphasizing XRP’s long-term potential. He pointed out that major institutions like the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) could soon be channeling as much as $3.8 quadrillion across multiple blockchains in the industry, including the XRP Ledger (XRPL). He explained that even a small fraction of this volume flowing through the XRPL, about 5-10%, could be a major game changer for XRP. The analyst noted that the influx of capital could dramatically influence price, potentially generating substantial return on investment (ROI) for investors. Looking at the bigger picture, @UnknowDLT has emphasized that XRP’s adoption by major financial players and its role as a channel for institutional capital could become the factor that reverses the current bearish market and negative sentiment.   Despite his encouragement, many community members remain skeptical, expressing more concerns about XRP’s price performance. One user suggested that many investors are panicking because XRP has no clear direction. He noted that many believe that an explosive price rally might be a pipe dream, highlighting that the longer it takes to materialize, the stronger the doubts become. Another member advised @UnknowDLT not to blame investors who have been holding XRP for years. He pointed out that many influencers continue to make absurd price predictions for XRP by year’s end, fueling FOMO and raising hopes, only for the cryptocurrency to decline, leaving investors disappointed once again.   Other Factors Supporting XRP Price Growth In a follow-up post, @UnknowDLT highlighted additional bullish factors that could propel XRP from its ongoing price slump. The analyst noted that Ripple, the crypto company behind XRP, which also holds more than 40% of its supply, has partnered with several TIER 1 banks.  Related Reading: XRP Premium FVG Could Pull Price Higher In The Short Term, But There’s A Problem He noted that these partnerships are strategic, as XRP could soon be classified as a TIER 1 asset by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS). Such a designation would place the cryptocurrency alongside traditional assets like gold, effectively elevating its market status.  @UnknowDLT has stated that most XRP holders are not prepared for what lies ahead, underscoring his strong bullish outlook for the cryptocurrency.  Featured image from Getty Images, chart from Tradingview.com

A subtle shift in US payment infrastructure could be opening an unexpected door for XRP. The latest proposal from the Federal Reserve to expand FedNow capabilities is sparking new conversations across the digital asset space, and XRP may be quietly entering the spotlight.  Ripple’s Vision Aligns With Evolving Payment Infrastructure A transformative shift is unfolding in the US payment infrastructure, one that could impact Ripple and the role of XRP. Analyst XFinanceBull has revealed on X that the Federal Reserve has proposed expanding FedNow to allow banks and credit unions to use intermediaries for fund transfers.  Related Reading: XRP Might Be The Most Recognizable Names In RWA, But Is It The Leader? Here Are The Numbers This move goes beyond the current limitation of direct transfers strictly between two US banks. Furthermore, the proposal could open the door for intermediaries to help bridge and facilitate the international side of the payment.  XFinanceBull highlighted that Ripple National Trust Bank has already been conditionally approved by the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). This charter would allow Ripple to custody digital assets, offer lending services, and gain direct access to the Federal Reserve System, such as FedNow for instant payments. The next step is the Fed Master Account application, which would directly connect a chartered bank to the Federal Reserve’s payment systems. Ripple is still waiting on this approval, and this is not speculation. Furthermore, research published in a peer-reviewed journal by the Financial Planning Association has explored how Ripple and XRP are building the bridge for cross-border transactions. It specifically noted that possible integration points include systems like FedNow access and participation in the discount window for liquidity support. By connecting the dots, the Fed is expanding FedNow to support cross-border payments through intermediaries, and Ripple already has a conditionally approved national bank charter. The Fed Master Account is the final piece that would connect Ripple directly to the Fed’s instant payment infrastructure. Meanwhile, over 300 financial institutions have been reported to be using it, adopting, or exploring XRP. At the same time, Ripple’s involvement with global institutions such as the IMF and the Bank for International Settlements underscores its focus on interoperability within the existing digital money. XFinanceBull concluded that this is not about replacing the system, but about becoming part of it. The Fed has just opened the door, and Ripple may already be holding the conditional key, waiting for final approval to step fully into the system. How XRP Enables Instant Currency Conversion XRP is rapidly redefining how value moves across the global financial system. An Ambassador known as Ledger Man has stated that XRP functions as a powerful bridge currency, capable of converting local currencies such as the Iraqi Dinar, Vietnamese Dong, and Venezuelan Bolivar into US dollars with speed, efficiency, and full transparency. Related Reading: Ripple Introduces New System To Merge Corporate Finance And Digital Assets With the system already going live through partnerships with firms like Temenos, this could be the future of digital banking and cross-border payments. Featured image from Getty Images, chart from Tradingview.com

