NATO allies are openly questioning whether the US should still lead the 
alliance following Trump&#8217;s decision to launch strikes on Iran without 
consulting them. NATO allies are questioning US leadership after Trump 
launched strikes on Iran without consulting the alliance,…

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talks remain deadlocked Trump has abandoned his Iran war maximalist demands as 
polls drop and peace talks remain deadlocked, with analysts and the 
president&#8217;s own conduct making…

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A crypto analyst has laid out a technical case for XRP reaching between $8 and 
$12 by April 2027. This technical case is purely based on XRP&#8217;s price pattern 
on the weekly candlestick timeframe chart and a projection of where the 
cryptocurrency goes from here. XRP Can Technically Rally $8 To $12 The 
foundation of the pundit’s prediction is a multi-year ascending channel that 
has governed XRP&#8217;s price structure since the 2020 bear market lows. The 
cryptocurrency has been moving within a long ascending channel that stretches 
from the 2020 low to the 2021 rally, the 2022-2023 accumulation area, and the 
latest market cycle since 2024. Related Reading: Analyst Sets $220,000 Minimum 
Price Target For Bitcoin, But How Will It Get There? Furthermore, the weekly 
chart shows XRP repeatedly reacting around the lower and middle portions of 
this channel before attempting to push back to the upper trendline. However, 
the most notable part of the current positioning is where the XRP price is 
sitting within this structure. The ascending channel is connected to higher 
lows, and the lower trendline is currently around $1.2 to $1.4. This means the 
cryptocurrency recently tested and held the lower boundary of the channel and 
has since begun curling upward, with the next projection being a return to the 
upper trendline of the channel. This movement implies that XRP is now in the 
early stages of what could become its most powerful channel rally to date. 
Interestingly, the upper boundary of the channel is currently around $12, 
which corresponds to the pundit&#8217;s prediction of an $8 to $12 price target zone 
for XRP. The Fibonacci levels on the chart also support the bullish 
projection. The 1.618 extension from the channel&#8217;s low is around $12.15, and 
this makes the $12 target more than a random number in the analysis. It aligns 
with the upper Fibonacci extension and the projected channel resistance, 
giving the prediction a technical basis. XRP Price Chart. Source: 
@CelalKucuker On X What The MACD Is Saying Another pointed element of the 
chart was highlighted in the MACD panel below the price action. A circled 
region on the weekly MACD shows the indicator printing a bullish signal, where 
the blue MACD line is about to cross over the orange one. This setup is 
similar to previous MACD crossovers that preceded XRP&#8217;s major upside moves, 
including mid-2025, which took the cryptocurrency to a new all-time high of 
$3.65. Related Reading: Bitcoin Has Entered Its ‘Most Dangerous Quarter,’ And 
This Expert Is Warning Investors The weekly MACD is starting to print green 
bars, and if this is sustained, it would add momentum confirmation to the 
bounce from the lower trendline of the ascending channel. In order for 
Kucuker&#8217;s 2027 predicted timeline to hold, XRP would need to clear several 
intermediate resistance levels before the end of the year, including the 
psychologically significant $2.00 price level, the $3.65 price peak, and the 
1.272 and 1.414 Fibonacci extensions at $4.42 and $6.70, respectively. 
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Pundit Predicts When The XRP Price Will Rally To $12

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rival OpenAI. Closing the Gap with OpenAI Anthropic is reportedly considering 
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The S&amp;P 500’s push to a record near 7,400 confirms a late‑cycle, full‑risk‑on 
regime where Bitcoin and major crypto assets are again trading as high‑beta 
extensions of U.S. equities rather than as independent hedges. Gate’s futures 
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