Bitrue Says XRP Should Already Be At $10, Traders Are Betting It Gets There

Crypto exchange Bitrue made a bold claim Tuesday: XRP is trading at a fraction of where it belongs. With the coin sitting around $1.42, Bitrue put the fair value at $10 — more than seven times its current price and a market cap that would top $610 billion. Related Reading: Bernstein Sets $150,000 Bitcoin Target As ETF Inflows Surpass $1.6B In March Derivatives Data Tells A Different Story Than The Price Chart The numbers in the futures market are raising eyebrows. XRP’s open interest climbed to $2.60 billion, a 7% jump in a single day, according to data from CoinGlass. That kind of move during a price dip signals something specific: traders are opening new positions, and those positions are leaning long. Although the price of $XRP is falling, there is no increase in short positions. On the contrary, long positions are increasing slightly. There is no downside pressure in the $XRP futures market. In addition, an increase in OI indicates a desire to buy long positions at low… pic.twitter.com/F8wnhWKUsO — CW (@CW8900) March 24, 2026  Analysts flagged the pattern. Short positions have not been piling up the way they typically do when a market turns bearish. Instead, traders appear to be buying into the weakness, a sign that many expect a price recovery rather than a continued slide. XRP dropped nearly 4% over the past week. But the futures market is not behaving like one bracing for more pain. #XRP should be $10 https://t.co/YxP3OSiom0 — Bitrue (@BitrueOfficial) March 25, 2026 What The Charts Say About Possible Downside Not every analyst is calling a bottom. A separate technical analysis flagged XRP as potentially still inside a corrective pattern — what Elliott Wave traders call a Wave 2/5 retracement. Under that reading, the price could briefly push toward $1.51 before pulling back more sharply. Key downside levels being watched include $1.12, where a double-bottom formation could take shape, and $0.87, which many traders regard as a strong long-term accumulation zone. Reports indicate some see the current price action as a late-stage shakeout — a test of conviction before a larger move upward. That tension is sitting at the center of XRP’s current moment. The short-term and long-term pictures are not telling the same story. XRP: Long-Term Targets Remain In Play Despite Recent Weakness Longer-term forecasts for XRP have not shifted. Price targets of $5 and higher — including the $10 figure Bitrue cited — continue to circulate among analysts and community members. Those targets are tied to broader narratives: growing institutional interest, Ripple’s resolved legal standoff with the SEC, and expanding adoption of blockchain-based payment infrastructure. Related Reading: Iran Rejects Peace Talk Claims, Leaving Bitcoin Stuck At $70K Missouri recently moved to designate XRP as an official reserve asset — a step that adds a layer of institutional credibility the coin did not carry a few years ago. Reports note that skeptics remain. XRP has a history of slow upward movement punctuated by sharp pullbacks, and even believers in a $10 target acknowledge that significant volatility could accompany any rise toward that level. For now, XRP sits in a narrow range, down on the week but holding its footing. The derivatives market suggests traders are not walking away. They are waiting. Featured image from Gemini, chart from TradingView