XRP holders are currently sitting on major losses as the price continues to decline from the 2025 bull run highs. These holders risk larger losses on their investments, as crypto analyst CasiTrades has warned that XRP could still see new lows.  XRP Holders Currently Seeing Major Negative Returns On Their Investments On-chain analytics platform Santiment revealed that the average wallets that have been active on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) over the past year are down an average of 41% on their investments. Santiment noted that this is the lowest Mean Value to Realized Value (MVRV) for XRP holders since the FTX crash in November 2022.  Related Reading: Don’t Get Trapped In XRP: Analyst Sounds Warning That Price Will Still Crash To This Level Santiment noted that because crypto assets are zero-sum trading games, significantly negative average returns, not just a price drop, but actual trader returns, imply that there is much lower risk than average in buying or adding to one’s XRP positions. The platform explained that this is because competing traders are already in severe ‘blood in the streets’ territory.  On-chain analytics platform Glassnode also highlighted how much XRP holders are currently underwater. In an X post, the platform noted that with price trading at $1.33, the percentage of XRP supply in profit has declined to 43.4%, the lowest level since July 2024.  Glassnode had previously noted that a large portion of the XRP supply was sitting at a loss even when the price was trading around $2.15. This signaled that the XRP market was a “top-heavy and structurally fragile market,” dominated by late buyers. XRP Preparing For Another Leg Down Crypto analyst CasiTrades has indicated that XRP is preparing for another leg down, which could put XRP holders in further losses. She noted that the bounce from the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement is over now and that she is watching for a wave-3 down. The analyst also revealed that the ceasefire push over the last 24 hours sent XRP perfectly into the .618 retracement, which gave the market a clean wave-2 relief rally.  Related Reading: Forget XRP Price Weakness, Investors Are Still Pouring In, And Wallet Figures Just Hit An Impressive Target CasiTrades acknowledged that the wave-2 move for XRP knocked out one of the smaller subwave counts, but that the bigger structure hasn’t changed. She added that the real move hasn’t happened yet and that she is still expecting a wave-3 move down toward $1.09, which the analyst warned could accelerate fast.  The analyst had previously warned that XRP could drop towards $1.08, which is the macro .786 support, and then see another relief bounce before breaking lower into $0.87, which is the macro .854 support, marking the fifth wave of this bearish move down.  At the time of writing, the XRP price is trading at around $1.33, down over 3% in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Featured image from Freepik, chart from Tradingview.com

XRP whales are aggressively accumulating while the asset’s recent price action keeps many retail participants cautious. This raises a key question for investors: are large holders positioning ahead of something the average trader has not yet recognized?  XRP Whales Accumulate At Key Levels While Retail Hesitates While XRP has dropped 3.5% in the past 24 hours, on-chain metrics indicate that XRP whales have dramatically shifted their positioning in recent weeks. Data from the analytics platform CryptoQuant shows that the Whale Flow 30-day moving average (30DMA) has turned positive after spending more than three months in negative territory, signaling a transition from distribution to accumulation. Related Reading: Analyst Who Called Bitcoin Price Crash Above $100,000 Predicts Crash To $29,000 This shift has pushed whale buying activity to its highest level in roughly ten months, highlighting a sharp change in behavior among large investors. Moreover, major holders have been purchasing more than 11 million XRP every day, a pace of accumulation that has not been observed since earlier stages of previous market expansions. The timing of this accumulation is notable because it coincides with XRP defending a key technical support zone. Market data shows the asset recently rebounded after touching the $1.28 level, bringing its current value to $1.33. Traders are closely watching this behavior, considering whether the combination of strong whale buying and support defense could set the stage for a potential breakout. Another signal reinforcing the accumulation narrative is the steady movement of tokens away from trading platforms. Exchange outflows for XRP have increased, sending a larger portion of the supply into private wallets. With fewer coins available for immediate sale, short-term selling pressure eases, amplifying the impact of growing demand and highlighting the deliberate positioning of large holders. Event-Driven Momentum: Why Whales Are Watching Japan Closely The timing of this accumulation aligns closely with a major XRP Ledger-focused event taking place in Japan this week. The conference is expected to feature Ripple executives and focus on institutional adoption, decentralized finance, and broader ecosystem development. Japan holds strategic importance for XRP due to its deep ties with SBI Holdings and its established role in Ripple’s global expansion. This regional strength adds weight to the significance of the event, making it more than just a routine industry gathering. Market participants are closely watching how the XRP price reacts around this event.  