While Ethereum is struggling to gain narrative traction, XRP is growing stronger.

Trump’s tariff announcement this week triggered a sharp sell-off in the crypto market, including XRP, as investors weighed the possibility of a global trade war and economic uncertainty ahead.

But the recent weakness in the price of Ripple’s native cryptocurrency may have created an exciting buying opportunity for believers, according to Dom Kowk – the cofounder of EasyA.

The XRP price crash has created a buying opportunity. Source: XRP Liquid Index (XRPLX) via Brave New Coin

Kwok has immense confidence in XRP and its ability to grow its use cases. He’s now convinced this pushes the XRP price up to as much as $6.0 by the end of 2025. His views on Ripple are significant because Kwok was previously a senior analyst at Goldman Sachs.

What Could Make XRP bigger than ETH?

Dom Kwok now sees a “high chance that XRP flips ETH” to become the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, behind only Bitcoin, in 2025.

“Are you ready for a new world order?” – he wrote in a recent post on X.

The crypto market veteran is positive on Ripple primarily because the XRP Ledger (XRPL) is being increasingly adopted for fast and cost-effective transactions. Rising interest in tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) could also drive huge amounts of capital into XRP. Ripple’s recent partnership with Ondo Finance enables this use case. There’s also growing certainty that a series of XRP spot ETFs will soon be approved by the new pro-crypto SEC.

The math behind Ripple surpassing Ethereum

Ripple currently boasts a market cap of about $147 billion after a 20% gain since the start of 2025. Ethereum, on the other hand, has had a poor start to the new year.

It’s down more than 13% year-to-date – a sell-off that’s contracted its market cap significantly to $333 billion only. So, XRP needs a 125% increase in market cap to surpass ETH and become the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency.

In terms of price, that translates to about a $6.0 Ripple – assuming Ethereum’s current market cap.

XRP market cap is catching up to ETH. Source: Market Cap Of

While that sounds ambitious on the surface, particularly considering Ethereum’s dominance in decentralized applications (dApps) and smart contracts, a number of crypto analysts see it becoming a reality by the end of 2025.

EGRAG Crypto, for one, expects Ripple’s native cryptocurrency to end this year at a price of more than $7.0, a level he dubbed the “Genuine Wake-Up Line” in a recent tweet.

XRP technicals and macro tailwinds sing the same song

Investors may also find solace in XRP’s technicals that signal upward momentum.

Ripple looks set to challenge its 200-day MA at the $2.80 level – and the Relative Strength Index (RSI) at 40 currently suggests the coin is not overbought and, therefore, bulls have ample room to run in the days ahead.

XRP technicals point to upward momentum ahead. Source: Trading View

And then, of course, we have the macro tailwinds. President Trump has recently signed an executive order to set up a US sovereign wealth fund aimed at leveraging national assets to invest in the future of the country.

While the order itself did not mention crypto, Senator Cynthia Lummis, who is leading America’s first-ever Digital Assets Subcommittee, recently hinted that Bitcoin might be considered for the fund.

That could prove to be a huge positive for Bitcoin as well as the crypto market at large, including Ripple’s XRP. It’s part of the reason why analysts at Sistine Research also expect XRP to surpass Ethereum in terms of market cap in 2025.

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In summary, an explosive rally in Ripple that potentially makes it the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap may now be closer than you think.

A bunch of notable names like Bank of America, JPMorgan, American Express, Western Union, and even Amazon Web Services currently use or accept XRP for payments.

And as Brad Garlinghouse continues to deliver on his promises of expanding real-life use cases, it’s conceivable that the price of XRP, his company’s native cryptocurrency will continue to achieve new milestones moving forward.