XRP (XRP) has rebounded nearly 25% from the $2 psychological level in the past week, with tailwinds from strong daily ETF inflows exceeding $164 million following the launch of Grayscale's GXRP and Franklin Templeton’s XRPZ.
Key takeaways:
XRP stays bullish above $2, with chart technicals pointing toward $3.30–$3.50.
Resistance at $2.23–$2.50 could bring back the bears for a drop to $1.82.
Multiple XRP signals open the way for a 50% rally
On Friday, XRP defended the $1.95–$2.05 support band of a prevailing parallel channel.
This zone has repeatedly acted as support since December 2024, with each retest leading to bounces of 75%-90% to the channel’s upper boundary near $3.50.
The XRP/USD pair may gain as much as another 57% by year’s end if the setup plays out as intended.
Analyst Mikybull Crypto further cited the behavior of on-balance volume (OBV) as a key reason for the bullish shift.
OBV is a straightforward method for determining whether actual buying or selling is occurring behind the scenes. When it rises, it means genuine buyers are stepping in; when it drops, sellers are in control.
For XRP, OBV bounced from a major support area right as the price touched $2. That’s important because it shows real spot buyers stepped in, instead of exiting, said Mikybull.
XRP’s 2017 fractal setup reiterates $3.50 target
XRP’s current structure closely mirrors the setup that sparked its explosive 2017 breakout, according to analyst GalaxyBTC.
In a Tuesday post, he noted that the $2 region is behaving much like the mid-range support XRP reclaimed just before its historic rally eight years ago.
XRP is once again bouncing within a familiar green accumulation zone while still respecting the broader breakout structure established earlier in 2025.
With prices stabilizing around $2 and buyers stepping back in, GalaxyBTC saw the potential for XRP to revisit the upper boundary near $3.30–$3.50, echoing the expansion phase that followed a similar technical setup in 2017.
What could change the bullish XRP view?
Despite the improving sentiment, XRP still needs to clear several technical hurdles to confirm a sustained upside move.
As of Tuesday, the token was testing the 0.236 Fibonacci retracement level near $2.23 as resistance.
A decisive breakout above this level would then face the following significant barriers: the 50-day EMA (red) and 200-day EMA (blue), both of which have capped XRP’s upside attempts since early October.
However, these EMAs sit almost exactly at the upper trendline of XRP’s descending channel, in a pattern that has guided the price lower since the summer.
If this pattern holds, XRP price will rotate back to the channel’s lower boundary, with a potential drop toward the 0.0 Fib line near $1.82 by the end of the year.
Related: How low can XRP’s price go after falling under $2?
Such a move would weaken the bullish setup and suggest the bounce was only temporary or a “dead cat.”
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