XRP has formally delivered its first technical golden cross of 2026, and the market is already a 13% upside window if this bull sample validates in textbook method.
On Jan. 13, XRP’s 23-day easy shifting common crossed above the 50-day, as seen on the TradingView chart, which is a golden cross formation for the primary time since late 2025. For these not acquainted, this bullish crossover with “golden” in its identify normally signifies a bullish pattern shift, particularly when it’s backed by rising volumes or key narrative developments.
The worth is at the moment holding simply above $2.06, however the space between $2.28 and $2.35 — the place the 200-day exponential common is — stays the quick goal zone.

This new setup comes after XRP’s huge spike to $2.40 earlier this month. Now that the short-term and midterm pattern strains are all headed up, it’s fairly possible that this golden cross will play out as anticipated, sending the value of XRP to the north.
The technical stuff factors to this occurring, however solely so long as XRP stays above the $2.02-2.03 vary, the place the golden cross occurred.
$2.7 XRP could occur sooner than market thinks
If the value certainly goes as much as $2.32 from the place it’s now, that will be a rise price over 13%. The final time XRP confirmed the identical sample, it jumped about 22% earlier than it hit the highest. This implies the $2.32 stage may simply be the primary cease.
If you’re an XRP bull, hold an in depth eye on the every day shut above $2.10 to construct strain to the 200 EMA ceiling. If it breaks and holds above $2.35, the subsequent huge goal is $2.70 per XRP.
Both manner, the golden cross has given bulls a transparent roadmap to comply with for the primary time in 2026.

