The Ethereum Foundation's ETH sale to Bitmine highlights its strategic focus on sustainable growth and decentralized network stewardship.
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Bitcoin’s extended pullback from its all-time high has left traders in uncertainty, and many investors are unsure whether the worst of the decline has already passed. One analyst known as Jelle on X is of the notion that the conversation may be missing an uncomfortable reality that Bitcoin bear markets often become far more painful than most participants expect. The price data, he argues, supports a more concerning interpretation of how Bitcoin’s current pullback will play out. Related Reading: Bitcoin Climbs Back To $73,000 As Short Squeeze Wipes Out $246M In Futures Bets Current Bitcoin Decline Still Smaller Than Previous Bear Markets Crypto analyst Jelle issued an interesting warning to investors who may be underestimating the depth and duration of Bitcoin bear markets. In a post on X, Jelle noted that Bitcoin is currently down roughly 44% from its all-time high of $126,080, with the February local bottom around $63,000 registering a 53% decline from the peak. These sound severe on the surface. However, they are relatively modest against the historical record. Historical data shows that Bitcoin’s previous bear markets pushed the asset much deeper below its peak. The market collapse following the 2017 rally eventually erased about 84% of Bitcoin’s value, while the bear market that followed the 2021 cycle bottomed near a 77% decline. A review of the chart Jelle shared, which is shown below, illustrates just how consistent the cyclical structure has been. Since 2014, Bitcoin has oscillated through periods of sustained accumulation and declines. Each bull run lasts approximately 150 to 152 weeks, and each bear market persists for anywhere between 52 and 58 weeks. Bitcoin Price Chart. Source: @CryptoJelleNL On X The current bear phase, by that measure, is well short of the duration at which prior cycles found their floors. Projecting the bear market phase from the October 2025 all-time high would put the current correction lasting until sometime around October 2026. “Unfortunately, I think there is more pain ahead for BTC,” Jelle said. The RSI Is Telling Investors To Wait The analyst also examined Bitcoin’s relative strength index indicator, which has repeatedly provided clues about when bear markets are nearing completion, in another post. Jelle observed that every previous bear market eventually bottomed when the weekly RSI dropped below the 37 level. Once the indicator crosses below that threshold, it often falls further before the Bitcoin price reaches its final low. Bitcoin has declined roughly 30% since the RSI first moved below that level in the current cycle. That decline is smaller than what occurred in earlier cycles, though not enough to stand out as a clear anomaly given the limited number of examples. More important, according to Jelle, is the pattern that forms near the end of a bear market. The final low usually appears when the RSI creates a higher low close to the level recorded during the previous bottom. That higher low can occur alongside either a lower price low or a higher price low. Bitcoin Price Chart. Source: @CryptoJelleNL On X Related Reading: Ghana’s Crypto Push Begins As 11 Companies Enter SEC Sandbox When price forms a lower low but RSI prints a higher low, the price action produces a bullish divergence on the weekly chart. That signal has always preceded the transition from bear market conditions into the next accumulation phase. Until that structure becomes visible, patience is the best approach. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
Bitcoin recently pushed into a key liquidity pocket near the $73,000 level, briefly tapping overhead liquidity before encountering a sharp reaction to the downside. With structure still holding and buyers stepping in on dips, attention is now shifting to whether this positioning phase could set the stage for a stronger push toward the $80,000 region. Upper Liquidity Sweep Before Sharp Rejection Near $74,000 According to the latest MMT Heatmap update from Columbus, Bitcoin experienced a significant surge into the upper liquidity pocket during the overnight session. The price climbed aggressively to the $73,000 mark, testing the strength of overhead supply. However, this momentum was met with a sharp corrective reaction as it approached a substantial liquidity cluster situated near $74,000. Related Reading: Bitcoin Liquidation Clusters Become Clearer, And Traders Are Leaning Long On BTC This specific price action is characterised by a market that is probing for liquidity without establishing immediate value acceptance. Here, there is a sweep, followed by investors building positions; a standard market mechanism where high-interest zones are cleared out before the market gathers the necessary structure to sustain a more permanent move higher. Currently, Bitcoin remains in a rotation phase as it attempts to solidify a reclaim above its previous channel resistance. This transition period is vital for converting old resistance into support, providing the