Related Reading: Ripple Makes A $13 Trillion Bet With This Move, And XRP Price Could Be Set To Explode The combination of large-scale buying, reduced circulating supply, and the upcoming institutional-focused conference underscores a clear pattern. While retail participants often respond to short-term uncertainty with hesitation or panic, whales are coordinating their activity with events that could influence adoption and ecosystem growth. Ultimately, the difference between panic-driven retail behavior and disciplined whale accumulation illustrates that these large holders are acting not out of impulse, but based on insight and timing. Their moves suggest they see opportunities that others may overlook, emphasizing strategy and preparation. Whales may not have secret knowledge, but they clearly understand how to act decisively when the rest of the market hesitates. Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com

Crypto analyst Egrag Crypto has outlined three key targets for XRP, including $31, signaling that the altcoin could reach double digits at some point. This comes as XRP eyes a parabolic surge to the upside amid a 2-week ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran.  Analyst Outlines Three Key Zones For XRP  In an X post, Egrag Crypto outlined $7, $10, and $31 as the top Fib 1.618 targets for XRP. The analyst described these levels as battle zones, signaling that this is where the altcoin could face significant resistance as it eyes higher price levels. He also noted that these are not random levels but that they define the true support framework.  In another X post, Egrag Crypto highlighted a Descending Broadening Wedge pattern, which signaled that an expansion was on the horizon for XRP. He noted a strong base holding around $0.90 and compression near the upper boundary, indicating that pressure is building.  Related Reading: The Last Time XRP Made This Move Against Bitcoin, It Led To A 500% Increase To $3.3 The analyst stated that the probability of a bullish expansion for XRP is between 55% and 60%. He further remarked that a break above $3.30 will lead to rallies to $5, $8, and $13. On the other hand, Egrag Crypto warned that there is a 40% to 45% chance of a fake breakdown, in which XRP could sweep below $0.90, then reclaim this level and record a parabolic surge.  Meanwhile, he gave a 10% to 15% probability of a full failure, in which XRP breaks its current structure, and no reclaim occurs. Egrag Crypto noted that a Descending Broadening Wedge pattern is not weakness but rather “controlled chaos before expansion.” The analyst added that the longer this pattern coils, the more violent the move will be.  The key levels for XRP are $3.30 and $0.90, which Egrag Crypto described as the “trigger” and “line in the sand” respectively. He concluded that the current setup is a volatility expansion rather than a random range.  Price Could Still Drop To $0.87 Crypto analyst CasiTrades has warned that XRP could still drop to $0.87 on the last wave to the downside. This came as she stated that price has failed to make a new high and has instead printed a clean 5-wave right into resistance. She added that a bearish divergence has formed, signaling weakness and exhaustion at resistance.  Related Reading: Are Institutions About To Trigger A Massive XRP Supply Shock? Here’s How Much They’re Holding XRP could drop to $1.13 on the first wave down, then see a small relief before it continues toward $1.08, which is the macro .786 support. CasiTrades stated that the altcoin could see another chop or relief bounce before breaking lower into the $0.87 range, which is the macro .854 support.  At the time of writing, the XRP price is trading at around $1.38, up over 5% in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Featured image from Freepik, chart from Tradingview.com

XRP is trading around a critical price level. The market is showing signs of life — driven by reports of potential US-Iran negotiations that have lifted risk sentiment across financial markets. But the derivatives data on Binance is telling a more cautious story about what those signs are actually worth. Related Reading: A Key Bitcoin Signal Is Quietly Building While The Price Stays Flat: Here Is What to Watch Next A CryptoQuant report tracking XRP’s leverage structure has identified an asymmetry that cuts directly against the bullish surface reading. Over the past 30 days, long position liquidations on Binance reached approximately $39.8 million — more than double the $19.7 million in short position liquidations recorded over the same period. The market has been punishing buyers at twice the rate it has been punishing sellers. That ratio matters because it describes the current market’s relationship with optimism. Every time XRP traders have positioned for upside, the market has extracted a disproportionate cost from those positions. The geopolitical catalyst may be shifting sentiment. The leverage structure is not