XRP

Supaflyray

1 quick google search shows you ripple locks up any coin that isn’t bought back into escrow lol. You’re buying from a whale who pre mined 80% of the total tokens. If you don’t see my point you never will. Energy is free, the sun provides it. Just because humans haven’t figured out a way to harness it doesn’t mean”energy” is bad when a coin is transacted. Traditional banking methods will always use energy. If you’re buying XRP because it’s energyless than that’s just bad practice. It’s decentralized but they can move 50m coins OTC?? Have no price action on the ledger and it doesn’t exist. Do you even hear yourself. Like cmon bro. You’re protecting a whale of a company for no reason

FrankSlipHelp

>Everything you just said are true about pump fun coins as well. Those tokens are not native Layer 1 coins with their own network, they are not the same. >What don’t you understand that all 100B tokens were pre mined, and 1 “company” holds 42B of those tokens, and releases 1b token every month. Oh I understand this, very well. >And then locks up what nobody will buy LOL. Where did you get the idea that what is relocked up is based on what people won’t buy? Show your source on this. Ripple does not sell to retail (people). >Every month they’re forcing liqueity into the market Yes, and adding xrp liquidity strategically while Ripple and the chain scales is a very very smart and responsible thing to do. >They’re already struggling to sell 25% of the supply they unlock every month. Nobody is banging the door down to buy XRP. Please share your source on where you are getting this information. >Tell me why I can’t find any price action of when the ripple foundation sold 50M coins to Evernorth to “found their business.” The reason why is because there is NO buy/sell pressure when coins are moved OTC, the 50M never hit exchanges, never hit an orderbook, there is zero mechanism for price action to happen. >Can’t find average price of what ripple foundation holds XRP at, can’t find any price of what they sell the XRP they hold to exchanges too. But meanwhile you’re buying XRP at market price, holding their bags that they premined. Ripple is a private company so of course that info is private, same as you won’t find any info on the coins I hold. >100% of the supply was premined, minted out of thin air. And yall are buying it from these foundations and corporations at $2 a coin because of “ a ledger “ 😂 Yes, yes we are, but it is not just because of “a ledger”, and yes, buying this premined coin has been very rewarding to myself and others, I don’t need a coin to come from energy use to make money with, why do you?

Supaflyray

Everything you just said are true about pump fun coins as well. What don’t you understand that all 100B tokens were pre mined, and 1 “company” holds 42B of those tokens, and releases 1b token every month. And then locks up what nobody will buy LOL. Every month they’re forcing listing into the market, until it fails. Eventually no one will be buying the XRP they release, because WHY WOULD THEY. There’s zero incentive to buy and hold XRP.

Efficient-Ad-5498

Qnt,ZBCN,SHX,XRP,KTA,ZKSync,Flare,IPC is the best though..

FrankSlipHelp

Sorry bud, not AI, if you don’t understand any of it I can help you understand just ask. If you think the XRPL is centralized, please explain how someone can do any of the following Create more XRP Censor an XRP transaction Reverse an XRP transaction Freeze XRP Double spend their XRP Force a code update on the validators/network When you realize none of these are possible, you’ll realize the XRPL is in fact very decentralized and you’re spreading lies based on your own misunderstanding.

FrankSlipHelp

Ripple did not premine XRP, Ripple was formed almost two years after the 3 devs of OpenCoin created the XRPL and XNS (XRP used to be tickered as XNS). Ownership of XRP in any amount does not grant governance over the XRPL, ownership of XRP in any amount does not make the XRPL centralized. The XRP Ledger is open-source and decentralized.

Supaflyray

1 single entity holding 42% of the total supply, releasing 1% of the total supply , and then relocking them up to then sell again. They’re the ultimate whale. Every month they sell their bags, that they premined. That’s not decentralized at all compared to POW or POS systems. Imagine if satoshi’s wallet woke up and started releasing 1% of the total supply of BTC every month. That’s the reality of what’s going on with XRP

particlecore

Only ETH, XRP is not a crypto and SOL is a VC shit chain

fuck-bitch_shit

i made money off of it because it has that fake conspiracy hype. brads marketing is good but that doesn’t make it a shit coin. XRP isn’t useful for anything

canadianragweed

I think everything you mentioned aside from maybe XRP has potential. And XRP may, I just don't personally trust them. RWA is no doubt going to be a thing, it's just going to take time. BTC, ETH, and LINK have been and currently are 90% of my crypto portfolio. They are not for sale. I bought XRP and SOL at the right time so I'm still up hundreds of % at current prices but, they are for sale at the right price. SOL is not ETH.

