There is something that has been generating quite a bit of buzz in trading communities lately: several analysts are bringing up old XRP patterns to argue that we could be facing another explosive cycle like in 2017. And things get interesting when you see the numbers they are throwing out.

It all started when CryptoBull shared their technical analysis showing that XRP would be replicating the breakout structure from nearly a decade ago. According to their chart reading, the cryptocurrency could reach between $10 and $11 by the end of March if it maintains that fractal trajectory. That is, we’re talking about a massive move from current levels. A price of $10 would imply a market capitalization close to $610 billion, while $11 would be around $671 billion.

But it doesn’t end there. Remi Relief took that same idea and took it much further. This analyst had already been predicting since 2024 that XRP would follow the 2017 path, and now they propose a much more aggressive target: between $1,200 and $1,700 in this cycle. Yes, you read that right. If that happens, we would be looking at a market cap of around $73 trillion in the conservative scenario, and up to $103.7 trillion in the most optimistic. Numbers that are truly staggering.

The comparison to 2017 makes sense: it was the only time in XRP’s history when the price went from being calm to an almost vertical climb in a short period. The pattern these analysts see is quite simple in theory: prolonged consolidation, resistance breakout, brief pause, then a vertical move. It’s not a slow and steady rise, but something more explosive.

Now, how realistic is all this? Currently, XRP is trading around $1.42, well below any of these targets. But what’s interesting isn’t necessarily whether the cryptocurrency will actually reach four-digit prices, but what this reflects about the current market sentiment. There is a significant number of bullish traders willing to believe in any setup that resembles 2017.

The question about a 10-year prediction for XRP is more complicated: could the cryptocurrency sustain those levels long-term? That’s a whole other debate. For now, what we see is a vigilant community waiting for that resistance break that supposedly would trigger the move. Some believe it’s inevitable, others see pure speculation. What’s certain is that no one is indifferent.