After enduring weeks of capitulationcontinued price declines and general market weakness last year, is XRP show signs of recovery. The cryptocurrency has recovered above the $2.2 level after starting the new year at a low above $1.90. According to a crypto expert, XRP’s long-term prospects remain significantly bullish. He compares the expected trajectory of XRP to the price movement of gold and predicts a similar all-time historic rally.
XRP follows Gold’s historic run
Market analyst ‘Steph is Crypto’ has done that declared that XRP shows a rare chart setup closely mirrors gold’s macro movement between 2023 and 2025. In his analysis shared on a falling wedgeand is now breaking out in a manner that reflects early trend expansion behavior.
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The analyst shared a parallel chart for illustration gold price action over the years on the one hand and the movement and future trajectory of XRP on the other. During the two-day time frame,
Steph is Crypto directly compares this formation and price movement to gold, which previously went through an almost identical structure between 2022 and 2023. After this correction pattern, gold broke out decisively and entered a strong expansion phase that marked the price for new ATHs the past few months. The breakout also led to a sustained rally with minimal pullback and consolidation for almost two years.
Based on gold’s explosive historical performance, Steph’s Crypto has predicted that XRP could follow a similar trajectory in 2026. The XRP chart shows the price stabilizing above the Falling Wedge breakout area around the mid-$2 level. From there, the projected path suggests a rapid expansion phase that mirrors gold’s post-breakout trajectory.
If XRP replicates this historical run, it implies that a new all-time highwith the price potentially rocketing towards $37 before the end of 2026 or early 2027. The visual projection line on the chart shows that XRP could also experience a similar steady price expansion phase with minimal pullbacks along the way.
Analyst Says XRP Could Soon Outperform Bitcoin
Crypto analyst Matt Hughes has done just that shared a new analysis of the XRP/BTC chart, which points to a possible shift in long-term price performance. He believes that XRP is gearing up to outperform Bitcoin this year, based on a technical price signal that just appeared on the trading pair’s chart.
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According to Hughes, an incredibly bullish situation is developing that has not been seen in years the XRP/BTC chart. He stated that the price is about to rise above the monthly level Ichimoku cloud for the first time since 2018, when XRP exploded to its current ATH of $3.84. Notably, a successful move above this cloud would signal a deep structural change in the cryptocurrency’s trend, potentially leading to significant relative gains this year.
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