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A single historical parallel is driving one analyst&#8217;s bold call on XRP — and 
it hinges on a rally that hasn&#8217;t happened yet. Related Reading: Ghana’s Crypto 
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Of Price Action Chartist Celal Kucuker has mapped out a descending channel 
that has guided XRP&#8217;s price movements since the token hit a record high of 
$3.6 in July 2025. The channel has two boundaries: a lower trendline that 
dates back even further — to when XRP pulled back from $3.4 in January 2025 — 
and an upper trendline that formed after the July peak. Together, they&#8217;ve 
boxed in the token&#8217;s price for the better part of nine months. Two of 
Kucuker&#8217;s projected targets within that channel have already been hit. XRP 
climbed to $2.4 in January 2026, touching the upper trendline, then reversed 
and fell to $1.1 in early February, landing near the lower boundary. Both 
moves played out largely as the analyst had outlined. XRP is now trading 
around $1.41, down 24% since the start of the year. Ripple XRP 2.40$ ☑️ 1.10$ 
☑️ 1.80$ ⌛️ 0.90$ ⌛️ 8.60$ ⌛️ September &#8211; December pic.twitter.com/dFilurLCVC 
— Celal Kucuker (@CelalKucuker) March 13, 2026 Two More Moves Before A 
Potential Breakout According to Kucuker&#8217;s roadmap, the price action isn&#8217;t done 
yet. He expects XRP to bounce toward $1.8 — a retest of the upper trendline — 
before pulling back again to around $0.9, which would mark another touch of 
the lower boundary and potentially push the token below the $1 mark. Only 
after that final retest, in his view, does the setup for a breakout emerge. 
When that breakout comes, Kucuker puts the upside target at $8.6. He projects 
that move to unfold between September and December 2026. From the estimated 
breakout price, that would represent a gain of 330%. That percentage isn&#8217;t 
arbitrary. It mirrors what XRP did the last time it broke out of a similar 
structure. After clearing a comparable descending channel in November 2024, 
the token climbed 330% to reach $3.4 by January 2025. The current projection 
applies that same multiplier to the new setup. Broader Market Adds To 
Uncertainty The crypto market hasn&#8217;t made things easy. Reports indicate the 
global crypto market cap has dropped 18% since January, falling to roughly 
$2.4 trillion. XRP&#8217;s losses have outpaced that decline. Related Reading: 
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Bets None of that, on its own, derails a technical forecast built on chart 
patterns rather than macro conditions. But the scale of the projected move — 
from a potential low near $0.9 to a target of $8.6 — would require sustained 
buying pressure over several months, with few major disruptions along the way. 
Kucuker has not specified a timeline for the near-term moves to $1.8 and $0.9. 
Those steps are treated as preconditions, not endpoints. The $8.6 figure only 
comes into play after the channel is broken to the upside. As of March 14, XRP 
continues to trade well within the channel&#8217;s boundaries, with the next key 
level — the $1.8 upper trendline retest — still ahead. Featured image from 
Shutterstock, chart from TradingView

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