technical foundation required for the next leg of the bull cycle. The broader outlook remains cautiously optimistic, provided that buyer demand is resilient and does not fade anytime soon. As long as bids continue to rebuild aggressively on every minor dip, the underlying market structure maintains its bullish bias. Bitcoin Tests Historic Weekly Support–Resistance Zone Bitcoin’s weekly chart shows that the price is currently negotiating one of its strongest support and resistance zones, a level that dates back to the week of March 11, 2024. Market action around such historically significant areas often determines the next major directional move, as both buyers and sellers tend to defend their positions aggressively. Related Reading: Bitcoin Price Reclaims Ground, Can Bulls Flip Market Momentum? Crypto analyst Christopher Inks notes that momentum indicators still leave plenty of room for further upside. Both the weekly RSI and the Stochastic RSI remain far from overheated territory, suggesting that Bitcoin could still extend its move higher and potentially push into the $80,000 region if bullish momentum continues to build. Christopher Inks has also emphasized throughout the year that a strong, impulsive weekly candle breaking and closing above the yearly pivot at $96,071.25 would be a major signal for the market. Such a move would confirm that the cycle low is already in place and could open the path for Bitcoin to advance toward a new all-time high. Featured image from Pixabay, chart from Tradingview.com
The price of Bitcoin put in another interesting performance over the past week, as the global uncertainty continued in the broader financial markets. However, the $74,000 resistance level proved to be unyielding yet again, as the premier cryptocurrency made a fresh play for it as the weekend approached. The investor sentiment in the Bitcoin market seems to be worsening with time, while the bullish momentum appears to be waning after the latest rejection. In fact, recent on-chain data shows that the sentiment is at a low not seen in nearly four years. BTC Fear & Greed Index Falls To 10% For First Time Since 2022 In a March 13 post on the X platform, crypto analyst Axel Adler Jr revealed that the Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index has continued its descent over the past few weeks. The Fear and Greed Index is an on-chain indicator that measures sentiment in the crypto market and reflects some aspect of investor behavior. Related Reading: Bitcoin Climbs Back To $73,000 As Short Squeeze Wipes Out $246M In Futures Bets Typically, the index ranges from 0 to 100 (often in percentage), with higher values often signaling extreme greed and overheating market conditions. Meanwhile, a lower value of the Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index suggests extreme fear and skepticism among investors. According to CryptoQuant’s data shared by Adler Jr, the 30-day average Fear and Greed Index has fallen to 10%, a level of pessimism seen during the market-wide crash brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Terra (LUNA) ecosystem collapse. As observed in the chart below, the metric has been on a downturn since reaching a peak above the 75th percentile in late 2025. Adler Jr. wrote on X: Sentiment is now deeply compressed. For market structure to stabilize, Bitcoin likely needs to reclaim higher price levels. While an upturn in price performance might be critical in improving the market sentiment, the current level of the Fear and Greed Index might provide insight into Bitcoin’s near-term trajectory. From a historical perspective, the premier cryptocurrency has often shown the tendency to bounce back when the market sentiment is at its lowest. During the COVID-19 crash, the Bitcoin price rebounded from around $5,000 to a new all-time high after the Fear and Greed Index fell to around 10%. In 2022, though, the price of BTC did not reach a bottom until after the collapse of the FTX exchange (a few months after the index reached the 10% level). In essence, the Fear and Greed Index being this low could imply that the market leader has either reached or is near its bottom. Bitcoin Price At A Glance As of this writing, the price of BTC stands at around $71,262, reflecting an over 1% jump in the past 24 hours. Related Reading: Bitcoin Miners’ AI Shift May Create New Overhang, Lekker Capital CIO Warns Featured image from DALL-E, chart from TradingView
