XRP Cyclical Pattern Suggests Potential Price Expansion in 2026

XRP has shown a recurring price development over the past three cycles, offering a glimpse of what to expect.

Structurally, this trend is becoming more pronounced even as the XRP price continues to form within its current pattern. It all starts with an impulse, then consolidates before finally expanding into much higher prices.

• XRP has shown a recurring price action over the past three cycles, offering a glimpse of what to expect from the asset.
• Each cycle starts with an impulse, then consolidates before finally expanding into much higher prices.

• XRP has followed this recurring pattern over the past 12 years, making predictable, measured moves.
• XRP is currently in the expansion phase, and historical context suggests further price expansion.

Notably, EGRAG Crypto identified this trend in a recent XRP price analysis, focusing on “cycles, structure, and market behavior” rather than mere candlesticks. He highlighted a recurring pattern over the past 12 years, where XRP has made predictable, measured moves.

For context, in the first bull cycle between 2017 and 2018, XRP initiated this impulse-consolidation-expansion pattern. It started the “impulse” phase, rising from around $0.0057 in February 2017 to a high of $0.44 in May 2017.

From there, it entered a consolidation phase in a descending channel, breaking out in November 2017 to its current all-time high of $3.84. Per the analyst, this move represented a 1,171% increase.

Meanwhile, a similar pattern repeated in the 2020/2021 bull cycle. Specifically, an “impulse” formation from $0.177 in June 2020 to a high of $0.78 in November 2020. XRP moved sideways a bit within the consolidation phase, then broke out in March 2021 to the cycle’s top at $1.96.

XRP has also followed this pattern this cycle. A Donald Trump-inspired rally in November 2024 saw it print the “impulse” sequence. It consolidated within a descending channel, then broke out in July 2025 to the yearly peak of $3.67.

EGRAG highlighted that, although the phases varied in size across cycles, they maintained the same pattern. Hence, he expects the “expansion” phase to strengthen as it did in previous cycles.

“Markets repeat because psychology repeats,” EGRAG added.

What does this mean for XRP? The analyst suggested the XRP cycle is not over yet. If patterns repeat, then XRP could move higher to retest two resistance lines in a broader ascending channel. However, this remains EGRAG’s view, and there is no guarantee that this would come to fruition.