XRP Has Rallied 1,000% After Every 60% Crash. Is this the Fourth?

XRP (CRYPTO:XRP) has experienced four major market crashes since launching in 2013. The crashes in 2014, 2018, 2022 erased at least 60% of its value before rewarding patient holders who held through the downturn with gains around 1,000%. 

The fourth crash saw XRP fall nearly 73%, from its $3.65 cycle high in July 2025 to $0.99 in August 2026. With XRP rallying nearly 40% to $1.47 over the last four days, is the fourth rally in play? 

XRP’s First Three Crashes and the Rallies That Followed

XRP’s previous three crashes resulted from several market downturns and negative catalysts that intensified selling pressure on the token.

2014 – 2016 Crash

XRP listed at 0.0058 in August 2013 and by the end of the year, it had rallied to $0.027, a 365.5% rally within four months. XRP’s performance during this period tracked Bitcoin’s run from $104 to $760, since altcoins typically ride BTC’s momentum when it rallies,  and OpenCoin’s rebrand to Ripple Labs in Q3 2013 added its own boost.

However, XRP’s rally faded in 2014, with the coin closing eight months in the red zone compared to four green months. XRP fell by nearly 83% to $0.0047 in April, driven by co-founder and former CTO Jed McCaleb’s announcement that he would sell his remaining 9 billion XRP holdings and the news that he had co-founded Stellar (XLM), a rival network to XRP’s early dominance.