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The XRP price has been trending downward for several months now, falling from a yearly high above $3 in 2025 to under $1.4 at the time of writing. With the crypto market facing strong bearish headwinds, XRP’s next move remains uncertain. While some hope for a recovery, others project further downside. For her bearish forecast, crypto analyst CasiTrades suggests that XRP’s consolidation phase may not be over. She projects that the cryptocurrency could still crash further to $0.87 before the current bear market ends. XRP Price Faces $0.87 Crash CasiTrades has presented a fresh technical update on XRP’s price action, outlining a short-term bearish scenario which could see the cryptocurrency decline significantly to $0.87 before any meaningful recovery begins. Posting on X, she notes that XRP has now spent 34 days inside Wave 4 of an Elliott Wave structure. During this period, price movement has been unusually slow, and overall volatility across the pair has dropped considerably. Related Reading: XRP Negative Funding Continues, Crashes To Levels Not Seen Since 2022 According to the chart, XRP is currently trading around $1.39 and remains trapped within a corrective structure that has been moving sideways since early February. CasiTrades noted that this pattern was typical of Wave 4 behavior, often accompanied by a prolonged, muted consolidation that slowly exhausts market participants and frustrates both bulls and bears. CasiTrades has highlighted two key price levels that will likely determine XRP’s next move. The first is the $0.87 level, which aligns with the 0.854 Fibonacci retracement shown on the chart. If XRP crashes to this level, the analyst expects it to act as a strong support area where the cryptocurrency’s ongoing correction could complete, and a recovery could begin. The second level is the resistance around $1.65, which closely corresponds to the 0.618 Fibonacci extension. CasiTrades suggests that if XRP moves higher and breaks above this level, then holds it as support, it would invalidate the cryptocurrency’s bearish outlook and signal a potential shift back to bullish momentum. XRP Recovery Expected After Wave 4 Bottom If XRP follows the bearish scenario, CasiTrades chart suggests that once Wave 4 completes near the $0.87 support zone, the market could transition into Wave 5, a projected strong recovery phase. The green line on the chart illustrates this expected rebound, pointing significantly higher after XRP’s corrective phase ends. Related Reading: First Bullish Wick Appears On XRP Weekly Chart, And This Analyst Says It Will Send Price To $21.5 Following the projected trajectory of the green line, XRP is expected to rebound sharply from $0.87 and move toward the next intermediate zone near the 0.786 Fibonacci Retracement around $1.085. From there, the price is projected to revisit its previous resistance area near $1.65, before potentially climbing to a second resistance level around $1.78. If the cryptocurrency breaks above this level with bullish momentum, the chart suggests a further surge that could propel XRP beyond $1.9. Featured image from Freepik, chart from Tradingview.com
The decision arrives days after the Kansas City Fed granted Kraken the first-ever crypto master account, a landmark for the crypto industry.
Solana (SOL) may be on the cusp of a major market rally after the SuperTrend indicator turned bullish for the first time in two months. The prominent altcoin has been a major victim of the market downturn, losing over 62% of its value since October 2025. However, recent gains suggest a building momentum for a possible price recovery. Related Reading: Bitcoin Price From $70,000 To $110,000 In 2 Months? Analyst Reveals How Solana (SOL) Set For Potential Trend Reversal – Analyst In an X post on March 13, market analyst Ali Martinez shared that the SuperTrend indicator was flashing a bullish signal in the Solana market – the first recorded since early January amid prolonged price struggles that stretched to last year. The SuperTrend indicator is a technical analysis tool used to identify the current market trend, i.e., uptrend or downtrend, and potential buy or sell signals. Martinez’s analysis shows that the ST indicator indicated a sell signal in early February, around when Solana crashed to around $67. However, SOL soon rallied to eventually settle within a trading range of $76-$90, a consolidatory movement that has lasted over the last four weeks. In particular, Solana has twice recorded a moderate price action above $90 in March, with the most recent one clashing with the buy signal from the Supertrend indicator. However, it’s worth noting that a bullish signal by the SuperTrend indicator does not guarantee a sustained upward breakout, as the indicator is based on historical price and volatility data and can produce false signals. In the event of a potential breakout, investors can expect an initial price rise to around $103, which represents SOL’s immediate resistance zone, following the extended correction seen in the last few months. Related Reading: $61.9M Ethereum Buy Sparks Speculation – Mystery Whale Turns $1M Profit Overnight Solana ETFs See Significant Drop In Netflows In other news, data from SoSoValue shows that inflows to the Solana Spot ETF have been relatively slow this week. At the time of writing, total net inflow for this week is $3.10 million, representing an 83% decline from the final figures of the previous week. At the same time, Solana trades at $88.95, reflecting a 2.8% growth in 24 hours, and 11.15% in 30 days. Price gain combined with declining inflows indicates that the recent upward movement may be driven more by spot market demand and broader market sentiment rather than strong institutional capital. Within five months of trading, total cumulative inflows into the Solana Spot ETF now stand at $961.08 million, while total net assets are valued at $824.87 million, i.e., 1.67% of Solana’s market cap. At the time of writing, Solana’s total market value is set at $54.74 billion, allowing the asset rank as the seventh largest cryptocurrency in the market. Featured image from Adobe Stock, chart from Tradingview
