XRP has jumped above $2.30 as excitement grows ahead of the XRPFi launch, a new decentralized finance platform set to expand the token’s utility. XRPFi, built by Flare Networks, will go live on Apr. 29. It will introduce smart contract…

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Chart technician “Charting Guy” told his audience that XRP’s current four-hour 
structure suggests a measured climb toward a cycle peak near $8—yet nothing 
higher. Displaying a BITSTAMP four-hour chart overlaid with multi-sigma 
deviation bands, he wrote that XRP is “over this standard deviation and we 
likely move up quickly to the next one at the $3 area, then one around $4.20 
and the last one at the top around $8… coincidently my main target this 
cycle.” No Double Digits For XRP This Cycle The analyst’s tone turned caustic 
when addressing hopeful forecasts for double- or triple-digit prices. “To all 
the people saying $8 isn’t high enough,” he said, “please throw your brain in 
the dryer after it got washed by all these influencer moonboys.” He argued 
that a move from last cycle’s capitulation low near $0.28 to $8 already 
implies a 2,757% advance. “Imagine not taking at least some profit lol,” he 
added, warning that fixation on outlier targets had trapped retail investors 
in every prior top. Charting Guy conceded that valuations beyond three digits 
are theoretically possible “if they completely achieve their goal,” 
referencing Ripple’s long-term ambitions in cross-border settlement and CBDC 
plumbing, yet he insisted that such a scenario is “absurd” for the current 
market phase. “It’ll likely take a few decades for all that to play out,” he 
wrote. “Influencer moonboys who know nothing have been saying these things for 
10 YEARS and look at the chart. It’s at $2.23 right now.” Related Reading: XRP 
Price Pullback To $2 According To Plan For Historic Breakout To $10, Analyst 
Says His broader technical read remains constructive. In a slew of follow-ups 
he highlighted that XRP is “holding monthly Tenkan and Kijun perfectly,” 
“fighting between Kijun and Tenkan on weekly Ichimoku Cloud,” and has “held 
weekly EMA Ribbon perfectly” as well as the weekly Supertrend. Those 
confluences keep the medium-term structure intact, he implies, even if short- 
term volatility remains. On the daily timeframe he cautioned that XRP “broke 
out of channel, might come back to retest,” a move that—by his chart—could 
drag price briefly below $1.90 before the anticipated climb resumes. For 
Charting Guy, the disciplined approach is to respect those levels rather than 
chase grandiose numbers. “That lack of understanding will make these people 
miss bull-cycle tops and ride it down −50 to −90 percent every cycle when they 
can trade a big chunk of their bag each cycle and quit their 9-5 sooner,” he 
said. “I just try my best to be realistic and help people based on actual data 
in the charts, not some fairy tale a YouTuber told me.” Related Reading: XRP 
Will Print A New All-Time High If This Happens: Analyst While his $8 ceiling 
may disappoint the most fervent XRP believers, the target—if hit—would still 
mark the highest price in the token’s history and a near-thirty-fold return 
from the bear-market lows. For now, traders watching the four-hour deviation 
bands will be looking first for confirmation of a push through $3, then $4.20, 
as the analyst’s path to eight dollars begins to unfold. At press time, XRP 
traded at $2.33. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from 
TradingView.com

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