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XRP slipped 1.54% in the past 24 hours to extend a choppy stretch and a week-long struggle to revisit its 2026 peak near $2.40, while Bitcoin kept last week’s locked range of trading between $89,000 and $95,000. While short-term price action has been muted, analysts argue that Ripple’s native token has quietly outpaced Bitcoin since March 2024. Trader Dark Defender published a multi-year XRP/BTC chart on X on Monday, which showed XRP’s sustained relative strength has been higher than the king cryptocurrency for almost two years. According to the chart, XRP has witnessed an uptrend against Bitcoin even during periods when the altcoin market’s momentum weakened. XRP has been quietly outperforming BTC since March 2024. On the 6-month XRP/BTC chart, momentum is clearly shifting. Structure favours continuation, not a one-off move. 2026 could mark a major expansion phase for XRP relative to Bitcoin. Rising pair = rising XRP Smart money… pic.twitter.com/3NRSKSTOQ3 — Dark Defender (@DefendDark) January 11, 2026 The market watcher explained that XRP’s recent rebound to $2.38 was followed by a rejection near the lower boundary of its $2.25 support zone, a pattern he believes is similar to cycles that preceded a price charge to the upper side. XRP price up 300% since 2024, BTC up by 42% In Dark Defender’s XRP/BTC six-month chart, XRP’s Fibonacci projections point to potential extensions of 161%, 261%, 361%, and more than 420% from the base against historical breakout points. These extensions are rising close to the 0.00002487 BTC region, a level not seen since XRP’s previous cycle highs. Looking at the two coins’ performance for the timeframe in question, XRP has gone up by about 331%, while Bitcoin’s increase is a meagre 42%. XRP was trading near $0.47 as the latter changed hands around $63,000 at the time. At current levels, XRP…

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