XRP 2017 Breakout Replay? Analyst Drops Bold Target As Multi-Year Pattern Repeats

A crypto market analyst has suggested that XRP appears to be forming “one of its most significant multi-year structural patterns to date,” which could lead the altcoin to a rally similar to its 2017 expansion.

XRP Eyes 2017-Like Expansion

On Thursday, market observer ChartNerd stated that XRP appears to be repeating a setup that may surpass the scale of the 2017 pre-breakout formation, which led to a massive 68,000% expansion during that cycle.

In a video, the analyst explained that the altcoin has been developing since 2020, when the price saw its bear market bottom and created an ascending support level that held for nearly six years.

Since then, XRP has resembled its pre-2017 performance, where the cryptocurrency experiences significant advances after retesting its ascending support, followed by sharp corrections within descending channels.

XRP resembles its pre-2017 breakout formation. Source: ChardNerd on X

As the chart shows, the altcoin recorded a 10x move between 2020 and 2021, which was followed by the 2022 bear market. After bottoming, XRP saw another 2x rally before retesting the trendline for the first time. The price then rallied another 6-7x between late 2024 and mid-2025, leading to the July all-time high (ATH) of $3,65.

 Now, the cryptocurrency is developing a similar corrective pattern to the previous two retests of the ascending support, which could suggest the potential for 1,992% rally to a double-digit target upon confirmation.

“If XRP respects this pattern into late 2026, this is where we could potentially create the third retest, which is what we saw in the early cycles before the expansion in 2017,” the analyst asserted.

He also added that “if we are repeating this sort of multi-year cycle from before, just on a larger scale here, then this could be one of the largest structural phases where XRP is building a base and waiting for the leg up.”

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