Yesterday, XRP's surge attracted a lot of attention, and market enthusiasm was high. However, the key is the upcoming trend—will this price level become the ceiling for the rebound? The performance comparison between XRP and other cryptocurrencies is quite interesting. From a technical perspective, there is a clear risk of rejection here. Bulls definitely hope to regain this critical level, but whether they can do so remains to be seen. If they can hold it in the subsequent sessions, that will be the real highlight.

Recently, I have been comparing the trends of these two coins and found that the differences are quite significant. XRP is currently priced at $2.01 each, up 8.5% this week, but on the monthly chart, it still shows a decline of 7.36%, indicating considerable volatility. In contrast, Stellar's XLM is now priced at $0.2193, with only a 2.54% increase this week, clearly not as strong as XRP. In terms of market capitalization, the gap is even more pronounced—XRP has already risen to the fourth position, with a market cap of $121.84 billion, while XLM only has $7.1 billion, a difference of nearly 17 times. This reflects market expectations and judgments about the future of these two chains. From a forecast perspective, analysis institutions believe that XRP is expected to reach $2.51 by January 2027, leaving room for growth. Especially if institutional products like ETFs are launched, they could bring new growth momentum to such assets. In comparison, the outlook for XLM is less optimistic, with the price possibly falling to $0.2799. Overall, the fundamentals and market enthusiasm of the two projects are indeed not on the same level.

BullRunners founder Nick Anderson highlighted a recent Gemini poll showing that XRP holders are facing a reality check: approximately 70% of respondents expect XRP's short-term price to stay below $2. This indicates that market sentiment has shifted from optimism to acceptance of prolonged consolidation. Currently, due to holiday trading volume being light and a lack of new positive catalysts, XRP's trading price is close to $1.86. Anderson pointed out that liquidity shortages and broader market uncertainties, including DeFi governance pressures, have led to a cautious outlook for XRP at the beginning of 2026.