Current chart is showing similar patterns with that on December 22, 2017. XRP responded at that time with a short bump to near all time chart highs and then a long period of consolidation. Depending on how the crypto market responds to increase trading volumes that should come with the ring in of the New Year, and subsequent end of holiday periods, I think that the consolidation period would be shorter than the previous pattern showed. After typical consolidation periods and the news that is expected to come out in early 2018, I'd imagine that XRP would again challenge chart highs and new territory on the upside.