The XRP price performance over the years has been stunted by a number of factors, with the major one being the legal battle with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Nevertheless, the community seems to have maintained its optimism, with many predicting that the altcoin is set to hit double-digits in the near future. The target has continued to expand in recent years, and one analyst’s forecast suggests that hitting $10 might only be the start of a major repricing for XRP.
How The XRP Gains Could Be Multiplied Like The 2017-2018 Cycle
The current XRP price trajectory could be following the same trend as the altcoin did back in 2017, and this could have significant implications for the cryptocurrency. As crypto analyst Future XRP on X (formerly Twitter) explained, a repeat of the 2017 rally would mean that a rally to the double-digit $10 could only be a start.
According to the analyst, the current slow growth of the cryptocurrency is nothing out of the ordinary. There was a similar trend in the XRP price back in the 2017 bull cycle, leading right up to the point when the altcoin’s price began to explode.
Following this historical performance, the crypto analyst compresses the XRP price trajectory into three phases. The first of these is months of boredom, where the altcoin’s price seems not to be moving at all. Then comes the weeks of disbelief, where the price begins to move rapidly. Finally, XRP enters its month of ‘absolute chaos’, when the price completely explodes, and its performance outpaces all of the months that came before.
How High The Price Could Go Following 2017’s Trajectory
Putting the current trend side by side with 2017, the crypto analyst explains that the XRP price on June 1, 2026, could be compared as the equivalent of the price on December 1, 2017. This would mean that the first rally would put the price above $2 by July 1.
Next would be the rapid rise where the price moves up above $5, and by the third quarter, already crossed $10. But it doesn’t end there, as the rapid rise would see the price rising to $24.96 by the end of the third quarter in September.
However, if the price is going full copy of the 2017 run, the XRP price rose a total of 640x from January 2017 to January 2018. Taking the current XRP price into account, a 640x rally would put the price as high as $832 at the peak. “History never repeats exactly. But understanding how XRP’s previous cycle unfolded provides valuable context when evaluating future market behavior,” the analyst explained.