thelawenforcer

i despise this aspect of crypto that is so shamelessly extractive, and ripple have been at it longest. Ripple equity is worth very little compared to the valuations of the tokens, and the little value it does have is based on the fact that Ripple hold and sell a ton of XRP. all these revenue channels you mention basically don't exist other than in Ripple marketing. what they actually do is sell and loan their tokens out - thus making cash from sales and collecting interest revenue from market makers. they've also been using the cash they've generated from selling to cult members to acquire other traditional businesses. as for whether anyone uses XRPL - it has 72m in TVL, with 6m in daily DEX volume. Its a literal ghost town, but somehow this ecosystem has an FDV of 200bn. and you're right, calling you a pleb was harsh, im sorry - but ultimately i think that Ripple prays on people that often cant know better. while token holders might be happy that the token has performed relatively well, this just makes the whole crypto industry look stupid and not credible.

JamestotheJam

Why would you buy/hold XRP, hoping for a decent return, and totally ignored something that was a much better return on investment? XRP is fueled by hopium (=meager returns), and quantum is fueled by breakthrough innovation in computing (=major returns). It's not hindsight. It's reality. XRP has been around for so long, yet no bank has even adopted it yet.

JamestotheJam

My point is, if something was all THAT great, it wouldn't take MORE THAN A DECADE to notice! And ZERO banks have adopted XRP to date. ZERO. Let that settle in.

BlueM92

Then you should understand that $50 XRP is unrealistic by now.

JakRenden2

Only 10k? If BTC can go to 100k why can't XRP at least go to 50k?! /s

Indi_Cat123

Just admit you have nothing constructive back to say because you are ill-informed. And jumped straight the BTC argument that I opened up at the start as an example. Zip it! The crickets are telling. > so let me summarize: I wish you nothing but luck with your investments, I truly do. but my opinion on XRP is negative, as simple as that! Fare well to you!

AryanPachhai

Yeah, XRP has these stretches where the narrative heats up, everyone expects a breakout… and then it just kind of fizzles. Happens to pretty much every chain at some point, but with XRP it feels extra amplified because the community is huge and expectations stay sky-high. In my experience, it helps to zoom out and treat XRP as a slow burner rather than a momentum play. Most of the big moves in crypto recently have come from chains with active DeFi, memes, or high-speed ecosystems — XRP just isn’t built for that kind of trading cycle yet. Doesn’t mean it’s dead, just that the payoff pattern is different. If you ever hop between ecosystems when the momentum shifts, aggregators like Rubic have made that a lot easier for me — fast, no-KYC swaps and a ton of liquidity sources across 100+ chains . There’s also Rubic if you want user experiences. Totally feel the frustration though. Are you holding long-term or just tired of waiting for a move?

Saibot281

That was spot on. Finally someone sees and knows more that what is projected by bullshit journalists that have no idea.  The whole acquisition of insitutions and the partnerships with the biggest companies in the world alone, shows what is actually happening in the background. Why would Brad spend so much of Ripple's money for something he doesn't believe will succeed?  The guy arguing with you just proved your point with his last reply, he had nothing more to say because he realised he didn't know as much as he stated he did after reading your comment 😅  Brad is a genius and XRP is his holy grail and life project. Even David Schwartz explained that it is more useful at a higher price. Everyone will see it all play out as time goes on 👌

FrankSlipHelp

Managing XRP liquidity and circulation is the reason a coin with 100B pre-mined has been ranked top 5 by marketcap for years. Ripple did not buy Keyrock, they were part of a series b funding round, they invested in Keyrock and that makes sense since Keyrock provides two-sided markets, they buy and sells assets and supply liquidity to exchanges, this is not just sell side liquidity.

FrankSlipHelp

>How does ripple make money? Selling their proprietary software to banks and fintechs, collecting fees from Ripple Payments and liquidity products and selling some of their XRP holdings. Should they not be able to control and sell the decentralized commodity asset which is XRP? >Nobody uses the xrpl so it’s not from supporting enterprise users or anything. Nobody uses the XRPL? What metric are you gauging that on? And you believe noone is using Ripple Payments and the XRPL is not being used? What do you not know about? >They’re whole business is to dump their tokens on plebs like you every month. And why wouldn’t they? You guys seem to like it. Ripple doesn’t sell to retail, their sales are OTC and off exchanges and not on any orderbooks creating buy/ sell pressure. Like it? Yeah I do, liquidity is the King of all markets and as a steward of the XRPL, you know the whole reason they were given XRP by the devs was for Ripple’s commitment to develop the XRPL, foster growth and be a good steward. They don’t own the XRPL, they can’t control the XRPL, but yes, injecting liquidity to ensure deep pools over the course of them scaling, yeah man go Ripple. Aside from that, can I ask a question? Why the ‘plebs like you’ rhetoric. ? you know me? you angry about something?

bobbabas

Spread out way to much, devide it into 5 coins or so instead (preferably into coins in the top 10 like eth, sol, litecoin, chainlink bitcoin) avoid XRP , thats trash imo but to each his own.

thelawenforcer

Because it's worth reminding people that XRP is farming people for exit liquidity and this is one way they do it.

