The recent price trend of XRP in 2025 has been more dynamic than a simple lateral drift. After a strong rise in early 2025, Updated record high, Cryptocurrencies have spent much of the past few months digest those profits Through resistance and integration.
This structure was referenced in a chart shared by Steph on social media platform
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XRP completes about 400 days of sideways accumulation
According to According to Steph’s analysis: XRP has just completed approximately 393 days of sideways accumulation, a period that almost perfectly matches the 395-day consolidation phase it experienced between 2016 and 2017.
In its early cycles, XRP spent months in a relative range, creating volatile price movements. This type of long-term consolidation reflects a balance between buyers and sellers where neither side is strong enough to impose a decisive trend.
In 2017, that balance caused a transition to another technical formation in the descending channel before the breakout. The current setup for 2024-2025 indicates that, at least structurally, XRP is once again building a foundation in a range that has taken an unusually long time. Looking at the chart in more detail shows another important similarity Transition to another descending channel.
Going back to the 2016-2017 cycle, XRP went from a sideways movement to a downward channel, gradually pushing the price lower over several months. This downward-sloping structure was eventually resolved by a sharp breakout to the upside.
The 2024-2025 chart shows that XRP is moving through a comparable descending channel, with the price compressing towards the lower bound. Showing early signs of a breakout While it still doesn’t get much attention.
XRP price comparison. Source: @Steph_iscrypto from X
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The 2016-2017 chart segment above shows that XRP traded in a wide range between approximately $0.005 and $0.01 for approximately 395 days. Once XRP broke out of a descending channel in early 2017, the price rose very quickly, initially regaining $0.01, then surging above $0.03 and $0.05 within a few days. The expansion didn’t stop there, as XRP eventually rebounded to the $0.40 area later that year, cementing the first 5,000% rise in XRP’s history.
The 2024-2025 chart shows XRP peaking around the $3.40 zone and then entering a sideways consolidation phase throughout 2025. Price action is currently in a descending channel. gradually compress the surrounding area Area of $1.70 to $1.90.
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Now, that channel looks similar to where it was before XRP’s breakout in 2017, on a scaled basis. Equivalent 5,000% movement from the current price movement zone Predict XRP price mathematically Up to about $100.
Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
