After testing lows of $2.07 on Tuesday, XRP has reclaimed $2.3, showing considerable strength. And on top of positive price action, XRP’s fundamental developments are stacking up.
But what does its future look like? Is it a buy? And also, what about emerging cryptocurrencies like Solaxy?
XRP ETF and Partnerships
While Donald Trump’s entrance to the White House has reduced regulatory friction for all cryptocurrencies, the impact on XRP could be significantly higher.
Indeed, XRP’s founder, Ripple Labs, is expected to finally end its legal fight against the SEC in the coming months, and now the firm is looking ahead to catalysts for XRP adoption. The new SEC cabinet has already dismissed the previous cabinet’s cases against Robinhood and Coinbase, but it must negotiate a resolution with Ripple Labs first because the final judgment is already in place.
Still, the new SEC is clearly friendly toward crypto, which will benefit XRP.
One upcoming catalyst is the potential for XRP spot ETFs in the United States, which would allow Wall Street investors to buy and hold XRP through a trusted custodian on the US stock market.
Polymarket bettors are leaning toward an XRP ETF approval this year, with 72% odds of it happening.
Brazil approved XRP ETFs this week, increasing the likelihood of an ETF approval. This shows XRP’s regulatory adherence and increases the asset’s legitimacy, aiding in its potential to secure partnerships.
On partnerships, Ripple Labs recently partnered with Revolut and Zero Hash to expand usage of its RLUSD stablecoin and partnered with Unicâmbio to power Brazil-to-Portugal remittances.
The project also integrated with Ondo Protocol to bring tokenized US Treasuries to the XRP ledger. All of this happened within the last month.
XRP Could Hit $5.5 This Year
With a potential tailwind from ETF inflows, coupled with increased regulatory clarity and a swelling ecosystem, it appears that everything is finally falling into place for XRP.
But just like its fundamentals, XRP’s price chart also paints a positive picture. Analyst Fitzo Crypto notes that XRP holds support at its previous high, indicating that it remains in a bullish chart structure. According to the analyst, it could hit $5.5 this year.
#XRP $XRP holding all time high support for now
If remaining a run up to $5.5 is likely
But bear this bear that…. Just shush pic.twitter.com/VzxQRRiK38
— Fitzo Crypto (CRYPTO BULL UNTIL November 2025) (@FitzoCrypto) February 25, 2025
On a higher time frame, prominent trader Ali Martinez suggests that XRP could hit a staggering $15 this cycle, marking a 6.5x gain from its current price.
If this is a symmetrical triangle, $XRP has broken out and is targeting $15! pic.twitter.com/ppJTuRbbp7
— Ali (@ali_charts) February 13, 2025
Given that XRP’s market cap is already $132 billion, a $15 price tag would make it 2x more valuable than Ethereum at its current price. While not impossible, this appears to be the upper extremity of how far XRP could go.
The more balanced bullish prediction would be $5.5, providing a market cap of $315 billion. While it could go higher, everything would have to fall perfectly into place for this to occur.
Could This XRP Alternative Give Bigger Gains?
For traders seeking an XRP alternative, Solaxy is currently positioned as one of the most promising emerging tokens on the market. The project is building a layer 2 scaling solution for the Solana network, making transactions cheaper, faster, and more reliable.
Solana is currently worth $71 billion, but Solaxy has just launched a presale and raised $24 million. For traders wishing to get in on the ground floor of a project, Soalxy is worth watching closely.
The idea that Solaxy will provide increased scalability to Solana to remove its congestion issue, which occurs when the network has to deal with too many transactions at one time. When this happens, the network slows down, and many transactions fail.
By ridding Solana of its congestion issue, Solaxy will future-proof the ecosystem and position it for mass adoption.
Analysts are singing its praises. In a recent video, prominent trader Umar Khan said it can 100x in price.
Currently, investors can buy $SOLX at presale for $0.001646, but this price will rise throughout the ICO.
The next increase will occur in under one day.
