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January 4, 2026 11:30 AM UTC

The Last Time XRP Made This Move Against Bitcoin, It Led To A 500% Increase To $3.3

In its 12-year history, the XRP price has formed various trends, some of them bullish and some of them bearish. Each one has led to its own unique trend that seems to have sustained through time, thus prompting investors to turn to historical performance as a possible way to predict where the XRP price might be headed next. Recently, another historical trend has emerged as one analyst charts the altcoin’s performance against that of Bitcoin and how it has reacted in the past. XRP Breakout Again, Bitcoin Always Leads To A Triple-Digit Rally Back in 2024, crypto analyst Javon Marks had highlighted that the XRP price had broken out against Bitcoin. This was important because the XRP price breaking out against the leading cryptocurrency had always led to a major rally, and Marks expected this to repeat itself. Related Reading: The Crowd Is Bearish On Bitcoin, But History Says That’s Bullish True to form, following the breakout, the XRP price had begun to rally hard, and while the analyst had previously predicted a 243% increase, the resulting rally was much better. By the time that the XRP price hit its cycle peak in 2025, it had rallied by more than 500%. This made a confirmation that the trend was strong and followed the same trajectory. Fast forward to 2026, and the crypto analyst has pointed out the same trend again. The only difference is that this time around, the trend seems to be much stronger. XRP is already breaking out against Bitcoin, but the current breakout is the result of an even larger setup, suggesting that the result from this would be even more significant. If the current trend against Bitcoin plays out as it has in the past, then Javon Marks is predicting another triple-digit rally. This would be even more significant than the previous 500% rally, with the crypto analyst predicting that the XRP price could rise 635%. Such an increase would put the XRP price above the $10 level, in line with the predictions of other crypto analysts for the cryptocurrency. At the same time, this would lead to XRP losing a zero against Bitcoin, going from 0.00002 BTC to over 0.00014 BTC. Related Reading: Bitcoin Last Line Of Defense Revealed: Can BTC Price Still Go To $40,000? For now, the focus remains on the $1.5 level, where there seems to be significant resistance building up for the cryptocurrency. Breaking this resistance with momentum would likely set the altcoin on the path to the next rally. Featured image from Dall.E, chart from TradingView.com