yet reflecting a market that has earned the right to move higher — it is reflecting one that has been repeatedly burned for trying. The bullish signs are real. The foundation beneath them is still being tested. Caution Is Winning. It Has Not Won Yet The report adds a behavioral layer that confirms what the liquidation asymmetry implies. The 30-day cumulative funding rate has registered a slightly negative value of approximately -0.000007, a modest reading, but one that has held in negative territory consistently. In derivatives markets, persistent negative funding means traders are paying to maintain short positions rather than long ones. That is not neutral positioning. It is a market that is leaning against recovery, not toward it. The combined picture — long liquidations at double the rate of short liquidations, funding tilted negative, leverage usage declining from previous periods — describes a derivatives market that has been systematically reducing its bullish exposure. That process of overextension removal is, paradoxically, the most constructive development visible in the data. When leveraged longs are cleared from a market and positioning becomes lighter and more two-sided, the mechanical risk of cascading liquidations in either direction diminishes. What remains is a market that has shed its excess but not yet found its conviction. The simultaneous decline in both long and short liquidations confirms the overextension is being resolved. The continued dominance of long liquidations confirms the resolution is not yet complete. The leverage reset is underway. It is not finished. When it is — and when liquidity returns alongside it — the conditions for a larger move will exist in a way they currently do not. The direction of that move will depend on which catalyst arrives first Related Reading: XRP Spot Buying Hits $520M While Futures Stay Negative. Here Is the Signal To Watch For A Real Move XRP Consolidates Below Resistance as Downtrend Structure Persists XRP continues to trade in a compressed range near $1.38 after a prolonged downtrend that began following its late-2025 peak. The chart shows a clear sequence of lower highs and lower lows, with price consistently rejected below the 50-day (blue) and 100-day (green) moving averages. Both indicators are sloping downward, reinforcing the broader bearish structure. The 200-day moving average (red), now positioned well above the current price, confirms that XRP remains in a macro corrective phase. The February capitulation event stands out as a structural reset, marked by a sharp spike in volume and a rapid move below $1.20 before reclaiming higher levels. Since then, XRP has stabilized, but the recovery lacks momentum. Volume has declined steadily, suggesting reduced participation rather than strong accumulation. Related Reading: Ethereum Trading on Binance Has Gone Quiet, Discover What Happens When That Changes Price is now compressing just below short-term resistance, with repeated failures to break above the descending 50-day moving average. This type of consolidation often precedes expansion, but the direction remains unclear. A reclaim of the $1.50–$1.60 zone would be required to challenge the current downtrend. Until then, XRP remains structurally weak, with consolidation reflecting equilibrium—not strength. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com 

A viral footage from 2018 has resurfaced online, showing CEO Brad Garlinghouse boldly declaring that Ripple was taking over SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications). At the time, the crypto payments company was still in its early growth phase, aggressively positioning itself as a faster and more cost-effective alternative to SWIFT. Today, Ripple has evolved significantly in various aspects, including regulation, payments, global adoption, partnerships, banking, and more. Ripple CEO Makes Bold Claim To Surpass SWIFT During the 2018 Bloomberg interview, Garlinghouse was asked whether he believed Ripple could ever take over SWIFT. The CEO responded calmly, “I think what we’re doing and executing on a day-by-day basis is in fact taking over SWIFT.” He stated that the company had already signed with more than 100 banks, noting that some of the largest SWIFT-enabled financial institutions in the world are already using Ripple’s technology.  Related Reading: Analyst Who Called Bitcoin Price Crash Above $100,000 Predicts Crash To $29,000 Garlinghouse’s statement reflected confidence in Ripple’s growth potential and its ability to transform global payment systems. He pointed to practical, real-world applications, explaining that a remittance company adopted Ripple’s technology in 2018 and lowered the price per transaction from $20 to just $2, leading to a staggering 800% surge in usage overnight. According to him, this type of growth and dynamic is what Ripple can address, while SWIFT has struggled to support.  Despite his bold vision, many in the crypto community today remain skeptical. One possible reason for this doubt is that SWIFT has served as the backbone of international financial communications since 1973. Hence, it has built decades of strong credibility, trust, compliance, and security standards—areas where Ripple, by comparison, is still developing.  