Jay_wh0o0

50 dollar XRP? Man no wonder your family is in poverty.

Patlelion1970

I did the same, when I was so down few days ago I just put 40k in everything Solana Jupiter ADA 1inch fet Shiba dogecoin XRP Sui Pengdu Render Hivemapper Pepe Icp I hope to get 100k probably even sooner that I thought

XRP_SPARTAN

Everyone and their mother on twitter is regurgitating this nonsense. You will end up being exit liquidity if you don’t snap out of it. The total market cap made new all time highs at $4.2 trillion. XRP made new all time highs in 7 years. Is this bear market behaviour? It’s called diminishing returns. We pump less each cycle. People like you were saying the same thing in late 2021 when Bitcoin’s 2021 return was 60%, which was significantly less than the 1000% gain it 2017 and retail bros couldn’t comprehend it.

FalconCrust

XRP is a slush fund for Ripple to build RippleNet, which they sell to folks that don't hold or use XRP at all.

setokaiba22

I have yet to hear one good thing about XRP

ecnecn

X XRP Influencers like: We only need 1.000.000 new investors that buy 1000 XRP each to get this addition billion of XRP **LMAO**

JamestotheJam

I've been hearing "this time is different" since 2018 regarding XRP. I'm tired, boss.

JamestotheJam

Whoever downvoted - is it not true? In more than a decade that XRP has been around, not a single bank in the world has fully adopted it. Seriously - get real!

Rey_Mezcalero

😂😂😂 all crypto was a great buy if you got in earlier days. My point is XRP ribs periodic “fantasies” that get pushed to mislead people into buying. SWIFT, USD Coin, etc. It’s always influencers and articles from questionable places claiming inside info and it’s always exaggerations, lies or it’s Ripple that benefits. Great you bought early and in the green, but for new people to buy in reading fantasy articles it’s only going to end in disappointment.

Indi_Cat123

That's all good and dandy, until you hear that SWIFT is going to roll over and be stepped on and die like XRP Andy's so desperately want to believe like morons. Just recently SWIFT have chosen Linea L2 from Eth and not RippleNet... That in returns, concerns the biggest banks in a lot of countries like JPMorgan, BNP Paribas and 30+ major banks out there. Ripple are left behind in reality. Cool to have some pipe dream, but putting it into practice and showing action is a whole another story that we aren't seeing...

FrankSlipHelp

Ownership of XRP regardless of amount does not grant any governance over the XRPL and the amount of XRP owned by Ripple is comforting to me knowing the XRPL has a steward like Ripple that strategically injects liquidity into the network, a steward that has 1,200+ employees in 15 offices on 5 continents in 8 countries, a steward who has a sitting board member whose name and signature is on every $1, ,$5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 bill in your wallet or purse right now. I sleep good at night.

Wang_King8

I am not surprised XRP kiddos also believe in Santa.

FrankSlipHelp

Ripple is a for-profit centralized company. The XRPL is open-source and decentralized. XRP is the native asset of the XRPL. Ownership of XRP, regardless of amount owned, does not give governance or control over the XRPL.

6M66

That's how Ripple makes money. Selling XRP

MrMathieus

I bought in early 2017 at 9 cents per XRP. Held for more than 7 years and sold a bunch at prices ranging from $2.90 to $3.40. How is not good to buy and hold again?

