After Gold Cools, Is It Finally XRP's Time to Shine?

While the crypto market has been moving sideways for months, something interesting is happening with XRP. In the past, when gold slowed down after a strong run, XRP went on a huge 1,000% rally.

While the crypto market has been quietly moving sideways for months, something interesting is happening with XRP. In the past, when gold slowed down after a strong run, XRP went on a huge 1,000% rally. Now, with gold cooling off and the Ripple vs SEC case nearly over, many are wondering - is it finally XRP’s time to shine again?

Over the past few months, gold has been performing exceptionally well, heating up to $3,318 after a nearly 89% climb from October 2023 to April 2025. As gold kept breaking records, the crypto market, including Bitcoin and XRP, experienced a modest increase, not as significant as the gold surge.

However, things are starting to change. Gold has pulled back slightly from its peak, dropping about 6% to $3,318. At the same time, Bitcoin is showing signs of recovery, this week it rose to $95,000 with an 11% gain, indicating that the crypto market might be waking up.

Interestingly, this pattern looks very similar to what happened in 2020. Back then, gold had a strong year while crypto remained weak. But when gold started slowing down, XRP and the rest of the crypto market shot up.

In 2020, XRP rose from just $0.17 to around $1.96, a gain of over 1,000% even though Ripple was still fighting a major lawsuit with the SEC at the time.

Now, the SEC case against Ripple is also nearing its end, which could remove a big risk factor for XRP and give it more room to fly higher.

Popular crypto analyst on TradingView, who uses the username Cryptarch, says XRP could soon go higher as it moves up step-by-step, testing important levels like $2.49, $3.00, and $3.39. He predicts that if the price manages to break through these levels, it could continue to rise to $6.50, which would be almost a 200% increase from where it is now.

Giving an even more hopeful prediction, crypto supporter Davinci Jeremie says XRP could reach $24 this year.

As of now, XRP is being traded at approximately $2.20, showing a slight increase over the last 24 hours with a market cap hitting $128 billion.