While Bitcoin’s recent rise has stolen the spotlight, Ripple-linked XRP has outperformed the leading cryptocurrency in the last two weeks of trading.
XRP was recently changing hands at $1.49, up 6.5% in the last two weeks and 7.1% in the last month, according to data from CoinGecko.
Meanwhile, Bitcoin has added 6% in that time, while gaining 7% in the last month.
The asset’s recent performance has led Kalshi traders to reprice odds of how high it will go before the end of the year, with traders now forecasting XRP could reach $2.00.
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How high will XRP get in 2026?
Amid its recent run, Kalshi traders have repriced odds for XRP’s potential targets throughout the remainder of 2026.
Odds for XRP to exceed $2.00 are now trading at 46%, up from 29% one week ago. That mark is also up from 18% in mid-August 2026.
A further move, like one which would push XRP above $2.50, is less likely according to Kalshi traders, who price the odds at 24%. A move of that magnitude would put XRP back to its highest marker since November 2025, when it last traded above $2.50.
While it remains around 58% off its 2025 all-time high of $3.65, analysts have begun to take notice of the token once more. The Factor Report’s Peter Brandt highlighted the token’s chart last week ahead of its weekly surge, indicating that his long-term chart implied a potential move to $5.40 in the future.
Traders view a surge that high before the end of the year as unlikely though, pricing the odds of XRP getting above $5 at 11%. Even returning to its all-time high range around $3.50 carries odds of 18% on Monday morning.
Kalshi traders less certain that XRP will produce a positive return
Despite improved odds for more 2026 growth for the token, Kalshi traders have lowered the odds of XRP finishing the year with a positive return.
Those odds now stand around 21%, down 5 points, and trail majors like Bitcoin and Ethereum, which hold odds of 54% and 51%, respectively.
XRP opened the year trading around $1.88 and briefly surged above $2.00, before fading alongside the rest of the crypto market for the better part of the year. Only in the last month of trading has the token begun to significantly rebound, reclaiming $1.00 around mid-August 2026.
As it stands, the favored end of year range for the token is between $1.50 to $1.749, its current trading range. Odds for the next two ending ranges, which extend from $1.75 to $2.249, have improved in the last week though, cumulatively carrying around 41% in implied probabilities.
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