XRP is a cryptocurrency designed to facilitate secure, fast, and cheap cross-border payments. Unlike other crypto assets that primarily focus on decentralization, Ripple Labs, since its founding, has partnered with financial institutions to build an efficient payment network.

Mostly used for fund transfers and on-chain liquidity, Ripple stands out for its direct integration with banks and other TradFi. Thus, Ripple’s XRP offers a solution between blockchain technology and TradFi. 

Ripple was founded in 2004 (originally Ripplepay) by Ryan Fugger, a Vancouver-based web developer, as a decentralized digital monetary system.

The founder’s original idea was to make it easy for individuals and communities to develop their own virtual currency. Back then, Fugger envisioned a virtual currency launchpad readily available to all developers. 

However, in 2012, the company’s course changed after Jed McCaleb and Chris Larsen took over from Rugger. 

With the new investor’s entry, the company was renamed OpenCoin. At the time, it aimed to offer payment services to banks and other businesses. 

The idea presented to Fugger by the two sought to create a system of verification based on consensus among participants within the same network, rather than mining, as in the previously launched system. 

At the same time, it created its native cryptocurrency, XRP, and renamed OpenCoin to Ripple Labs in 2012. The two built on the concept created by the founder and launched a new payment protocol called the Ripple Transaction Protocol (RTXP). 

In 2012, the team was already deploying its own blockchain to provide exchange services for various currency pairs. At the same time, the blockchain kept account information and all data associated with chain participants. 

In 2015, the company adopted the name Ripple, promising to enable secure interbank exchanges. Users verify these transactions in real time through a consensus mechanism. 

In 2017, the company went mainstream, launching partnerships with numerous financial institutions, just two years after being licensed. 

Since entering the crypto space with the launch of XRP, it has established a global payment network (RippleNet). Designed to replace the global payment system SWIFT, RippleNet facilitates cross-currency exchange.

However, the firms’ and the network’s progress slowed down after the US SEC launched a lawsuit against it. The legal confrontations remained stagnant until 2024, when the court ruled that XRP was not a security. 

Thanks to clear legal standing, Ripple is now continuing with its aggressive progress and partnerships. In fact, the firm launched its stablecoin RLUSD recently too. It has since grown significantly – Hitting a $1.5 billion market cap. 

Additionally, RLUSD expanded to other chains, including Base, Optimism, Chainlink, Ethereum, and Unichain. Also, Binance integrated the XRP Ledger for RLUSD into its network, allowing zero-fee trading for users. 

This progress continued into 2025, with Ripple receiving substantial financial backing. The firm received $500 million in private funding, valuing the company at $40 billion. 

These funding rounds saw major institutional investors such as Fortress Investment Group and Citadel Securities. This underscored Wall Street’s confidence in XRP and in the growth of crypto infrastructure. 

A major milestone for XRP came in late 2025 with the launch of Spot XRP ETFs, which provide institutional exposure to XRP. Since then, XRP ETFs have recorded cumulative net inflows of $1.2 billion, with $1.08 billion in net assets. 

With TradFi locked through ETFs, Ripple launched its 2026 Roadmap recently too. Its 2026 plans intend to shift XRPL from a simple payment network to institutional-grade decentralized Finance (DeFi). XRPL aims to achieve this DeFi-level status by launching a native DeFi lending protocol (XLS-66). 

The protocol will transform XRP from a mere bridge to a yield-generating token that could be attractive to institutions for treasuries. 

Even more importantly, XRP’s 2026 roadmap targets cross-chain liquidity, tokenization, smart contracts, and interoperability via ZK proofs. 

