XRP currently sits at a market capitalisation of roughly $90 billion, down sharply from the $200 billion peak it reached last year. At today’s price of $1.47, the token trades almost 60% below its all-time high.
XRP currently sits at a market capitalisation of roughly $90 billion, down sharply from the $200 billion peak it reached last year. At today’s price of $1.47, the token trades almost 60% below its all-time high.
Yet Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse has not backed away from the idea that the project could eventually reach a $1 trillion valuation. Developments across two areas in the Ripple ecosystem could help achieve the target.
Ripple spent years pitching XRP as a direct replacement for SWIFT, which processes trillions of dollars in cross-border transfers annually. The pitch attracted institutional attention but generated limited real-world adoption. The strategy has since shifted.
Rather than betting on displacing existing systems outright, Ripple is now building a broader ecosystem around the XRP Ledger. That ecosystem includes:
Garlinghouse described the vision by stating, “There will be a trillion-dollar crypto company, I don’t doubt that for a second. I think Ripple has the opportunity, if we do things well in partnership with the overall XRP ecosystem, to be that company.”
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The second and bigger catalyst is tokenisation of traditional assets. Ripple’s long-term vision, what it calls the Internet of Value, describes a network capable of handling not just crypto assets but traditional securities including bonds, equities, real estate, and commodities, all represented as on-chain tokens settling through the XRP Ledger.
Why this matters:
if both catalysts succeed: A functioning developer ecosystem combined with institutional tokenisation activity at meaningful scale could support a sustained valuation well above current levels.
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