However, despite these long-standing advantages, SWIFT falls short in many areas that Ripple aims to improve. The system relies on processes that take 1-5 days for transactions to settle, while Ripple executes transfers in seconds. In addition, SWIFT’s transfers also cost $25-$50 per transaction, while the average all-in costs for institutional payments on Ripple range from $0.001-$0.01 per transaction, a staggering contrast.  One of SWIFT’s biggest flaws today is that it does not move money directly; instead, it sends messages about money while still relying on pre-funded Nostro accounts. This reliance is the key area where Ripple has a huge advantage. While SWIFT’s pre-funded accounts and use of intermediaries slow payments, Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) leverages XRP as a bridge currency to speed up transfers. The crypto company converts the sender’s currency into XRP, moves it across the ledger, and then converts it to the receiver’s currency—all of which is done in seconds.  How Ripple Has Evolved Since 2018 Fast-forward to today, Ripple has overcome major hurdles since 2018, including resolving its almost seven-year legal battle with the US SEC and gaining clearer regulatory guidance and recognition. At the same time, the company has continued to expand globally while enhancing the XRP Ledger (XRPL) with new updates and stronger security features.   Related Reading: XRP Analyst Reveals Why The Altcoin Is Set To Hit $27 So far, the company continues its efforts to either rival or work with SWIFT. It has established partnerships with hundreds of banks, payment providers, remittance firms, and other institutions. Ripple has also expanded its offerings through various strategic acquisitions, including Hidden Road, Metaco, GTreasury, and others. As a result, the crypto firm now extends its services beyond payments to include custody, settlement, treasury management, and more.  Recently, one of Ripple’s biggest milestones was gaining conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a national bank charter. A full license would officially designate Ripple as a federally recognized bank, bringing the company one step closer to its goals.  Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com

Institutions are quietly accumulating large amounts of XRP, suggesting a wave of strategic buying that could influence prices as available tokens become scarcer. Recent reports show that major financial players have already invested hundreds of millions of dollars in XRP, potentially signaling a looming supply crunch.  Analyst Says XRP Supply Shock Incoming On April 4, market analyst @CryptoCupra on X reported that major institutions are silently loading up on XRP, with over $200 million already committed. The analyst stated that this “is only the beginning,” implying that more institutional investors will continue buying XRP en masse. Related Reading: What Does The Japanese Bond Gap Have To Do With The XRP Price Reaching $150? @CryptoCupra noted that prominent players, including Goldman Sachs, have already entered the markets alongside several top investment funds. He emphasized that this accumulation differs from typical retail participation, reflecting strategic positioning by experienced large-scale investors with enough resources to influence XRP’s supply. The analyst stated that as more institutions buy XRP, the number of tokens available for trading continues to decrease. He explained that such accumulation often precedes a supply shock, which occurs when demand exceeds the tokens sellers are willing to offer. Usually, a supply shock can influence a cryptocurrency’s price, often triggering sharp rallies as buying pressure increases while liquidity remains limited. @CryptoCupra claims that institutional investors are deliberately buying XRP ahead of a potential price surge, highlighting their confidence in the cryptocurrency’s future potential. Among the firms outlined in his post, Goldman Sachs has the highest exposure to XRP, holding more than 83.63 million tokens worth over $153.8 million. Following directly behind it is Millennium Management LLC, which has purchased approximately 12.54 million XRP, valued at more than $23 million.   Institutions Buy The Dip As Exchange Liquidity Plummets Notably, the recent accumulation activity comes even as XRP faces significant volatility and price declines toward $1.3. The cryptocurrency has already recorded six consecutive months of losses since October 2025. The ongoing downtrend has placed severe pressure on its price and market structure, contributing to this extensive losing streak.  Related Reading: Why XRP Supply Crashing On Coinbase Is A Good Thing For The Price Despite this poor performance, institutional investors continue to accumulate, likely viewing the lower prices as an opportunity to buy the dip and stay ahead of any potential price rebound.  Further supporting the thesis of a possible supply shock, XRP liquidity on Binance has crashed to its lowest levels. CIO of RoyalPeakCap Arthur has reported that XRP’s 30-day liquidity index on Binance has fallen to zero. Additionally, trading volumes have declined from $200 million in January 2025 to almost nothing today. This development comes after news of XRP holders boycotting Coinbase spread across the market. As more holders withdrew their XRP from the exchange, rumors of a potential supply shock emerged, with hopes that continued outflows could positively impact the price. Featured image from Getty Images, chart from Tradingview.com

