Crypto analyst and trader Ali Martinez is leaning bearish on one large-cap altcoin as he offers his outlook for Bitcoin (BTC) and the native token of the blockchain oracle Chainlink (LINK).

Martinez tells his 134,800 followers on the social media platform X that payments altcoin XRP (XRP) could plummet by around 37% from the current level after forming a head-and-shoulders pattern on the daily time frame.

A head-and-shoulders is a bearish pattern suggesting that an asset is losing bullish momentum after failing to print new highs with its right shoulder.

XRP, the fourth-largest crypto asset by market cap, is trading at $2.05 at time of writing.

Next up is Bitcoin. The analyst and trader says Bitcoin could flip bullish if the crypto king manages to retest a key price level as support. Specifically, Martinez says he’s keeping a close watch on BTC’s short-term holder (STH) realized price, a metric that tracks the average price at which all STHs acquired their coins.

STHs are defined as wallets that have held their coins for 155 days or less.

“The first signal that Bitcoin is ready to resume its bull run is reclaiming the short-term holder realized price at $90,570!”

Bitcoin is trading at $83,300 at time of writing.

The crypto analyst and trader also says that there are “signs of profit-taking” in the Bitcoin market as older coins return to crypto exchanges. Citing data from the blockchain analytics platform CryptoQuant, Martinez says that more than 1,058 BTC, worth slightly over $88 million at the current price, were moved by long-term holders in just one day.

Long-term holders are entities that have kept their coins inactive for more than 155 days.

Looking at Chailink, Martinez warns that LINK could turn bearish as it tests an ascending trendline on the weekly chart that has kept the altcoin bullish since July 2023.

Chainlink is trading at $12.63 at time of writing.

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A widely followed analyst is predicting a massive new all-time high this year for one payment-focused altcoin.

Pseudonymous analyst Credible Crypto tells his 465,400 followers on the social media platform X that XRP may soar more than 976% percent its current value.

The analyst utilizes the Elliott Wave theory, which states that a bullish asset tends to see a five-wave surge where waves two and four are corrective periods and waves one, three and five are upside moves.

“Big picture.”

Looking at his chart, the analyst suggests XRP is on the verge of forming a third wave; ultimately, he suggests that the fifth wave may take XRP to $28.

He also says XRP may not dip below $2 any time soon as market conditions, such as open interest, appear to be mirroring similar conditions before the previous breakout.

Open interest is the total number of derivatives contracts taken out for an asset.

“XRP still down about 15% from where I took profit on perp longs but starting to doubt that I may get another chance to re-load below $2. Open interest has completely reset back to levels it was at before our 5x impulse off the lows, spot premium is steadily increasing here at the highs, and funding is even flipping negative. Overall XRP looks incredibly healthy here and any dips that we may get are a gift.”

XRP is trading for $2.60 at time of writing, up 3.9% in the last 24 hours.

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