XRP-BTC Pair Flashes First Golden Cross, Hinting at Major Bull Run for XRP

This is a daily technical analysis by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole.The ratio between payments-focused cryptocurrency XRP and bitcoin's (BTC) dollar-denominated prices has triggered its first golden cross on the weekly chart, indicating a bullish shift in momentum.A golden cross occurs when the 50-day/week/month simple moving average (SMA) crosses above the 200-day/week/month SMA to indicate that the short-term trend is now outperforming the broader trend, with the potential to evolve into a major bull run.The crossover confirmed on XRP/BTC's weekly chart increased the likelihood of the ratio breaking out of its four-year-long sideways channel, hinting at a major XRP bull run relative to bitcoin source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/05/21/xrp-btc-pair-flashes-first-golden-cross-hinting-at-major-bull-run-for-xrp