XRP’s recent move is raising an important question: is this a genuine shift in trend or just another fake pump within a broader bearish structure? While short-term candles may look promising, price has yet to confirm a new high, and resistance continues to hold firm, suggesting underlying weakness.  Short-Term Bounce Sparks False Bullish Sentiment Don’t get trapped in the noise. XRP’s structure still points lower, CasiTrades cautioned in a recent update on X, which comes as short-term movements begin to spark renewed optimism among traders. Related Reading: XRP Price Rebound Fizzles Out, Downside Pressure Returns Fast A series of bullish candles over the past day has already started to shift sentiment, with many turning optimistic once again. In reality, these brief rallies, which tend to draw traders in prematurely, can simply be part of a larger corrective phase rather than the start of a sustained uptrend. Price has yet to break into a new high and instead completed a clean 5-wave push directly into resistance. Bearish divergence is also appearing, with signals that point to exhaustion rather than strength. Until a confirmed breakout occurs, the overall structure remains intact, and the current price action is likely just noise within the broader pattern. Zooming Out Reveals A Clear Bearish XRP Roadmap CasiTrades went on to stress that taking a step back makes the outlook much clearer, with price currently caught between well-defined support and resistance zones. From a higher timeframe perspective, multiple structures continue to align to the downside, reinforcing the idea that the broader trend has not shifted. Related Reading: XRP Eyes Massive Breakout, But Not Before A Potential Shakeout The projected path begins with a move lower toward the $1.13 region, marking the first leg of the decline. A small relief bounce is expected to follow, but not enough to change the overall direction. From there, continuation toward the $1.08 level comes into focus, aligning with the macro 0.786 support. Further along, more choppy price action or brief relief rallies may appear, but the broader expectation remains a continuation to the downside. The final leg of the move points toward the $0.87 region, which corresponds with the macro 0.854 support. Rather than a straight drop, the structure suggests a staged decline, with pauses and minor recoveries along the way. CasiTrades emphasizes the importance of staying detached from emotional reactions and avoiding the urge to trade every fluctuation. The strategy remains centered on key levels, looking for buying opportunities at major supports like the 0.786 and 0.854, or waiting for a confirmed breakout above resistance that flips into support around the 0.618. Price action between these zones is largely viewed as noise, often driven by liquidity hunts designed to shake out impatient participants. Featured image from Adobe Stock, chart from Tradingview.com

XRP is holding current levels. The market is volatile. And on Binance, two separate groups of participants have reached two completely opposite conclusions about where it goes next. Related Reading: $82 Million In Ethereum Just Left FalconX: Discover Who Is Behind It A CryptoQuant analysis tracking XRP’s market structure has identified a divergence that cuts directly beneath the surface of the current price action. Spot CVD on Binance has climbed to approximately $520.2 million — real capital, committed by real buyers, accumulating in the spot market while the broader environment remains uncertain. That number reflects sustained conviction from participants who are putting actual money behind XRP at current prices. Simultaneously, the Perpetual CVD on Binance sits at approximately -$261 million. The derivatives market is not neutral. It is actively defensive — leveraged traders positioned against the move, maintaining short exposure while the spot side builds beneath them. The result is a market held in place by opposing forces. Spot buyers are absorbing the sell pressure that derivatives traders are generating. The price is holding not because both sides agree on the direction, but because one side is strong enough to keep the other from winning — for now. That balance is not a permanent condition. It is a setup. One side is accumulating. The other is hedging against it. When the standoff resolves — and it will — the direction it breaks will be determined by which force exhausts first. Spot Is Doing the Work. Futures Is Watching. The analysis draws a distinction that changes how the current XRP support should be read. When a market holds because futures traders are aggressively long — leveraged, directional, conviction-driven — the support is loud and visible but fragile. A single adverse move triggers cascading liquidations, and the floor disappears as fast as it formed. Current data reveals a more durable structure—actual spot demand supports XRP as real buyers step in. This support carries weight because committed capital, not borrowed conviction, builds it. Related Reading: Ethereum Trading on Binance Has Gone Quiet, Discover What Happens When That Changes The limitation of that structure is equally honest. Spot demand without futures confirmation is support without amplification. The buyers are present. The force multiplier that converts support into a sustained directional move — leveraged positioning shifting from defensive to directional — has not arrived. The derivatives market is watching the spot buyers work without joining them. That gap defines the range of near-term