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An extended technical review aired Tuesday on Sistine Researchs YouTube channel has placed XRP at the top of the current market hierarchy and mapped a price trajectory thatif historical analogues and present chart structure holdcould lift the token as high as $73 in a late-cycle blow-off.
Speaking during the firms regular live-stream, analyst Forrest began by ranking assets that have rallied since the US election on 5 November 2024. XRP is the number-one performing coin since the election, the strongest coin on my watch-list, he said, displaying a four-hour relative-performance chart that compared crypto majors, select altcoins, metals and equities. The next-best performersHBAR and XLMwere described as beta plays that historically accelerate only after XRP begins to trend.
Forrests thesis hinges on what he called a seven-year flag and breakout visible on XRPs monthly time frame. The pattern comprises the long consolidation that followed the 2017 bull market and a second, five-month bull flag carved out this year. Why would I not own a chart that looks like this? he asked, noting the rarity of multi-cycle structures that break decisively to the upside without retracing the move.
In his view, the next critical trigger sits above $3.003.30, where XRPs prior all-time high was set in January 2018. Once breached, the analyst argues, momentum traders who feel like theyve missed it will encounter a higher-time-frame market that is in fact just warming up: Above three dollars I get even more bullish. The higher this goes, the more bullish it becomesup to a point, of course.
Forrest offered a ladder of profit-taking zones:
He acknowledged that the $73 figure sounds crazy with XRP trading near $2.28 at the time of the stream but argued that similarly outsized moves materialised in past crypto supercycles. During the 2017 run, XRP advanced roughly 1,400% from its breakout flag; applying a comparable ratio to todays structure yields Forrests upper bound.
While the tone remained unambiguously bullish, the analyst did outline scenarios that would invalidate the thesis. A decisive breakdown below the present trading rangehe cited the $1.801.90 areacould force a round-trip to the mid-$1 zone and delay the upward resolution. For now, however, he sees range-bound price action as constructive: As long as were holding range, Im not entertaining the deep retrace.
Forrest also distinguished between holding spot XRPa no-brainerand employing leverage, reminding viewers that structural targets are measured in months and that leveraged positions may not survive interim volatility.
Sistine Researchs macro overlay remains resolutely pro-risk through the summer. The firms proprietary Bitcoin Blueprint identified the 7 June21 June window as a historically bullish pocket. That seasonal tailwind, combined with the technical setup, underpins Forrests conviction that XRP will continue to outperform not only rival tokens but also traditional safe-haven assets such as gold and silver, which the firm nonetheless holds as portfolio hedges.
Whether XRP can emulate its 2017 trajectory will depend on broader liquidity conditions, regulatory milestones in the ongoing SEC litigation, and the extent to which institutional flows diversify beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum. Yet the Sistine Research desk is positioned as though the heavy lifting is already under way: Its slowed down a little recently, but I expect this overall trend to continue.
At press time, XRP traded at $2.32.