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Chart data indicates that $XRP may currently be setting up to record a 600% increase against Bitcoin, which could massively impact its price in dollar terms.
The broader crypto market recently recorded a fifth consecutive monthly loss amid a 13.41% decline in February 2026. This marked the largest monthly drop since October 2025, impacting Bitcoin ($BTC) and altcoins such as $XRP.
While $XRP saw mildly steeper declines than Bitcoin in February, dropping by a modest 1.58% compared to the crypto firstborn, chart data indicates that the altcoin may be looking to engineer a 600% spike against Bitcoin, potentially pushing its price above $10.
Key Points
- With the broader crypto market dropping 13.41% in February, $XRP saw mildly steeper declines than Bitcoin, falling 1.58% against the crypto leader.
- This adds to a sustained downtrend for the $XRP/$BTC pair that has lingered since December 2025, as Bitcoin shows more resilience than $XRP.
- Chart data indicates that the ongoing trend, which has been bearish for $XRP, could be setting up for a bullish push against Bitcoin.
- Analysts project a possible 600% increase for the $XRP/$BTC pair, a development that could push $XRP’s price above $10.
$XRP Struggles Against Bitcoin
Notably, market analyst Javon Marks has been at the forefront of this projection, insisting that $XRP could soon flip the trend against Bitcoin for good. For context, $XRP has continued to lose ground against Bitcoin since dropping from its all-time high of $3.66 in July 2025.
Specifically, at the $3.66 peak, the $XRP/$BTC pair stood at 0.00003070. It has since dropped to the current figure of 0.00002040, representing a massive 33.5% decline. This indicates that while Bitcoin and $XRP have witnessed price declines on the back of the broader market downturn, $XRP has recorded steeper drops.
Descending Trendline Breakout and Retest
Interestingly, amid $XRP’s price weakness compared to Bitcoin, data from Marks’ chart indicates that $XRP currently trades above a multi-year descending trendline against Bitcoin on the 2-week chart.
This trendline started forming after the $XRP/$BTC pair dropped from the all-time high of 0.0002454 in May 2017. Since then, the trendline has held through, presenting a roadblock for any attempt from $XRP to break out against Bitcoin. These failed attempts emerged in January 2018, November 2020, and July 2023.
However, when $XRP made another attempt in November 2024, a successful breakout occurred, as the $XRP price spiked from 0.00000725 $BTC to a high of 0.00003419 $BTC by January 2025, aligning with the $3.4 value. $XRP dropped from this level to 0.00001928 $BTC before recovering to 0.00003070 $BTC in July 2025 and then dropping to the current price.
These struggles represent part of the effort to retest the descending trendline breakout. Interestingly, $XRP crashed to 0.00000720 $BTC on Binance during the 10/10 market collapse, effectively retesting the trendline, and then immediately recovered. If this marked a successful retest, Marks believes an upward push may be imminent.
Potential $XRP Surge Against Bitcoin
It is against this backdrop that the analyst has now predicted a possible 600% rally for the $XRP/$BTC pair. His chart suggests the pair could soar to an eight-year peak of 0.0001579. At Bitcoin’s current price of $66,227, this would translate to a $10.4 value for $XRP.
