XRP Analysts and Traders Reminisce Over Bullish 2017-2018 Moves, What Is a Realistic Expectation for 2026?

• XRP analysts and traders reminisce over bullish 2017-2018 moves.
• What is a realistic expectation for 2026 XRP price?
• XRP price predictions lie between $5 to $27 XRP ATHs.

Long-term traders and crypto enthusiasts still remember the bullish moves made in the crypto market between 2017 and 2018. In particular, XRP analysts and traders reminisce over bullish 2017-2018 moves, leading to deep discussions of the possibilities of the price of XRP pulling a similar bull market pump this year. What is a realistic expectation for XRP prices in 2026? 

XRP Analysts and Traders Reminisce Over Bullish 2017-2018 Moves

Ever since Bitcoin made its bullish moves in the previous bull cycle run, the crypto community has been patiently waiting for the price of altcoins to follow its lead. However, so far, only a handful of altcoins have gone on to set new ATH prices, leaving most altcoins losing liquidity and falling heavily in price. Still, even after the many bear market calls have increased, many altcoin analysts still expect altseason to play out. 

According to them, it is not possible for a bear market to begin without an altseason to signal the closing of the bull market. This sentiment is strong, especially because analysts are finding several bullish signals across their respective altcoin price charts. One such bullish altcoin showing high possibilities of a significant price pump in the coming months agead is Ripple’s native token altcoin asset XRP.   

As we can see in the post above, this trader reminds the community of how, in 2017, XRP did a 300x move in its infancy within a year, with no real adoption, no rails, and no real build-out. Yes, liquidity was thin, and price discovery was wild. However, in the uncharted territory the market is in right now, if XRP mirrored the same move as 2017, it would be sitting at $437 ATH.

What Is a Realistic Expectation for 2026

In response to bullish posts like this that draw patterns with the XRP price now to its price movement back in 2017-2018, one expert says not to rely on fantasy math. He says that one cannot simply copy a 2017 retail mania move and paste it onto today’s market as if nothing has changed. Supply, liquidity depth, market structure, distribution, and sell pressure all matter, meaning for XRP to hold numbers like $400, $1,000, or higher, it would need sustained real-world demand hitting limited available liquidity at scale. 

This would mean that XRP would need to see actual volume moving through the rail consistently, with real institutions using it, and active liquidity constraints forcing price adjustment. Additionally, it would also need market participants willing to transact at those levels. Thus, he concludes saying that price does not rise because people type big numbers, but it rises when real demand collides with real liquidity.