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Overview

Market Cap
$71.17B
+2.1%
Volume (24H)
$1.24B
Volume (7D)
$12.84B
+1.4%
Max Supply
100,000,000,000 XRP
Circulating Supply
62,053,900,985 XRP
All-Time High
$3.65
-68.5%
All-Time Low
$0.002686
+42,617.8%
(above ATL)

Prediction Analysis

Current Price
$1.15
Sentiment
Bearish
50-Day SMA
$1.30
Price Prediction
$1.21
+5.00%
Fear & Greed Index
200-Day SMA
$1.55
Green Days
10 / last 30 (34.5%)
Volatility
2.81%
Moderate
14-Day RSI
53.96
Neutral

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XRP Price Prediction

Current Price
$1.15
2031
$1.47
2036
$1.87
2041
$2.39
2046
$3.05

Results are based solely on your predicted price change. They are not indicators of future performance and do not take into account different performance scenarios, historical data, or the effect of fees or other charges.

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Short-Term XRP Price Targets

Date Prediction Change
Jun 21, 2026 $1.14 -1.06%
Jun 22, 2026 $1.13 -2.11%
Jun 23, 2026 $1.11 -3.15%
Jun 24, 2026 $1.10 -4.18%
Jun 25, 2026 $1.09 -5.20%
Jun 26, 2026 $1.08 -6.20%
Jun 27, 2026 $1.07 -7.20%

As can be seen on the weekly charts, XRP has been stuck within a descending channel lately. While the altcoin reclaimed the key psychological level of $1.5, it failed to move above it. Since the uptrend collapsed at $3.66 in June 2025, XRP has preserved a bearish short to medium-term structure. However, its recent rebound from $1.2, recorded in early March, hinted at a shift from a bearish bias to a short-term cautious bullish correction. XRP's price was well below its short-term moving averages at $1.7 at press time. To achieve a proper breakout, it will need to hold the uptrend, with $1.7 as the immediate resistance.

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Monthly XRP Price Prediction

May 31, 2026
$1.33
Jun 20, 2026
$1.15
Highest in Jun
$1.34
Lowest in Jun
$1.06
Overall Performance
Falling

Long-Term XRP Price Prediction

Month Price AVG Price Max Price Change
Jun $1.06 $1.11 $1.11 -7.83%
Jul $0.98 $1.02 $1.02 -14.78%
Aug $0.90 $0.94 $0.94 -21.74%
Sep $0.83 $0.87 $0.87 -27.83%
Oct $0.77 $0.80 $0.80 -33.04%
Nov $0.71 $0.74 $0.74 -38.26%
Dec $0.65 $0.68 $0.68 -43.48%
XRP has been capped below its long-term moving averages for a while now, with the 200 EMA holding above $2. This is a sign the altcoin remains under significant long-term bearish pressure, despite recent gains. This pressure might threaten the likelihood of sustained recovery. With $1.3 emerging as the critical zone, XRP will have to use $1.5 as initial support and hold its levels before attempting a new uptrend. The trend continuation will mean flipping $1.8 and $2.01, setting the stage for a hike to as high as $2.5 in the medium to long term. Worth pointing out, however, that the MACD did warn of prevailing market conditions, with demand lacking and bearish pressure persisting. In fact, on the monthly charts, the MACD has continued to decline since making a bearish crossover in November. This presents the possibility of sustained sideways movement unless external market conditions improve and incentivize fresh demand.
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Historical Price Performance

Year Highest Price Lowest Price
2026 (to date) $2 $1
2025 $4 $2
2024 $3 $0
2023 $1 $0
2022 $1 $0
2021 $2 $0
2020 $1 $0
2019 $0 $0
2018 $3 $0
2017 $2 $0
2016 $0 $0
2015 $0 $0
2014 $0 $0
2013 $0 $0

XRP broke out of a prolonged consolidation in November 2024, surging by 420% from $0.56 to $2.6. Despite a short retracement in December, the altcoin's uptrend resumed shortly after, with XRP's price climbing as high as $3.3 on the charts. The re-election of U.S President Donald Trump largely drove these gains between 2024 and early 2025. Trump's pro-crypto policies incentivized demand as traders awaited the end of the legal dispute between the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission and Ripple Labs. Soon after, the market dropped significantly from April to June 2025 after Trump's trade wars and tariffs affected sentiment and liquidity. In July though, the broader market rebounded and XRP touched a 7-year high of $3.66 as trade tensions eased. And yet, the last few months have seen the broader market record declining demand and bearish sentiment, with capital flowing out of crypto assets. XRP's price dropped too, with the altcoin trading within a descending channel for weeks now. It even hit a low of $1.1 in February 2026. By mid-March 2026, however, the market had recovered somewhat from this slip. XRP reclaimed its psychological resistance level of $1.5 too.

