Important point: The current cycle has already achieved an ATH for BTC in October 2025 at around $126,000; afterward, BTC dropped by more than 50%. So the question is no longer as it used to be “who will be the locomotive,” but rather who will take the lead in the next big cycle of altcoin rotation (alt-rotation) if the market returns again to a risk-on pattern.
Here, XRP becomes interesting.
If Saeed answers the question:
“Which coin will be the locomotive for the next move?”
then I would give the answer as follows:
BTC — the market’s locomotive.
XRP — one of the most prominent candidates to lead the altcoin movement.
And this seems stronger than merely saying “XRP will rise.”
Because XRP has already shown its ability to outperform the market sharply: in 2021 it reached nearly $2, while it now has a completely different set of factors—institutional interest and the structure of ETF funds.
If XRP really becomes the leader of the next alt-phase stage, then its move could be far more exciting than BTC itself in terms of percentage.
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