A popular analyst has said that right now, Ethereum (ETH) is the better trade for shorter-term players, but Ripple’s ts2qaXRP has more upside for anyone willing to hold through the current cycle.
That call is coming at a time when the two assets have been posting double-digit losses across several timeframes.
ETH Now, XRP Later
The discussion was kick-started when an X user asked analysts CrediBULL Crypto and Bobby A whether they would fancy XRP over Ethereum.
CrediBULL responded, saying that he prefers ETH over XRP for shorter-term trading, but if the XRP/ETH ratio fell by 30% or so to reach a midrange level, then the cross-border token would become the better near-term bet.
The analyst also argued that the pair may have already formed its macro bottom and could eventually print a higher low before XRP begins outperforming ETH again. And for investors buying spot and holding through the cycle, he believes XRP has “more overall upside potential” from current levels.
On Ethereum specifically, CrediBULL had posted earlier that he was happy with recent ETH buys, noting that calls for $0 ETH appearing on his social feed were a contrary signal that the token was likely to move higher soon.
Fellow market watcher Bobby A suggested that the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency may have already bottomed out and could range between roughly $1,550 and $1,650 for a few weeks before reversing higher.
But CrediBULL said that he didn’t expect a drop below $1,380 and thinks that a hold at current levels on the lower timeframe could lead to a push toward $2,500 to $2,600 before the next meaningful pullback.
Meanwhile, several XRP-focused analysts are also optimistic about the token’s future, with one of them, ChartNerd, suggesting that the implementation of the GENIUS Act and CLARITY Act could strengthen XRP’s role within the financial system.
On his part, EGRAG CRYPTO pointed to a combination of technical indicators that he believes are converging around a major decision point for the Ripple token. According to him, a breakout above the $1.66-$2.00 range could activate higher targets. However, he cautioned that a failure to hold support could first send the token lower.
What the On-Chain Data Shows
Both ETH and XRP have been under real pressure, with the former trading just above $1,600 at the time of writing. That’s a 3% drop in 24 hours and a 31% dip over 30 days, with the asset more than 67% below its August 2025 all-time high.
XRP has also dropped in the same manner and was trading around $1.11 at press time, off 5% on the day and almost 24% in the last month.
On the Ethereum side, Santiment data shows that the coin has fallen into an “extreme fear zone,” with positive-to-negative commentary at one of its lowest levels of the year.
However, the firm noted that a similar sentiment collapse in April last year saw ETH’s value triple over the next four months, eventually hitting an all-time high.
For XRP, data from Glassnode shows that the 90-day moving average of its realized profit-to-loss ratio was around 0.38, meaning holders are getting only 38 cents of profit for every dollar of loss recorded on-chain.
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