February’s CPI report gave markets a reason to relax. Inflation looked soft enough to keep hopes for rate cuts alive, with consumer prices up 0.3% on the month and 2.4% from a year earlier, while core CPI rose 0.2% in the month and 2.5% annually. Shelter kept cooling, and the overall picture looked manageable for […]
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Strategy’s stock is trading below the value of its own Bitcoin holdings — an unusual position for a company that has built its entire identity around the cryptocurrency’s rise. Related Reading: Bitcoin Climbs Back To $73,000 As Short Squeeze Wipes Out $246M In Futures Bets A Streak That Keeps Going The Virginia-based firm added 17,994 BTC to its reserves last week, paying roughly $1.28 billion at an average of $70,946 per coin. It was the company’s 102nd Bitcoin purchase and the 11th straight week it has bought more. Strategy’s total Bitcoin stash is now valued at approximately $52.65 billion, yet its market capitalization sits closer to $47 billion. The gap tells a story investors are watching closely. Chairman Michael Saylor took to X on Thursday with a message that many read as a direct response to growing impatience. Don’t expect Bitcoin to surge immediately after a big corporate purchase, he said — the gains usually show up later. The post spread fast, pulling in a wave of reactions — some supportive, some skeptical, and a few that referenced older memes tied to Saylor’s years of Bitcoin advocacy. You know there’s a delay between the time we buy the Bitcoin and the time Bitcoin goes to the moon. — Michael Saylor (@saylor) March 12, 2026 Bitcoin was trading around $70,800 at the time of writing. That price leaves Strategy sitting on approximately $3.35 billion in unrealized losses across its holdings. Saylor Makes The Case For Holding The losses have not shaken Saylor’s public stance. In a recent Fox Business interview, he laid out a scenario where Strategy continues paying dividends as long as Bitcoin appreciates at least 1.25% annually. He also said that if prices stay flat for years, the company would have roughly eight decades to rework its capital structure — a timeframe most public companies would never cite as a comfort measure. His longer-term projection is more aggressive. Saylor has said he expects Bitcoin to grow around 30% per year over the next two decades. That outlook underpins the company’s decision to keep buying regardless of short-term price swings. Related Reading: Cardano’s DeFi Boom: TVL Spikes 23% In Less Than 2 Weeks Analyst Notes Strength In Market Activity Meanwhile, some cryptocurrency analysts flagged a recent uptick in the Coinbase Premium — a metric used to gauge spot demand among US-based buyers. Based on that view, if Bitcoin holds above $70,000, the next resistance level to watch is around $74,000-$75,000. That figure is close to the average price Strategy paid across all of its Bitcoin purchases. For the company and many traders tracking its moves, it carries weight beyond a simple technical level. Whether the price reaches it soon — or much later, as Saylor suggests — remains to be seen. Featured image from Gemini, chart from TradingView
Cardano’s founder recently made an argument about hyperscalers that needs to be addressed, says Fan.
The deal is the EF's second known OTC sale to a corporate buyer, following a 10,000 ETH sale to SharpLink Gaming in July 2025.
Johnson said that he could understand why gold and Pokémon cards have investment appeal but not Bitcoin, which he characterized as a scam.
Other major business events across the UAE, such as Middle East Energy Dubai and the Dubai International Boat Show, have also been postponed or delayed.
The funds will support the EF's core operations, including protocol R&D and ecosystem grants, as part of a treasury strategy to balance ETH and fiat-like assets.
One of Wall Street’s most important voices on digital assets just made a statement about XRP. Zach Pandl, Head of Research at Grayscale Investments, told Paul Barron Network that XRP is positioned for a meaningful repricing event, and the trigger is something the entire crypto industry has been waiting on for years: regulatory clarity. The …
BTC faces bull trap risks due to the formation of a bear flag pattern, with a measured downside target at around $51,000.
Pi Network is down 14.31% today, on the one day the community had circled on the calendar for months. The broader crypto market fell just 1.61% in the same window. The gap between those two numbers tells the real story of what is happening to PI right now, and it is not as alarming as …
The cryptocurrency community pushed back, with Michael Saylor saying Bitcoin has no issuer, promoter, or guaranteed return, and is instead driven by code and market demand.
The SEC in 2024 had accused Al-Naji of allegedly spending more than $7 million of investor funds on personal expenses.