GaRGa77

Leave XRP alone 🤣🤣🤣

bin-noddin

I am of the ...they truck BTC off in Congress and go XRP having distracted us the whole time whilst making billions....

libretumente

Dude please read up on tokenomics. There are few projects that dont engage in centralized, deceptive practices just like XRP.  Premines are bad. Centralization in crypto is bad. Full stop.

boringtired

Uhhh ok “effectively wrong”. Yet again the XRP bot army NEVER fails to lie, or surprise me. Here ya go “Mr. Definitely effectively wrong”: https://dailycoin.com/ripples-largest-xrp-sell-off-in-7-years-shakes-market/ Or the latest news: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ripple-unlock-1-billion-xrp-211452918.html They are selling 200-300 MILLION XRP a MONTH!!!!!!! Good luck buddy, I fucked with XRP in 2017 till I learned their shenanigans at the end of that run. But…as always DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH!!! LOL 😂😭

Taraih

Such a uninformed dogshit post every month crazy. They have been doing this since 2017 or longer. If you had 2 braincells and could do 5th grade math you would know that 2018 - 2025 are 96 months. If they sold 1 billion every month they wouldve already run out as in 2018 the circulating supply was around 30 billion XRP.

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; Bitcoin's price surged above $90,000 on Wednesday, recovering from a recent dip that saw it fall to nearly $81,000. This rebound follows a challenging period for cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin still 29% below its October record of $126,080. Analysts attribute the earlier decline to reduced institutional interest, uncertain Federal Reserve policies, and waning liquidity. Other cryptocurrencies like Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and Dogecoin also saw gains. The market's performance remains uncertain as the year progresses. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

Taraih

XRP is one of the best performing coins this bullrun. Your FUD doesnt work here

BaluDaBare

Oh for sure! I’m done adding to my XRP. Moved onto other things.

bigassbunny

I'm not saying you're wrong, and I'm not trying to glaze XRP, but you're one of a dozen comments here saying there are other better coins out there, but saying what, not providing any names or numbers supporting that argument.

generationhex

Do you put any thought whatsoever into macro conditions looking like they are falling off a cliff? What world will anyone value the utility (LOL) in alts when they don't have a job and are living off of gig pay or unemployment? Will Wegmans accept your XRP for a two liter and ciggies? FOH with this value talk. The world is literally burning and all you weirdos can ever sweat is the next alt szn.

JamestotheJam

If it was so great, most banks would be using it by now. There's a reason they're not. XRP has been around for more than a decade!

notmyrralname

i mean...you COULD do the smallest amount of google searching to see how fantastically wrong you are. But, you wont. so...Here you go. \*Ripple is required to report all sales of XRP by law\* [https://www.theblock.co/data/crypto-markets/public-companies/net-xrp-sales-by-ripple-quarterly](https://www.theblock.co/data/crypto-markets/public-companies/net-xrp-sales-by-ripple-quarterly)

Rey_Mezcalero

There are many new people to XRP or those that have held it and blind to this fact. Let’s hope it makes people realize it’s not a good going to buy and hold. Day trading, sure

Rey_Mezcalero

And the XRP channel reads other forums and will ban you for comments made about XRP if it’s not the brainwashed con of the month to dump coins on others

DeezNutzRDesigner

exactly they are using XRP considering that’s what the banks are using and the Unbanked will use XLM

miagisama

Look, I get the frustration but chasing moonshots like "$50 XRP" is exactly why most people lose money in crypto. Those influencers selling you dreams of 100x returns? They're making money off your hope, not their predictions. The harsh truth is that consistent wealth building happens through boring stuff like DCA into solid assets over years, not gambling on altcoins hoping to hit the lottery. I know it's not the answer you want to hear when you're struggling, but crypto isn't a get-rich-quick scheme despite what YouTube tells you.

DeezNutzRDesigner

No it’s not. XRP and XLM are the money people are actually starting to use. bitcoin will go to zero it’s a CIA/NSA/human trafficking pedo Psy-Op it has 0 place in the new quantum financial system which is led by the soon to be Worlk Bank aka Ripple IYKYK Next christmas 🫡

arBettor

Most reasonable soldier in XRP army. "All I want is a 22x return that takes XRP to nearly double bitcoin's market cap. You have 30 days to deliver this to me, otherwise I tell the rest of the XRP army you aren't real."

JamestotheJam

It is a shitcoin. A bunch of people I know, are just waiting to get out. This past year has been crap for XRP holders.

Ikki_The_Phoenix

But if anyone bought XRP at a low price before the peak. They made insanely good gains. Dude

HSuke

This is why I don't even bother debating with XRP cultists like fistfucker07. There's no logic or convincing them. They keep deflecting and moving goalposts. Anyone deep in XRP is not going to be rational in the first place.

Supaflyray

I’d rather mine BTC, or hold ETH and get paid to be apart of their governance system. Then being a bag holder watching a foundation dump pre mined coins onto people. The business model makes no sense. This is how they enter new coins into the market. It’s absurd. I did not tell one lie in my post Ripple releases pre mined coins onto people, lock up what nobody else will buy, and resells them at a later date. They squish the price of the token. For no reason other than to take profits for themselves. How do you not see that. The ledger is just the scam they gave the name too. What would the price of XRP be if they didn’t release tokens every month? Ask yourself that. Why should they release any tokens period?

