🔥 One of the leading banking analysts said that $XRP could reach $5.5 by 2025 and $8 by 2026 – Let's see what the chart and the market actually say // a must-read
Jeffrey Kendrick, head of digital assets at Standard Chartered, made headlines a few months ago when he predicted that #XRP could reach $5.5 by the end of 2025 and $8 by 2026. This is a serious forecast from a global bank, not just retail hype.
Now, looking at the 1-month chart $XRP , it gets interesting. We have already seen XRP recently surpass $3, and even despite a slight correction, it is still holding much stronger than in previous cycles. The candles clearly show how XRP broke out of a long flat zone around $0.30–$0.60 and gained serious momentum as soon as it surpassed the $1.5 level.
What I notice here is the market testing higher highs — $3.66 was reached before the cool-off — but even at $2.87 now, it looks like healthy consolidation, not weakness. If this base continues to build above $2.5–$3, the structure looks very different than in the years when XRP was stuck in sideways movement.
👉 My view: Kendrick's target of $5.5 by 2025 doesn't seem like a fantasy when I compare it to the chart. We have already increased 10 times from the lows, and the structure now shows strength, not random spikes. If buyers defend this zone and XRP retests $3.6, I think we could really be on our way to this move above $5 within the next year. $8 by 2026 is more ambitious, but if institutions, ETF flows, and Ripple adoption start to kick in, the chart shows plenty of room for such growth.
It currently seems that we are in a phase of 'don't sleep on XRP'. The chart tells a different story than the skeptics, and Kendrick's forecast only adds fuel to this narrative.