outcomes precisely. If spot demand holds and derivatives positioning begins shifting toward neutral or positive, the setup graduates from supported to trending. If futures traders remain defensive while spot demand exhausts itself, the support loses its foundation without ever becoming a rally. The spot buyers have made their position clear. The next move belongs to the derivatives market. XRP Compression Signals Imminent Expansion Within a Bearish Structure XRP continues to trade in a compressed range near $1.32, but the broader structure remains decisively bearish. The daily chart shows price firmly below the 50, 100, and 200-day moving averages, all trending downward and stacked above current levels. This configuration reflects sustained selling pressure across all key timeframes. The February breakdown remains the defining event. XRP lost the $1.70–$1.80 region with expansion in volume, triggering a sharp move toward $1.20. That zone now acts as the lower boundary of the current range, while repeated attempts to push above $1.50 have failed, reinforcing it as near-term resistance. Related Reading: XRP Has Never Been This Quiet On Binance. Discover If The Silence Is A Warning or a Setup What is developing now is not recovery, but consolidation within a downtrend. Price action has become increasingly tight, with lower volatility and declining volume compared to the sell-off phase. That contraction typically precedes expansion, but direction remains unresolved. There is also a structural concern: each bounce is producing lower highs, indicating that buyers lack follow-through. The inability to reclaim even the 50-day moving average underscores weak demand. If XRP loses the $1.20 level, downside acceleration becomes likely due to limited support below. On the upside, reclaiming $1.50 is the first requirement, but a true structural shift would require acceptance above $1.70, where trend dynamics begin to change. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com 

Crypto pundit Crypto Eri has revealed a new milestone in terms of the number of XRP Ledger (XRPL) wallets despite the XRP price weakness. This comes as the altcoin risks dropping below the psychological $1.30 level amid uncertainty over a ceasefire in the U.S.-Iran war.  XRP Ledger Wallets Rise Despite XRP Price Weakness In an X post, Crypto Eri noted that despite a softening of the XRP price that began in 2025, wallets continue to climb, with the XRP Ledger wallets currently at 8.1 million, according to CryptoQuant data. This signals increased adoption of the network, especially as more institutions tokenize real-world assets (RWAs).  Related Reading: XRP Premium FVG Could Pull Price Higher In The Short Term, But There’s A Problem CryptoQuant data also show that the number of daily active addresses on the XRP Ledger has held steady despite the drop in the XRP price. The number of daily active addresses recently spiked to a high of almost 32,000, almost matching the high recorded on February 10, when this metric rose to 32,600.  It is worth noting that these milestones come just as more than half of the XRP supply sits underwater. Glassnode stated that investors who accumulated above $2 over the past 12 months have been realizing losses at a rate of $20 million to $100 million per day since November 2025.  On-chain analytics platform Santiment noted that average wallets active on the XRP Ledger over the past year are down 41% on average, with the XRP price recently reaching a new low. The platform stated that this is the lowest Mean Value to Realized Value (MVRV) for XRP traders since the FTX crash in November 2022.  Santiment explained that significantly negative returns imply much lower risk than average when buying or adding to one’s positions. This is because competing traders are already in severe ‘blood in the streets’ territory, so the downside for the XRP price may be limited.  XRP Structure Still Points Lower Crypto analyst CasiTrades warned that the XRP structure still points lower, suggesting the XRP price could drop further. She noted that price failed to make a new high and instead printed a clean 5-wave right into resistance. The analyst added that a bearish divergence has formed, indicating exhaustion at resistance.  Related Reading: Will The XRP Price Crash Further From Here? Major Levels To Watch CasiTrades also mentioned that the XRP price is right between support and resistance and that multiple degrees are aligning to the downside. As to how low the XRP price could drop, she stated that the first wave down is targeting is $1.13. When that happens, she predicts that the altcoin could see a small relief before a continuation toward $1.08, which is the macro .786 support. The analyst added that XRP could see a break lower to $0.87 after more chop and a relief bounce.  At the time of writing, the XRP price is trading at around $1.30, down over 2% in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Featured image from Freepik, chart from Tradingview.com