L0ckeandD3mosthenes

They have always been upfront about this part. The question I ask now is.... Does XLM operate the same way? Do they dump millions of coins monthly.... I ask because the creator of XRP also created XLM after leaving XRP because he didn't like how things where going and thought their decisions would effect its success over time. So anyone know if this is how XLM operates as well?

Fudge-Still

Thanks for the comment. There's so much controversy around XRP it's hard to tell what is "real"

Ikki_The_Phoenix

I will buy XRP next cycle..

particlecore

So many XRP delusional people here.

jonathanferreirass

O golpe do XRP. Só cai nesse golpe quem não consegue a história.

boringtired

😂😂😂😂😂 It’s like every XRP owner glosses over that this happens ONCE a month. They unlock one billion, sell the billion below market value and whatever’s left over gets sent back to escrow while the discount XRP is sold on the exchanges via third party.

No_Leather_3676

BTC will soon be dropped as the standard. It looks like it already is. It just won’t be as profitable to whales anymore as they an hike that percentage up with the same leverage for their money. XRP, ETH or even other secure but cheaper coins like DOT will become the playground, leaving the utility disabled BTC as a relic. Anything in the top 10 is a fairly safe gamble, as safe as can be in crypto, anything outside the top 10 is pure chance. XRP to me is strong, will see good profits and has an ever growing real world case all the time, with the possibility of mooning.

Tim-Rocket

Are you unironically asking people to willingfully become exit liquidity? XRP degens really are something else...

biba8163

**BTC** BTC itself is a speculative asset with the narrative of digital gold. It's a digital asset with no intrinsic value except the speculative value we give it. Satoshi: > *As a thought experiment, imagine there was a base metal as scarce as gold*... > ..and one special, magical property: > - can be transported over a communications channel > *If it somehow acquired any value* at all for whatever reason, then anyone wanting to transfer wealth over a long distance could buy some, transmit it, and have the recipient sell it. > Maybe it could get an initial value circularly as you've suggested, by people foreseeing its potential usefulness for exchange. (I would definitely want some) Maybe collectors, any random reason could spark it. Alts are double speculative and need BTC to go up and then hope that BTC carries it along. They have on average a 0.90+ correlation coefficient to BTC. They have no independent value in and of themselves despite the narratives sold to you. **XRP** > Nostro/Vostro, ODL, the Standard, Global Settlement Currency, MoneyGram, SWIFT, Japanese Banks Yet XRP price today is the same as it was 8 years ago in 2017. Almost a decade of dead money investing in it. https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20171231/ Despite the bullshit narratives, XRP has no independent value in itself but can only appreciate when BTC goes on a bullrun and carries it higher. - -92% in BTC bear market from 2014-2016 - 1,000s% gain in 2017 BTC bullmarket - -92% in 2018-2020 BTC bear market - Modest rise in 2021 BTC bull market - Dump again in 2022-2023 BTC bear market - Touches 2018 ATH again in 2024 when BTC bull runs to $100K **LINK** > CCIP, CCID, VRF, CRE, SWIFT, Muh Town Crier will tell you the Truth, Hocus Pocus Oracles will serve you Truths from Golden Data Containers Yet LINK price today is the same as it was 5 years ago in 2020. Exactly half a decade of dead money investing in it. https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20200815/ Despite the bullshit narratives, LINK has no independent value in itself but can only appreciate when BTC goes on a bullrun - -$2 to $20 ATH in 2020 when BTC went from $4K to $12K bouncing off the Covid lows and into tge halvening pump - ATH of ~$50 in 2021 BTC bullrun - -90% in 2022 BTC bear market - Left behind ever since **ETH** > DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations will be the corporations of the future), Triple Halving, Supply Crunch, DeFi (Decentralized Finance will replace Traditional Finance), RWA, muh Institutions, the Plumbing of WallStreet.... Yet ETH price today is the same as May 2021. 4 1/2 years. Almost half a decade of dead money investing in it. https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20210514/ Despite the bullshit narratives, ETH has no independant value in itself but can only appreciate when BTC goes on a bullrun and carries it higher. - No real appreciation in BTC bear market from 2015-2016 - 1,000s% gain in 2017 BTC bullmarket - -92% in 2018-2020 BTC bear market - 900% gain in 2021 BTC bull market - -70% dump again in 2022-2023 BTC bear market - Touches 2021 ATH again in 2025 when BTC bull runs to $120K

