Crypto analyst Steph has presented an interesting comparison between XRP’s 2017 bull run and its current 2025 market structure in a post on the social media platform X.
The post, which was captured with “The $XRP playbook,” noted a repetition of its early accumulation phase that preceded its massive breakout eight years ago. The technical analysis places 2017’s surge beside the altcoin’s ongoing consolidation around the $2 price level, predicting that the cryptocurrency could be entering a familiar setup for another explosive rally.
XRP Might Repeat The 2017 Blueprint
XRP’s price action in the past few days has been defined by the cryptocurrency looking to break past $2.5. This move comes off the back of a flash crash last week, which caused the altcoin’s price to create a strong downside wick on the daily timeframe. This downside wick, on the other hand, was a quick break to the downside amidst an its price consolidation that has been dragging on since July.
Interestingly, dialing the price action many years back shows XRP has played out a similar pattern like this before. Back in 2017, the token spent months trading sideways before springing into an extraordinary vertical rally that turned it into one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies of that bull cycle.
This trend, which was also noted in a technical analysis post by STEPH IS CRYPTO on X, looks at the possibility of the token repeating this rally again. The left side of Steph’s chart captures the 2017 price action vividly: a slow accumulation in early March followed by an almost parabolic ascent that pushed the price from fractions of a cent to above $3 within months.
The chart highlights how the upward curvature that began around February 2017 served as the launchpad for XRP’s historic surge. By framing this as the “playbook,” Steph implies that history could be on the verge of rhyming once more.
2025 Setup: The Calm Before The Storm
The right side of the chart image above shows XRP’s 2025 daily chart mirroring that 2017 accumulation curve. The token has been oscillating around mid $2 to form what looks like a rounded bottom pattern. The annotation points to November/December as the potential turning point.
Steph’s projected path shows the token consolidating between $2.5 and $3 for the next few weeks before entering a strong vertical climb. The projection shows XRP breaking above $3 and then going on a climb that takes it far above its current price levels. The projection line on the chart extends toward $24. This means if the 2017-style pattern repeats, the altcoin could experience an unprecedented price appreciation that brings its new price range above $20.
Steph isn’t the first analyst to look at similarities to the playbook in 2017. A similar outlook from a crypto analyst known as ChartNerd predicted a breakout to $13.5 if XRP repeats the 2017 rally.