Crypto pundit Crypto Bully has shared his base case for Bitcoin and what to expect before the flagship crypto rallies above $100,000. This comes as BTC continues to struggle to hold above the $70,000 resistance amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. Analyst Shares Base Case For Bitcoin In an X post, Crypto Bully stated that the path and exact levels of Bitcoin are not important in the long run, aside from immediate support and resistance levels. The analyst shared key points, including the observation that downside retests have not worked for a while. He pointed to the $85,000 level, which he noted is the logical lower high from the previous value generated before a further collapse due to extensive selling. Related Reading: The Bitcoin Game Plan That Shows How To Navigate BTC Below $100,000 However, the analyst suggested that the downtrend is not over, noting that bear market bottoms take months, not weeks. His accompanying chart showed that Bitcoin could still drop to $50,000. In the short term, he predicted that the flagship crypto could drop to $65,000. As for the bullish outlook for BTC, Crypto Bully stated that a break above the current level near $72,000 could easily spark a rally towards $85,000. He explained that a Bitcoin rally to $85,000 is possible, given the strength the flagship crypto has shown amid the ongoing geopolitical turmoil. The analyst added that the aggressive inflows into the BTC ETFs have not disappeared during this period. SoSoValue data shows that the Bitcoin ETFs recorded a net inflow of $767 million this week. Crypto Bull said the best DCA strategy is to buy Bitcoin whenever it drops from $65,000 down to $50,000. He revealed that his current spot buying average is around $67,000. BTC Is Not Yet At A Bottom A CryptoQuant analysis noted that the Bitcoin bottom is “not quite” in. The analysis revealed that, despite BTC’s resilience amid recent geopolitical tensions, on-chain data indicate the leading crypto is in a critical “stress test” phase. It added that the bottoming process could take a long while, with institutions being the primary investors in this cycle. Related Reading: Has Bitcoin Price Bottomed Yet? Analyst Says We’re Not There Yet The analysis also highlighted two paths to a Bottom for Bitcoin. The first path is a potential Black Swan that could trigger a crash, forcing liquidations and wiping out high-cost “new money.” CryptoQuant noted that this is the fastest route to a solid floor, which could form between one and two months. The second path is longer and involves a scenario in which Bitcoin trades sideways between $60,000 and $80,000 for a year, allowing new money to grow into long-term holder status. Under this path, the bear market could extend to late 2026 or early 2027. At the time of writing, the Bitcoin price is trading at around $71,000, down in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Featured image from Pixabay, chart from Tradingview.com
Eddy Alexandre, who pleaded guilty to commodities fraud in 2023, is currently serving out a nine-year prison sentence
A quiet shift is underway in the stablecoin hierarchy. While Tether’s USDT still dominates the digital dollar market, the gap between the two largest issuers is narrowing as USDC steadily expands its footprint and Tether’s growth shows signs of softening. Additionally, USDC is gaining ground in the places where the next wave of crypto money […]
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Something strange is happening with USDT, and it’s not the kind of shift traders and investors usually celebrate. On the surface, Ethereum’s USDT activity looks vibrant. Active addresses recently surged to 340,000, a level that normally screams strong network engagement. But digging a little deeper and the story changes fast. This isn’t a speculative frenzy. …
Exchanges are racing toward blockchain-based equities and 24/7 trading. Institutions, however, fear liquidity and funding risks.
The past week recorded a significant change in the Bitcoin price action, where there was a momentum-driven rally to the upside of the charts. As of Tuesday, March 10, this move had boosted the flagship cryptocurrency tp reclaim its previous psychological $70,000 level. Interestingly, the Bitcoin price would go on to reach about $74,000 on Friday. While this might be good for Bitcoin, if at all in the short term, data from a recent on-chain evaluation has been published, leading to the suspicious conclusion that Bitcoin’s market participants are currently not as enthusiastic as they should be. Related Reading: Bitcoin Price From $70,000 To $110,000 In 2 Months? Analyst Reveals How Negative Funding Rates On Binance Reveal Increasing Short Positioning In an X post on March 13, pseudonymous on-chain analyst Darkfost reveals that there is a widespread wave of cautious pessimism in the Bitcoin market, despite the most recent bullish performance. As noted by the crypto expert, every rebound of the BTC price seen in March seems merely to be opportunities for short positioning, rather than clear recovery movements. For this reason, there has been a progressive display of negative funding rates on the Binance exchange for close to a week, as shown by the Bitcoin: Funding Rates – Binance metric. Darkfost points out that this is reflected in the extreme readings obtained on the Funding Rates metric, with funding rates slipping under -0.006 both on the 10th and 11th of March. According to the analyst, this significantly negative level indicates that most of the positions currently open on Binance are biased towards shorts, as high skepticism remains among investors on the tenability of Bitcoin’s recovery taking place in the near-term. Related Reading: Bitcoin Eyes Gold’s Crown As Institutional Money Quietly Shifts Extreme Bearish Sentiment Could Trigger Counterintuitive Bullish Move Interestingly, Darkfost references historical data to explain that the Bitcoin market could still see a sharp inflow of bullish momentum. This is because, when most traders open clusters of short positions, they open the market to an increasing possibility of a short squeeze. According to history, Darkfost explains that “when funding rates reach extreme levels or when a strong market consensus forms, it is often too late to position in that direction.” Hence, in the scenario where the Bitcoin price can sustain its recent upside movement, a short squeeze would likely occur. As a result, all of the sell-side liquidity currently sitting above Bitcoin’s market price would become converted to fuel for the upside move, and this in turn could cause the liquidation of even more short positions, further reinforcing the bullish move. Barring a definite move occurring, market participants are therefore advised to retain a more cautious stance in their dealings. As of press time, the Bitcoin price trades at $70,852 following a 1.09% loss over the past 24-hours. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from Tradingview.com
They argue the tax would be illegal, violating Brazil's Constitution and Virtual Assets Law, as stablecoins are not considered fiat currency.
