XRP Outshines Bitcoin? The Wild Ride You Didn’t See Coming!

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  • XRP’s got more tricks up its sleeve than Bitcoin, says Teucrium’s top dog.
  • The XRP Ledger took a little nap in 2025… and still hasn’t quite shaken the sand out of its circuits.

Sal Gilbertie, the boss over at Teucrium, came out swinging for Ripple’s XRP, calling it the true workhorse compared to Bitcoin, which he reckons is just a glorified piggy bank. In a Bloomberg chat, he said,

“We figure XRP is the real MVP. Bitcoin stores your gold coins, sure, but XRP actually does the heavy lifting. Ripple’s gonna make it happen, come hell or high water.”

This bold claim landed just days after the asset manager tossed the world a 2x Long Daily XRP ETF (XXRP) like a coin in a wishing well.

Bloomberg’s own ETF whisperer Eric Balchunas watched in amazement as despite the markets trying to act like a grumpy kid, the ETF pulled in a jaw-dropping $40 million in net assets. Oh, and it’s the first leveraged XRP ETF in the US. Fancy that.

Peeling the onion of XRP’s “utility” game

Gilbertie’s cheerleading matched an earlier pep talk from Standard Chartered’s digital assets head honcho, Geoff Kendricks.

Kendricks thinks XRP could do a skyrocket of 600%, zooming to $12.5 within a few years. Optimistic? Maybe. But XRP’s got one foot in the cross-border payments door, and according to him, it’s wearing the right shoes.

Ripple even snapped up Hidden Road, a prime broker, planning to use XRP and its stablecoin, RLUSD, to tango through cross-border payments and trade settlements in the long haul. Fancy dance moves in finance.

Still, that $12.5 price tag Kendricks tossed out sounds almost cautious. Sistine Research, the crypto soothsayers, say XRP could burst into the $33-$50 club by 2027 — a potential 1500%-2500% price moonwalk.💃🕺

Sistine folks pointed out XRP’s price has the same vibe as its breakout back in 2014-2017 — a classic tale of “did it go up or did it just stretch?” If the pattern sticks, XRP could be tearing above $30 in two years. Time to tighten your seat belts—or dust off the party hats.

But hold your horses: XRP Ledger’s social life took a dip in 2025. The addresses aren’t as lively, meaning unless network buzz wakes up, that sparkling price recovery might have to wait for its morning coffee.

Zooming into the daily price picture, XRP flirted with an April high of $2.3 but then chickened out, retreating to $2.1—a sort of financial limbo dance between bear and bull.

If the bulls muster some courage and defend $2.1 while that RSI stays above 50, the party might go on longer. Otherwise, the short sellers might crash the bash and drag XRP below $2 again. 🍿

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2025-04-25 05:16