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; Ripple Labs is set to release 1 billion XRP from escrow on December 1 as part of its monthly scheduled unlocks. This system, introduced in 2017, aims to manage liquidity and provide transparency. Typically, only a portion of the unlocked XRP enters circulation, with the rest returned to escrow. The release comes amid market volatility, with XRP trading below key moving averages and struggling to maintain stability. Market participants will monitor on-chain activity to assess the impact of the unlock on XRP's price and liquidity. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

LargeSnorlax

Bitcoin hit 5 different all time highs. In April, every asset went down a crazy amount due to Trump's tariff fears. ETH briefly touched all time highs, along with XRP and SOL. The genius act is laying a bit of framework for crypto so work has finally gotten started there. Banks are chomping at the bit at the chance to make their own stablecoins. Moons have been on a steady decline since the beginning of the year with occasional spikes upwards, nothing has changed with distributions. A lot of people are moaning because Bitcoin is currently on the downtrend, likely from being at the very end of the current cycle.

fuck-bitch_shit

this happens every month. just another reason XRP is a shit coin

AryanPachhai

A lot of the hate toward XRP is just baked-in history at this point. The long lawsuit, the 2017–2020 hype era, the “banker coin” memes — people picked sides early and never updated their opinions. Add in the fact that XRP didn’t pump the way everything else did last cycle, and it became an easy target for drive-by dunking. But honestly, half the folks who hate it haven’t looked at it in years. Tribalism is strong in crypto — if it’s not *their* coin, it must be trash. What helped me was ignoring the noise and actually looking at what a project is trying to solve. You’ll find legit criticisms, but not nearly as much as the memes make it seem. And if you ever move assets between chains to diversify a bit, tools like Rubic can make life easier since it routes swaps automatically. Rubic tends to have good threads on that sort of thing too. Anyway, don’t let Reddit wars decide what you hold. Curious beats tribal every time.

No_Leather_3676

I did the same thing from 2021. I made fuck all on all the shit meme coins like WSM etc. Made all my money back just and more because I had the sense to buy thousands of XRP. Sure you were very lucky, or this is an AI post. Either way, cut and run if you made a fortune on shit coins.

CPS_INVESTMENTS

$310k of XRP sold now.

CPS_INVESTMENTS

Just sold $200k of XRP profits.

PennywiseMeetGeorgie

Sold XRP and bought HBAR & DOGE so here's hoping it can do decent. If both can do 0.35 - 0.55 cents I'll be happy. If there is indeed a parabolic bull run I'll take 0.80 on each.

peakperformance81774

XRP = Lizard People = Dark Side of Moon (Transformers) Godspeed friend.

CPS_INVESTMENTS

I've cashed out over $650k of crypto profits this year. Still have $330k of XRP profit's... very seriously thinking about selling $200k of it. Institutions are CASHING UP AND WAITING for next year. - Global economies are slowing dramatically - Businesses are going broke in record numbers - Credit card debt is at record levels - Institutional debt is at record levels - Motor vehicle debt is at record levels - Mortgage debt is at record levels - Loan defaults are up 400% this year on average Crypto has never escaped global economic downturns..... it ain't about to start now. I've invested 100% of my crypto profits into gold producers.

CPS_INVESTMENTS

I've cashed out over $650k of crypto profits this year. Still have $330k of XRP profit's... very seriously thinking about selling $200k of it. Institutions are CASHING UP AND WAITING for next year. - Global economies are slowing dramatically - Businesses are going broke in record numbers - Credit card debt is at record levels - Institutional debt is at record levels - Motor vehicle debt is at record levels - Mortgage debt is at record levels - Loan defaults are up 400% this year on average Crypto has never escaped global economic downturns..... it ain't about to start now. I've invested 100% of my crypto profits into gold producers.

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piggleii

What's that? Is that like XRP, but with an L?

Juicy_MushroomPenus

It’s currently the phase where alts have to nuke back to zero (well, not literally zero, but close enough that holders feel like they’ve been mugged). Only after that does Bitcoin get to actually run. So no, probably not a full-on crash, but some more downside is possible. If you seriously think we’re V-bottoming from here while clown coins like XRP are still sitting at $2.2, you’re kidding yourself.