On-chain data shows returns of the 1-year XRP buyers have plunged deep into the red, something that has signaled an opportunity in the past. XRP Has Seen Its 1-Year MVRV Ratio Plummet Recently In a new post on X, on-chain analytics firm Santiment has talked about the latest trend in the Market Value to Realized Value (MVRV) Ratio for XRP. The MVRV Ratio is a popular indicator that measures the ratio between the Market Cap and Realized Cap of a given asset. Related Reading: These 3 Signals Mark Bear Market Exits—Bitcoin Has Yet To Trigger Them In short, the Market Cap represents the value that investors are holding in the present, while the Realized Cap is a measure of the capital that they initially invested into the cryptocurrency. As such, the MVRV Ratio, which compares the two, contains information about the profit-loss balance of the network as a whole. In the context of the current topic, the MVRV Ratio of the entire market isn’t of interest, but rather that of two specific holder segments: 1-month and 1-year buyers. Below is the chart shared by Santiment that shows how the XRP MVRV Ratio has changed for these two groups over the last few years. As displayed in the graph, the XRP MVRV Ratio has recently been inside the negative zone for both the 30-day and 1-year investors. Thus, coins purchased over both the past month and past year have been underwater. This loss status among traders is naturally a result of the continued bearish price action that the asset has witnessed over the last few months. The situation has been especially bad for the 1-year buyers, who are in a loss of about 41% right now. This is the lowest level since December 2022, when the market was trading at lows after the FTX crash. Generally, the more are the investors in loss, the more likely is the market to reach a bottom as profit-sellers run out. Currently the 1-year MVRV level for XRP is so deep that it’s inside a region that the analytics firm defines as the “Opportunity Zone.” As Santiment explains: Because cryptocurrencies are zero sum trading games, significantly negative average returns (not just a price drop, but actual trader returns) imply that there is much lower risk than average in buying or adding on to your XRP positions, due to the fact that competing traders are already in severe ‘blood in the streets’ territory. Related Reading: Bitcoin Sharks & Whales Capitulate: Realized Loss Exceeds $200M Given this dominance of loss among the recent buyers, it now remains to be seen whether the market pain is enough for a bottom or if the cryptocurrency will see its bearish phase prolong further. XRP Price At the time of writing, XRP is trading around $1.32, down nearly 2% over the last 24 hours. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com

A crypto commentator has put forward a bold prediction for XRP, arguing that a return to its 2017-style growth could send the asset into four-digit territory. Taking to the social media platform X, The Real Remi Relief pointed to the magnitude of XRP’s previous cycle and laid out how a similar percentage move from the current price range would place the cryptocurrency trading above $1,000. Looking At The 2017 XRP Price Blueprint According to a crypto commentator known as The Real Remi Relief on X, we will have a $1000 XRP if we continue to follow the 2017 bull run. To understand the weight of the claim, it helps to revisit what 2017 actually looked like for XRP.  Back in 2017, XRP entered the year trading at roughly $0.006, largely flying under the radar compared to other major cryptocurrencies at the time. Momentum began to build in the first half of the year, and by May, the price had already surged past $0.40 as the entire crypto market picked up speed. Even so, that early rally only hinted at what was to come. Related Reading: Analyst Who Called Bitcoin Price Crash Above $100,000 Predicts Crash To $29,000 However, it wasn’t until December 2017 when the real price surge came. This surge pushed XRP to close the year above $2.30, before eventually rolling over into January 2018, where it printed its previously long-standing peak price of $3.40. That rally amounted to an extraordinary 76,000% increase within a single cycle, and it occurred when the crypto market lacked many of the structural factors that are present today.  There were no spot ETFs, no institutional allocations, and limited real-world utility tied to blockchain infrastructure. Despite that, XRP still managed to deliver one of the biggest price expansions ever recorded in the industry. Applying that same percentage gain to a current base price of $1.40, assuming the cycle bottom is in, yields a price target of $1,064. The Difference Between 2017 And Now There’s no denying the fact that there is a vast structural difference between the state of the crypto market in 2017 and 2026. The analyst is not predicting a carbon copy of 2017. He is using it as a floor. “Now add FOMO, institutions, utility, ETFs, supply shock, etc.,” he wrote, “and you will get my conservative $1,200-$1,700 price prediction.” Back in 2017, the market infrastructure was immature. Now, there is a more mature market with institutional investors in the mix and talks of passing US legislation for the crypto industry.  Related Reading: Ripple Makes A $13 Trillion Bet With This Move, And XRP Price Could Be Set To Explode Spot XRP ETFs launched in November 2025, generating over $1 billion in net inflows since inception. Their presence adds a layer of accessibility that was previously missing, especially for traditional investors. A survey conducted by Coinbase in collaboration with EY-Parthenon, covering 351 institutional investors, shows that interest is not just theoretical. About 25% of respondents indicated plans to add XRP to their portfolios in 2026, while 18% reported that they already hold the asset. Featured image from Freepik chart from Tradingview.com