XRP/BTC Retests Six-Year Breakout Trendline, Analyst Calls For A Decoupling

The XRP/BTC monthly chart has finally snapped the long diagonal that’s capped XRP since 2018, and one analyst on X thinks that shift could rewrite the pecking ￰0￱ under the handle X Finance Bull (XFB), the analyst argued that XRP will soon start to outperform ￰1￱ is because the XRP/BTC pair has not only broken out but also retested the trendline as support, and this has certified the start of a new buildup of ￰2￱ Reading: XRP Sparks Bullish Frenzy As Top Software Dev Says It Beats ETF Hype Retest Of A Six-Year Breakout Trendline The mid-October flash crash that rippled through the crypto market left a visible mark on the XRP/BTC chart, creating a deep downward wick that momentarily dipped below the long-standing resistance trendline.

However, as Bitcoin started to recover to above $110,000, XRP struggled to keep up and lost ground relative to Bitcoin. Interestingly, price action shows that this move was short-lived, and XRP has started to recover against Bitcoin in recent trading ￰3￱ shown on the monthly candlestick timeframe chart below, the wick fell to the exact level of the breakout retest, a point where former resistance turned into new ￰4￱ breakout occurred in late 2024/early 2025, when XRP outperformed Bitcoin for three consecutive ￰5￱ there, the XRP/Bitcoin pair was able to break out of a downward-sloping resistance trendline of lower highs spanning over six ￰6￱ then, however, 2025 has been characterized by more months of Bitcoin outperforming XRP than months of XRP outperforming Bitcoin, with October falling into the former group of months.

Particularly, during the flash crash, the XRP/BTC pair plunged to around 0.000007 before rebounding almost immediately, a move that, according to XFB, represents the long-awaited retest of the broken ￰7￱ 1M chart.