Can XRP spike to $2 next week? That’s what traders are whispering after the token clawed back from a low of $1.10 to around $1.48 in a matter of days. Forecasts for the week ahead vary wildly — some AI models top out at $1.60, others flag a slide toward $1.24. Meanwhile, the broader XRP price prediction for 2026 just got a major revision from Standard Chartered. Whether the token goes up at all from here may depend on a single support level holding.
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XRP Price Prediction 2026 Reveals Next Week Forecast And Growth Signs
Four AI Models Weigh In on Whether XRP Can Hit $2
Four widely used AI chatbots were asked to weigh in on what next week holds for XRP, and none of them agreed. ChatGPT stated:
“At the moment, XRP looks more like it’s in a stabilization phase rather than the beginning of a major breakout. The bounce from around $1.10 to $1.50 shows that buyers stepped in aggressively at lower levels, which is constructive. However, sharp rebounds are often followed by consolidation before any serious continuation higher.”
A spike toward $2 was called possible, but only with a significant catalyst behind it. We are talking about a broad crypto market revival or major Ripple news. Grok was more conservative, placing $1.60 as the realistic near-term target and pushing any $1.80 move to late February. Perplexity turned outright bearish, flagging a drop to $1.24 as its base case. Google’s Gemini had this to say:
“This level isn’t just a number – it’s the technical floor that has been holding the ‘February slide’ together. XRP is hovering right on that edge, and if it plummets below this, it could open the door to a further plunge to as low as $1.”
Standard Chartered Cuts Its 2026 XRP Price Prediction — But Keeps $28 for 2030
The bank’s revised XRP price prediction for 2026 landed at $2.80, down from the earlier $8 target — a 65% cut. Geoffrey Kendrick, Global Head of Digital Assets Research at Standard Chartered, was direct in his note to investors:
“Near-term, we see potential for further price downside in the coming months.”
Nevertheless, the revision was not taken by all as a bad news. XRP advocate Bill Morgan observed that he had never thought the market would go to the $8 call in the first place. Therefore, $2.80 is merely indicative of a more realistic opinion of where the market will be. 2030’s goal of $28 was not reduced and XRP attracted $33.4 million in new inflows even as most were being sold, among the only assets to do so.
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$1.41 Is the Line: Everything Depends on Whether XRP Holds It
Analyst Guy on the Earth was technical, to the point: below the close at the end of a week of less than 1.41, go below 0.60. There any short-term XRP price projection fails. Analyst CryptoBull views the ongoing consolidation as the conclusion of Wave 2 accumulation on the other side of the argument. It is the same structure that is going to lead the bull run that happened in 2017 and predicts to move up to $13 in the next three months. Some bulls are hoping that next week will start with a spike to $2, and that will be only the beginning of this cycle.
