XRP Soars, But What’s Really Happening? Can Ripple Blast Past $10 This Year?

Author

Ahmed Barakat

Author

Ahmed BarakatVerified

Part of the Team Since

Mar 2024

About Author

Ahmed Barakat is a journalist and copywriter based in Georgia with a growing focus on blockchain technology, DeFi, AI, privacy, digital assets, and fintech innovation.

Has Also Written

Fact Checked by

CryptoNews Editorial Team

Author

CryptoNews Editorial TeamVerified

Part of the Team Since

Sep 2018

About Author

The CryptoNews editorial team is composed of seasoned writers specializing in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Their expertise ensures comprehensive, accurate, and insightful content for…

Has Also Written

Last updated: 

XRP is trading at $1.41, down 2% over the past 24 hours in a mild pullback after one of the sharpest weekly moves in the top-10. The token is still up more than 45% over seven days, and the question everyone’s asking is whether this is the start of something bigger or just a leveraged bounce running out of road.

XRP gained 50% over the trailing week, outpacing every other major altcoin, with a 40% move over 30 days despite still sitting 20% down year-to-date. Analyst Ali Charts flagged a 650% spike in active addresses, from 47,180 to 356,070.

XRP surges 45% weekly on ETF inflows and network activity spikes. Full price analysis, key levels, and whether $10 is realistic this year.
Crypto Market Cap Ranking, CoinGecko

All the signs are pointing to a move that is typically associated with sharp participation surges and, historically, elevated volatility. Receiving addresses reportedly jumped by over 698%, and three consecutive days of record Bitwise XRP ETF volume indicate “real accumulation.”

Whale positioning tells a more nuanced story than the retail hype cycle suggests. Long positions that dipped after initial profit-taking are climbing again. This means that smart money that already booked gains and is now rebuying the dip in a pattern that usually precedes continuation, not collapse, provided macro conditions cooperate.

Discover: The Best Token Presales

Can XRP Hit $1.60 This Week?

At just above $1.40, XRP sits in a post-breakout consolidation zone. Technical structure points to resistance at $1.51, $1.53, $1.57, and $1.62, while support is layered at $1.31, $1.30, and a much stronger floor near $1.00. The 24-hour flatness-to-slight-decline pattern suggests traders are digesting the prior surge rather than reversing it outright.

The bull case comes if XRP closes above $1.51 on sustained ETF inflow volume, opening a run toward $1.62-plus, with some analyst models citing $2.50 upside if fresh catalysts emerge. Consolidation between $1.31 and $1.52 could also happen, but a break below $1.30 invalidates near-term bullish structure and puts the $1.00 zone back in play.

$10 this year would require roughly a 7x move, which is not impossible in crypto, but nothing in the current data (ETF flows, address growth, whale re-entry) points to a catalyst of that magnitude yet. Worth tracking, not betting the farm on.

Trade XRP on Bybit and Get a Chance to Win Our $1,000 USDT Airdrop

Maxi Doge Targets Early Mover Upside as Ripple Token Tests Key Levels

XRP holders riding this rally have reason to feel validated, as a 45% weekly gain is nothing to scoff at. But XRP’s $80 billion market cap means even a run to $2.50 is “only” a double.

For traders chasing asymmetric upside, that math starts looking thin against something still in presale.

Enter Maxi Doge ($MAXI), an Ethereum-based meme token built around 1000x-leverage trading culture, think gym-bro energy meets degenerate trading floor.

The presale has raised $4.8 million at a current price of $0.0002835, with dynamic APY staking already live for early buyers. Standout features include holder-only trading competitions with leaderboard rewards and a dedicated Maxi Fund treasury for liquidity and partnerships.

The tagline, “never skip leg-day, never skip a pump,” sums up the pitch: lift, trade, repeat.

Research Maxi Doge before the presale window closes.

Discover: The Best Crypto to Diversify Your Portfolio