XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) just had its best week in a while. Rakuten listed XRP as a payment method for 44 million users in Japan, Ripple partnered with Kyobo Life in South Korea, and Bitcoin’s surge to $78,000 on the Hormuz reopening lifted the entire crypto market. XRP rode the momentum and rallied above $1.50 for the first time since mid-March, but it couldn’t hold, and has now pulled back to $1.45.<\/p>\n
The $1.45 price level is where most of XRP’s overhead selling pressure is clustered, and has rejected the price multiple times this year. We asked ChatGPT and Claude where XRP goes from $1.45. Here’s where the AI models predict XRP finishes the year.<\/p>\n
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READ: The analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks<\/a><\/p>\n ChatGPT sees the $1.45-$1.50 price mark as the most important levels for XRP right now. In the short term, if sellers clustered around $1.45 keep pushing the price back down and no new catalysts show up, ChatGPT predicts XRP could trade between $1.25 and $1.45.<\/p>\n However, if XRP manages to break and holds above $1.50, ChatGPT sees a quick move toward $1.75 because there’s less selling pressure above that level. And if everything comes together at once\u2014ETF inflows picking up, BTC pushing toward $85,000, and progress on the CLARITY Act\u2014ChatGPT thinks XRP could hit $1.80-$2.20 in Q2.<\/p>\n ChatGPT’s XRP price prediction for the end of the year comes down to one thing: the CLARITY Act. Without it, ChatGPT expects XRP to trade between $1.00 and $1.80, underperforming both Bitcoin and Solana. But if the bill passes and ETF inflows reach $2-3 billion, ChatGPT forecasts the XRP price could hit $2.00-$3.50, which would take XRP back toward where it traded at its peak last year.<\/p>\n In the most bullish scenario\u2014if the law passes alongside a full bull run with BTC hitting $100,000\u2014ChatGPT sees XRP reaching $4.00-$6.00. In short, ChatGPT says below $1.50 XRP is still stuck. ChatGPT’s overall view is that XRP needs to get above $1.50 and hold it before the price can really move. Without the CLARITY Act, ChatGPT doesn’t see XRP getting much past $1.80 even if $1.50 breaks.<\/p>\n Story Continues <\/p>\n Claude is more cautious than ChatGPT regarding XRP\u2019s short term outlook. ChatGPT says XRP hitting $1.45-$1.50 is a decision point that could go either way; Claude calls the $1.45 level a ceiling rather than a turning point.<\/p>\n With the Hormuz situation already reversing\u2014Iran’s military said on April 18 the strait has returned to its previous state\u2014Claude thinks the Bitcoin tailwind that helped XRP reach $1.50 is already fading. On top of that, no rate cuts are expected from the FOMC on April 28-29 and the CLARITY Act is still stuck in committee. With all of that together, Claude’s short-term prediction for XRP is $1.25-$1.52. The AI model highlights that if XRP can’t break and hold $1.50 in the next two weeks, it could pullback toward $1.25-$1.30.<\/p>\n Claude’s year-end prediction for XRP also depends heavily on the CLARITY Act. The scenario Claude sees as most likely, which it gives a 45% chance, is that XRP pushes past $1.45 by mid-year, the CLARITY Act passes, and Bitcoin holds between $75,000 and $90,000. Under those conditions, Claude predicts XRP finishes the year between $1.60 and $2.40.<\/p>\n On the downside, Claude gives a 30% chance that the CLARITY Act would be delayed until 2027, Bitcoin drops below $65,000, and XRP drops back to $1.30 or lower. Claude only gives the bullish scenario a 25% chance\u2014the CLARITY Act becomes law, Bitcoin breaks $100,000, and the war ends. If all of that happens, Claude sees XRP reaching $3.00-$4.50, but none of those catalysts are confirmed right now.<\/p>\n ChatGPT and Claude both agree that $1.45 is the level that matters right now, and that the CLARITY Act is what could decide where XRP ends the year. We think so too, and the pullback from $1.50 showed that sellers are still active at $1.45, and until XRP can close above $1.50 and hold it for more than a day or two, that level is still going to cap any rally.<\/p>\n We’re somewhere between the two models. Over the next few weeks, we think XRP will trade between $1.30 and $1.55. Above $1.50, the 100-day moving average around $1.55 is the next level XRP needs to clear\u2014and if it does, XRP could push toward $1.70-$1.80. But if Bitcoin gives back its gains, with Iran already saying the strait is back under strict control that’s a real possibility, XRP will likely drop back toward $1.30-$1.35 where it was before this week’s rally.<\/p>\n Looking at the rest of 2026, we think XRP finishes between $1.00 and $1.50 without the CLARITY Act, and $2.50 or higher with it. Rakuten and Kyobo are real adoption wins, but adoption alone hasn’t been enough to move the XRP price without the law behind it.<\/p>\n So, if Tim Scott puts a markup date on the calendar before May, the outlook for XRP changes completely\u2014ours and both AI models all point to $2.00 or higher by year-end. 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