XRP has reached another milestone, both on its price charts and in the Ripple ecosystem. Market movements, along with what happened in previous cycles and recent company news, will come together now and eventually set XRP into its next major phase.
XRP Returns to a Familiar Decision Zone
Analyst STEPH noted that XRP was in an important technical zone that usually decides the trend. The Gaussian Channel on the three-day chart has a long-term effect. XRP couldn’t hold in this area in 2022, keeping it weak for some time. However, late 2023 sent XRP consolidating around $0.40-$0.50, breaking the middle line of the channel, and flipping the trend bullish. This helped the price push from below $0.60 up to more than $3.00.
In 2026, the token pulled back after reaching about $3.30–$3.50. The price currently moves through the middle to lower part of the green channel at around $2.00–2.10. This is still well within its correction in this bullish setup. Similar pullbacks into this zone in prior cycles provided reset phases, not endings of the trend.
As long as XRP remains above the lower green band around $1.90-$2.00, the overall setup remains in place. If it can consolidate at this level, price action may once again move higher with the first upside target around $2.70 to $3.00, and previous highs in view on building momentum. However, a break lower through the channel support will weaken this setup and force a move lower to deeper levels around $1.60 to $1.70.
Ripple’s 2026 Position Strengthens the Bigger Picture
Beyond price action, Ripple starts 2026 with more robust fundamentals compared to the previous cycles. Very recently, CEO Brad Garlinghouse has outlined that 2025, and more specifically the final quarter, marked a turning point for the company. Ripple completed the acquisition of Ripple Prime and GTreasury, further expanding across custody, liquidity, and institutional-grade financial infrastructure.
Ripple added a UK EMI license to an already broad set of licenses in the digital asset industry. Garlinghouse emphasized that XRP remains at the heart of the long-term plan for Ripple, as the main asset underpinning its Internet of Value framework, plus products such as RLUSD.
Attorney John E. Deaton said the long-term resilience of Ripple includes withstanding years of regulatory pressure, continuing to build out, and coming out with a reported value of around $40 billion.
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