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Technical Analysis

Despite XRP rebounding from a $1.2 slip and climbing by 10% on the weekly charts, the altcoin has continued to trade within a long-term downtrend. 

Thanks to the same, XRP was trading below both its short- and long-term moving averages at press time – A sign of strong downside pressure. However, it also hinted at strength rising above the EMA20 at $1.4. Especially with the altcoin trading at $1.5 at press time. 

Source; XRP/USDT, TradingView

This alluded to the potential for sustained short-term rebound, something backed by the RSI’s findings. In fact, the RSI formed a bullish crossover at 37, but it remained within the bearish zone. 

A bullish crossover here can be seen to imply a shift in market dynamics, with demand gradually taking over. This also meant that the recent gains were largely driven by fresh demand and less selling pressure. Hence, more gains could be likely too. 

If demand holds and RSI moves towards 45, XRP is likely to flip $1.7 and target $2.01. In doing so, XRP will be strong enough to target $2.5 and $3 in the long run. 

Guides

How to Read XRP Charts and Predict Price Movements?

Most traders use candlestick charts, as they provide more information than a simple line chart. Traders can view candlesticks that represent the price action of XRP with different granularity – for example, you could choose a 5-minute candlestick chart for extremely short-term price action or choose a weekly candlestick chart to identify long-term trends. 1-hour, 4-hour, and 1-day candlestick charts are among the most popular.

Let’s use a 1-hour candlestick chart as an example of how this type of price chart gives us information about opening and closing prices. The chart is divided into “candles” that give us information about XRP’s price action in 1-hour chunks. Each candlestick will display the asset’s opening price, closing price, as well as the highest and lowest prices reached within that period.

XRP Price Prediction Indicators

Moving averages are among the most popular XRP price prediction tools. As the name suggests, a moving average provides the average closing price over a selected time frame, which is divided into a number of periods of the same length. For example, a 12-day simple moving average is calculated by summing the closing prices over the last 12 days and dividing the result by 12.

In addition to the simple moving average (SMA), traders also use another type of moving average called the exponential moving average (EMA). The EMA gives more weight to recent prices, and therefore reacts more quickly to changes in market conditions.

What Affects the Price of XRP?

Just like with any other asset, the price action of XRP is driven by supply and demand. These dynamics can be influenced by fundamental events such as block reward halvings, hard forks, or new protocol updates. Regulations, adoption by companies and governments, cryptocurrency exchange hacks, and other real-world events can also affect market sentiment.

Technical indicators such as moving averages, RSI, and trading volume are also used by traders to anticipate price movements and identify potential trend reversals.

FAQs on XRP Price Predictions

As of today, XRP (XRP) is trading at $1.15. The current market sentiment is Bearish, with RSI at 53.96 (Neutral) and volatility classified as Moderate.
Based on our technical analysis and projected annual growth rate, XRP could reach $1.21 by 2027. This estimate assumes continued market momentum and adoption trends.
According to our technical analysis indicators, the XRP price prediction is forecasted to reach $1.47 within the next five years (by 2031). Over the last 30 days, XRP recorded green days 35% of the time.
Based on multiple technical indicators, the current outlook for XRP in 2026 is Bearish. RSI currently sits at 53.96, which indicates Neutral momentum. However, investors should evaluate both technical signals and fundamental developments before making any investment decisions.
Based on long-term projections and historical crypto market cycles, XRP could reach $1.87 within the next decade (by 2036).
While XRP's future value depends on various factors, technical indicators suggest it could experience both bullish and bearish cycles over time. Long-term investors typically monitor RSI levels, moving averages, and broader market sentiment when evaluating XRP's future trajectory.
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