Washington is getting ready to potentially make life easier for the biggest US banks. That can sound pretty abstract if you don't strip it down to the mechanics. Regulators decide how much capital banks must keep to absorb losses and how much liquidity they need if funding starts to disappear. More capital and more liquidity […]
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A single historical parallel is driving one analyst’s bold call on XRP — and it hinges on a rally that hasn’t happened yet. Related Reading: Ghana’s Crypto Push Begins As 11 Companies Enter SEC Sandbox Channel Pattern Tracks 9 Months Of Price Action Chartist Celal Kucuker has mapped out a descending channel that has guided XRP’s price movements since the token hit a record high of $3.6 in July 2025. The channel has two boundaries: a lower trendline that dates back even further — to when XRP pulled back from $3.4 in January 2025 — and an upper trendline that formed after the July peak. Together, they’ve boxed in the token’s price for the better part of nine months. Two of Kucuker’s projected targets within that channel have already been hit. XRP climbed to $2.4 in January 2026, touching the upper trendline, then reversed and fell to $1.1 in early February, landing near the lower boundary. Both moves played out largely as the analyst had outlined. XRP is now trading around $1.41, down 24% since the start of the year. Ripple XRP 2.40$ ☑️ 1.10$ ☑️ 1.80$ ⌛️ 0.90$ ⌛️ 8.60$ ⌛️ September – December pic.twitter.com/dFilurLCVC — Celal Kucuker (@CelalKucuker) March 13, 2026 Two More Moves Before A Potential Breakout According to Kucuker’s roadmap, the price action isn’t done yet. He expects XRP to bounce toward $1.8 — a retest of the upper trendline — before pulling back again to around $0.9, which would mark another touch of the lower boundary and potentially push the token below the $1 mark. Only after that final retest, in his view, does the setup for a breakout emerge. When that breakout comes, Kucuker puts the upside target at $8.6. He projects that move to unfold between September and December 2026. From the estimated breakout price, that would represent a gain of 330%. That percentage isn’t arbitrary. It mirrors what XRP did the last time it broke out of a similar structure. After clearing a comparable descending channel in November 2024, the token climbed 330% to reach $3.4 by January 2025. The current projection applies that same multiplier to the new setup. Broader Market Adds To Uncertainty The crypto market hasn’t made things easy. Reports indicate the global crypto market cap has dropped 18% since January, falling to roughly $2.4 trillion. XRP’s losses have outpaced that decline. Related Reading: Bitcoin Climbs Back To $73,000 As Short Squeeze Wipes Out $246M In Futures Bets None of that, on its own, derails a technical forecast built on chart patterns rather than macro conditions. But the scale of the projected move — from a potential low near $0.9 to a target of $8.6 — would require sustained buying pressure over several months, with few major disruptions along the way. Kucuker has not specified a timeline for the near-term moves to $1.8 and $0.9. Those steps are treated as preconditions, not endpoints. The $8.6 figure only comes into play after the channel is broken to the upside. As of March 14, XRP continues to trade well within the channel’s boundaries, with the next key level — the $1.8 upper trendline retest — still ahead. Featured image from Shutterstock, chart from TradingView
The largest publicly traded corporate holder of bitcoin would need to buy roughly 6,158 BTC per week, about $523 million, to reach the milestone by Dec. 31.