Renowned_Molecule

XRP is awesome! Canary Day 1 beat 900+ ETFs for 2025. Even beat IBIT’s Day 1 inflow in January 11, 2024. 

vic787

Hold... Monad MON-USD if you missed XRP

Far-Education5778

I would add XRP to your thesis

XRP_SPARTAN

Can you tell me what price XRP was at when I made that post? It was below 60 cents. And I was being laughed and mocked at. Now it’s at $2.20 and was one of the best performers this cycle. But they continue to mock me….

Jaxsoy

Looks like you’re great at making predictions! Hope you’re enjoying that $10 XRP

justcurious3287

Both! Ripple (the company behind XRP) has relationships with financial institutions and payment providers. If that network keeps growing, demand for XRP could increase.

JustStopppingBye

Sure buddy. Bridge currencies only existed because blockchains couldn’t talk to each other. Modern oracles fix that communication problem directly, letting chains coordinate transfers without needing a scam token like XRP in the middle. Swift knows this and banks know this. Only XRP cultists dont. Theres a reason JP Morgan, SBI, DTCC and countless others are using CCIP.

justcurious3287

I feel like XRP looks fairly promising?

Velvet-Thunder-RIP

Makes me feel even better about XRP

W4rl0ckLB

I get why you're confused about the XRP hype. Here's the quick scoop: The $589 price claim for XRP is mostly hype and meme fuel. It started with some speculative theories and anonymous posts on social media. Some people think it's tied to financial rules or potential future adoption by banks, but it's all pretty far fetched. Most of the $589 talk is just people trying to get attention and views on platforms like X or TikTok and etc. They create an echo chamber of enthusiasm, but the reality is that XRP's market volume and adoption are still pretty limited. Realistically, XRP could see some growth, but $589 is way too optimistic. More grounded predictions put it around $5-$10 in the next few years. Stick to reliable sources and be cautious with these big claims.

oak1337

XRP is a memecoin in a business suit. They are delusional, bots, or paid shills. They have a max TPS of 1500 theoretically. This can't handle one payment network (Visa does 10-20kTPS), let alone world finance. They've pivoted several times and are failing each time. Cross border payments? Anyone can do that - DOGECOIN can do that. They want to be a bank? LOL nope. Pivot to Stablecoins with RLUSD? No one wants to use it, there's better options like USDC. More than 80-90% of "Ripple partnerships" will NEVER touch XRP. Only 50% of the XRP supply is released, plenty of dumping on retail remains. On Demand Liquidity ODL - LOL - are they saying that world finance doesn't have the LIQUIDITY to function??? Hedera Hashgraph is superior by every metric, and is a true utility. Hedera Consensus Service (HCS), Hedera Token Service (HTS), EVM Smart Contracts, Stablecoin Studio, RWA Tokenization Studio, AI Agent Studio, NFT Studio, etc etc -- UTILITY. HBAR has superior (best mathematically possible) security, unlimited scalability, is more decentralized. The Trilemma is defeated. HBAR > XRP

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; The cryptocurrency market is showing signs of recovery, with gains in major coins like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP. Arthur Hayes, former CEO of BitMEX, suggests the market has bottomed, supported by increased liquidity and favorable economic conditions. Regulatory developments, such as new altcoin ETFs, signal growing acceptance of cryptocurrencies. Analysts highlight the importance of liquidity and strategic investments amidst market fluctuations. Long-term prospects appear promising, though caution is advised due to potential volatilities. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

dankadoo

XRP, LTC tho people hate on it but ive made out well with it and it is the most widely used crypto for b2b transactions due to low fees and 4x faster than btc. Plus LTC is 93% circulating not much left to mine. Price will go up to eth eventually

Hidden5G

The swift angle. Which always comes up. I just had this convo in another subreddit which I’m not allowed to link too. XRP and the XRPL weren’t built to “replace Visa” or “replace Swift.” They were built to fix the problems underneath those systems..the slow settlement, the locked-up liquidity, and the expensive, outdated messaging rails that banks still rely on. Swift is basically a secure messaging network. It doesn’t move money. it just sends instructions. Visa is a consumer payments network. It approves card transactions, but the actual settlement between banks still happens on old rails behind the scenes. Nostro/Vostro accounts are the plumbing. That’s where the real friction is. Banks have to pre park money all around the world just to make international transfers function. XRP’s design is aimed at eliminating that trap…giving banks a neutral, instantly settling bridge asset so they don’t need to freeze billions in idle accounts. It doesn’t replace Visa or Swift. It replaces the liquidity bottleneck those networks still depend on. The old systems can still exist on the surface, but the heavy lifting underneath the actual settlement can be done faster, cheaper, and globally using XRP.

