The $10,000 XRP Debate: Analyst Says It’s “Necessary,” Critics Call It Impossible

Jake Claver, Managing Director at Digital Ascension Group, has boldly suggested XRP could soar to an eye-watering $10,000 per coin sooner than many expect.

In a social media post, Claver shared a video outlining why XRP would need to reach such a valuation to efficiently support large institutional money transfers. According to Claver, the higher the price of XRP, the fewer tokens are needed to facilitate large-volume transactions on its network.

He referenced a well-known analogy from Ripple’s Chief Technology Officer, David Schwartz. Schwartz explained that transferring $1 million in value at an XRP price of $1 would require 1 million tokens. But if XRP were priced at $10, only 100,000 tokens would be necessary. In a more extreme example, a $1 million XRP valuation would mean a single token could handle a $1 million transfer.

Claver emphasized that as XRP’s price increases, so does the network’s efficiency, allowing for high-value transfers using fewer tokens.

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XRP “Built” to Reach $10,000?

Claver and some within the XRP community argue that the token is essentially engineered to achieve much higher valuations. At around $2 today, XRP lacks the liquidity needed to handle multi-trillion-dollar flows.

But at $10,000 per coin, with a corresponding notional liquidity of over $585 trillion, Claver believes the system could comfortably support transfers on the scale of $1 trillion or more.

Using this framework, he suggests that XRP hitting $10,000 isn’t just possible—it’s necessary for the asset to fulfill its intended purpose. Even more boldly, Claver projected this price could become reality within just 24 months.

This assertion frames XRP as a future cornerstone of global financial infrastructure, “programmed” to reach five-figure territory to meet growing institutional demands.

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Skepticism from the Broader Crypto Community

Unsurprisingly, the forecast has been met with significant doubt. Critics point out that a $10,000 XRP would result in a market cap north of $500 trillion, far exceeding the value of all global assets combined.

Claver and like-minded advocates argue that XRP’s market cap shouldn’t be viewed through the same lens as traditional assets. They claim the utility of XRP in global settlement systems could justify such valuations without needing actual liquidity of that magnitude in the system at once.

Still, skeptics like Alex Caraco, former CEO of an Australian equities firm, have pushed back strongly. “It’s unfortunate to see people being fed the dream of $10,000 XRP arriving tomorrow,” Caraco said.

Although the idea has captivated a segment of the XRP community for years, mainstream consensus remains unconvinced, especially about the compressed timeline.