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$XRP appears to be mirroring silver’s long-term price over the past 45 years but unfolding within a far shorter timeframe.
This is according to chart data tracking silver’s performance since 1980, indicating that silver (XAG) and $XRP may be more alike than most realize. Notably, the comparison suggests $XRP may be compressing decades of market cycles involving accumulation, breakout, and expansion into a much more rapid development phase.
Interestingly, with silver now joining the broader precious metal rally, up 278% since 2025 to the current highs around $109, $XRP may be preparing to replicate a similar upward push when capital flows back into the crypto market. However, this would only play out if $XRP continues to follow silver’s trajectory.
Key Points
- $XRP has persistently followed silver’s price trajectory over the past 45 years, dating back to 1980.
- While both assets’ price movements have been uncannily similar, $XRP appears to be replicating the price action within a lower timeframe.
- Silver’s rise to $48 in Q1 1980, its crash to $3.5 in Q1 1993, and the recovery to $49.8 by April 2011 all resemble $XRP’s price trends from 2018 to 2025.
- If this pattern continues, $XRP could be looking to replicate silver’s latest rally to new highs around $109.
Silver’s Price Action Looking Similar
Dark Defender, a crypto market watcher, called the investing public’s attention to this interesting trend in his latest analysis. “Silver looks like $XRP,” the market commentator said, sharing a 3-month silver chart that detailed how the precious metal’s price movements look similar to $XRP’s price action.
For context, silver already observed the current struggles $XRP has faced, but on a larger timeframe. Specifically, after struggling from 1974 to 1976 between $5 and $3.8, silver saw gradual upticks in the following years, eventually soaring to a new all-time high of $48 per ounce in Q1 1980.
Immediately after the $48 peak, silver crashed considerably, reaching a floor price of $3.4 by Q1 1991. From here, silver consolidated for a few years but witnessed a slightly bullish upward trend to $7.28 by Q1 1998 before pulling back again to the $4 to $5 range until a breakout in 2004 led to a rally to $49.81 in Q2 2011.
$XRP Following a Similar Pattern?
Interestingly, $XRP has followed a similar trend since 2016. Specifically, after struggling between 2016 and early 2017, $XRP surged in March 2017, eventually hitting a new all-time high of $3.31 by January 2018. This aligns with silver’s $48 peak in Q1 1980.
Meanwhile, like silver, $XRP saw an immediate crash from the $3.31 high, dropping to a floor price of $0.11 by March 2020, aligning with silver’s $3.4 floor in 1991. Further, $XRP’s recovery from the $0.11 floor in March 2020 to a lower high of $1.96 by April 2021 looked similar to silver’s mild rise to $7.28 in Q1 1998.
$XRP also replicated the pullback that followed this high, struggling below $1 until it broke out in November 2024 and soared to a new all-time high of $3.66. This new all-time high aligned with silver’s $49.8 high in Q2 2011. Now, $XRP appears to be in a correction, and chart data suggests this looks similar to silver’s consolidation from 2014 to 2024.
What This Could Mean for $XRP’s Price
After the 10-year consolidation, silver broke out in early 2024 and has since been on an uptrend, with the rally gaining momentum in 2025 and extending to the new year. Amid this rally, silver has soared 278% since 2025, now trading for $109 per ounce.
If $XRP, currently trading for $1.9, maintains the pattern, a similar breakout and rally may be on the horizon. Interestingly, $XRP has always recorded much larger rallies and declines than silver due to its smaller size and higher volatility. As a result, it may outperform silver’s 278% increase. However, it remains to be seen if $XRP can actually sustain the pattern.