‘XRP Was Never Designed To Be Cheap,’ So What Is Its Real Value?

Crypto pundit BarriC has declared that XRP was never designed to be cheap, given its projected utility among institutional players. He also indicated that the altcoin could reach at least $1,000 as it continues to gain greater adoption among these institutions. 

In an X post, BarriC stated that XPR was never designed to be cheap and that it was designed to move institutional value. He gave an example of how a larger amount of XRP will be needed if an institution wants to execute a $1 million cross-border transaction. Specifically, he mentioned that such a transaction would require 200,000 XRP at $5 per XRP, whereas it would require only 20 XRP if the altcoin were trading at $50,000 per coin. 

The pundit further remarked that while retail hopes that XRP will remain at a lower price, institutions are looking at how they can move billions of dollars with as few coins as possible. In line with this, BarriC declared that a $2 XRP price tag doesn’t solve global liquidity, and neither does a $5 or $10 price solve institutional settlement. 

BarriC also mentioned that price stops negotiating with retail once an asset becomes required, and that the price adjusts to scale accordingly. The pundit suggested that XRP will need to reach at least $1,000 to become fit for institutional use. He also indicated that the token could reach $10,000 and $50,000 as it continues to scale. 

In another X post, he said that an XRP rally to between $2 and $10 is just the beginning, while a rally to between $100 and $1,000 is the start of the shift from retail to adoption. He further remarked that a rise to between $1,000 and $10,000 marks the point at which adoption becomes a necessity. Meanwhile, a rally between $10,000 and $50,000 is where XRP exists within the global financial infrastructure. 

Former Ripple CTO David Schwartz previously addressed speculation about a potential XRP rally to $10,000, suggesting it was impossible. In an X post, he stated that if there were a few very rich and rational people who believed that there was a 1% chance that XRP could reach $10,000 in years, they would have bid it up to at least $20. 

Crypto pundit Pumpius reacted to the post, noting that the former Ripple CTO dropped $20 as the rational bid for XRP believers while he sold his ETH around $1. He added that applying the 2,300x ETH multiple to the $10 tag could mean that XRP could reach $46,000. 

At the time of writing, the XRP price is trading at around $1.46, up in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap.