XRP vs. ETH: One Analyst Sees a Clear Short-Term Favorite

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.

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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.