Hidden5G

About the marketcap… That kind of thinking comes from looking at crypto through a stock market lens..and that’s the first mistake many make who don’t understand. Market cap in crypto isn’t the same as in equities. In stocks, market cap roughly represents the total value of all shares backed by a company’s assets and performance. In crypto, it’s just the last traded price multiplied by total supply, most of which isn’t even in circulation. That number isn’t backed by real cash…it’s a snapshot of sentiment, not an inventory of money that actually changed hands. So when someone says “for XRP to hit X dollars, the market cap would have to be the size of global GDP,” that’s flat-out wrong. It assumes every coin must be bought at that price, which never happens. A few million in active liquidity can move a crypto’s market cap by billions on paper…that’s the market cap multiplier effect. We’ve seen it time and again with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others. This is all data from inflow data, not out of thin air or parroting. And XRP isn’t a retail stock or a retail driven speculative meme coin…it’s a utility token designed for liquidity, not hype. Something most don’t understand, but they when regulations/clarity arrive. Its value will ultimately be driven by transactional demand, volume, and institutional use, not by small retail traders. Banks and payment networks need large, stable pools of liquidity to move money across borders efficiently. For that to work at scale, XRP’s price has to reach a level that supports those flows..otherwise they’d need impossible amounts of tokens to settle real world value. In short, XRP’s price potential has nothing to do with stock style market caps or GDP comparisons. It’s about liquidity, velocity, and adoption…not imaginary math. Don’t take my word on it. Research and look at the inflow data. I won’t even begin to mention the kind of multipliers have been recorded. I’ll leave that for your discovery/amazement.

Hidden5G

My apologies. I forgot the marketcap angle. That kind of thinking comes from looking at crypto through a stock market lens..and that’s the first mistake many make who don’t understand. Market cap in crypto isn’t the same as in equities. In stocks, market cap roughly represents the total value of all shares backed by a company’s assets and performance. In crypto, it’s just the last traded price multiplied by total supply, most of which isn’t even in circulation. That number isn’t backed by real cash…it’s a snapshot of sentiment, not an inventory of money that actually changed hands. So when someone says “for XRP to hit X dollars, the market cap would have to be the size of global GDP,” that’s flat-out wrong. It assumes every coin must be bought at that price, which never happens. A few million in active liquidity can move a crypto’s market cap by billions on paper…that’s the market cap multiplier effect. We’ve seen it time and again with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others. This is all data from inflow data, not out of thin air or parroting. And XRP isn’t a retail stock or a retail driven speculative meme coin…it’s a utility token designed for liquidity, not hype. Something most don’t understand, but they when regulations/clarity arrive. Its value will ultimately be driven by transactional demand, volume, and institutional use, not by small retail traders. Banks and payment networks need large, stable pools of liquidity to move money across borders efficiently. For that to work at scale, XRP’s price has to reach a level that supports those flows..otherwise they’d need impossible amounts of tokens to settle real world value. In short, XRP’s price potential has nothing to do with stock style market caps or GDP comparisons. It’s about liquidity, velocity, and adoption…not imaginary math. Don’t take my word on it. Research and look at the inflow data. I won’t even begin to mention the kind of multipliers have been recorded. I’ll leave that for your discovery/amazement.

Hidden5G

A lot of the noise around XRP comes from people throwing out wild price targets, but that’s not the real story. The real value pitch has always been utility, not hype. XRP was built to replace the old Nostro/Vostro system..the mess of pre-funded accounts banks have to keep all over the world just to move money. Its job is to act as a neutral bridge asset so value can move instantly without those frozen pools of capital. That’s why it’s been called the “bankers’ token” for more than a decade. Literally. No other coin can make that claim. The idea that the network works without XRP is only half true. Yes, banks can use Ripple’s software without touching the token, but when they want instant settlement without pre-funding…XRP is the piece that closes the payment. That’s the entire point of On-Demand Liquidity, and it’s already been used in real corridors for years. High supply isn’t a problem when the asset is meant for deep liquidity…it’s a feature, not a flaw. The bigger shift is that the world is moving from speculation driven coins regulated, utility-driven tokens. That’s where XRP fits. banks, payment companies, ISO 20022 alignment, real infrastructure, real use cases. The only reason it hasn’t fully broken out is because institutions need regulatory clarity before they can scale in. Institutions/banks can’t legally proceed without rules. Once that happens, the value comes from actual usage, not reliant on retail hype. The noise comes from the $589 crowd, but the substance comes from what XRP has already proven it can do. And preparing to do in the new financial system. Once regulations arrive.

Sensitive-Bench-5633

Many are dumping and going into the XRP ETF’s