XRP Could Hit $4.25 by 2026 in Perplexity AI Bull Case
Rising XRP Ledger activity and disclosed ETF exposure support the bull case, but an 8.2% overnight drop leaves the near-term price test unresolved.
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Rising XRP Ledger activity and disclosed ETF exposure support the bull case, but an 8.2% overnight drop leaves the near-term price test unresolved.
ETF inflows and regulated custody support the rally, but a break above $1.60–$1.63 is the key test for whether gains can continue.
Three funds absorbed every dollar of selling elsewhere. Grayscale and 21Shares saw real redemptions. Whether the broader bid is conviction or rotation now depends on where XRP trades next.
The 40x weekly flow jump, from $1.01M the week of Aug. 8 to $39.78M last week, is the real signal: institutional appetite for XRP exposure didn't vanish, it just waited for price stability.
The derivatives stack is doing the work: $125M added to XRP open interest in a week, futures volume running 7.2x spot, and spot XRP ETFs quietly closing in on $1B AUM.
The AI model sketches a specific bull path to $1.50–$1.80 on a decisive close above $1.18, but binds it to a named bear case: a slip under $1.00 opens an air pocket to $0.85, with thin on-chain…
The 2020 case almost ended the company before its token became a legal landmark; choosing to fight cost hundreds of jobs but built the record that survived a 2023 court win.
Buyers keep defending the $1.00-$1.05 floor and exchange outflows just quadrupled to 123M XRP, but RSI still sits below 50, so the next leg depends on Washington moving first.
A forecast built on ETF flows, RWA tokenisation and the SEC overhang unwinding is a clean reversal story, but XRP at $1.05 has to first reclaim $1.60 before any of it shows up on the chart.