{"id":36780,"date":"2026-02-25T21:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36780"},"modified":"2026-02-25T21:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:00:11","slug":"the-uncomfortable-truth-about-xrp-that-shows-how-high-price-can-actually-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36780","title":{"rendered":"The Uncomfortable Truth About XRP That Shows How High Price Can Actually Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The uncomfortable truth about XRP is that most people may be valuing it through the wrong lens. This point of view was made by commentator BarriC, who put forward a claim familiar among XRP enthusiasts: The altcoin was never designed to be a retail trade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a recent post on X, he noted that the asset <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/xrp\/what-to-expect-for-ripples-xrp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">was built to move institutional value,<\/a> and once financial infrastructure actually requires XRP, the price will not climb slowly. Instead, it will reprice to levels the system demands.<\/p>\n<h2>XRP As Infrastructure, Not A Trade<\/h2>\n<p>BarriC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/B_arri_C\/status\/2025525991083274424?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">outlook on XRP\u2019s price action<\/a> is based on the idea that XRP\u2019s purpose has been misunderstood. From the beginning, the XRP Ledger was structured to facilitate high-speed settlement, cross-border liquidity, and asset tokenization, where people can be their own bank and no middlemen tax their transactions. XRPL creators like David Schwartz have always pointed to these functionalities as the reason <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/xrp-news\/how-to-price-xrp-ripple-cto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">why the XRP Ledger is different.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>XRP <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/where-did-xrp-come-from\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">is the bridge asset within <\/a>that XRPL ecosystem. Through services built by Ripple, XRP has been positioned as a tool for on-demand liquidity between currencies and financial institutions. The reason offered by BarriC is that if banks and payment providers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/xrp-news\/xrp-ledger-clears-key-threshold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">depend on it to settle value efficiently,<\/a> demand would be based on usage, not just speculative trading like an average cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>Under that framework, XRP\u2019s valuation would no longer be based on retail buying pressure. It would reflect how much capital needs to flow through the network.<\/p>\n<h2>How High Can The Price Actually Go?<\/h2>\n<p>The most interesting part of BarriC\u2019s statement is how much necessity pricing will affect the token\u2019s price. The outlook is that when the token finally becomes required infrastructure, it does not grind higher step by step like a meme-based rally. Instead, it is going to reprice abruptly. That is why he dismisses price anchors such as $2 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/xrp-news\/xrp-to-100-ex-ripple-cto-david-schwartz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">even the three-digit mark at $100.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the necessity pricing were to happen, the price action is going to look more like $1,000 per XRP, $10,000 per XRP, or $50,000 per XRP. However, BarriC acknowledged that projections of $1,000 to $50,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/xrp-news\/xrp-10000-not-a-prophecy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">sound unrealistic under today\u2019s conditions<\/a>. This is especially true, considering<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/xrp\/xrp-price-reaching-1000-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \"> the implied market cap <\/a>if the altcoin were to trade at those predicted price levels.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, XRP is trading within normal market structures and is currently trading at $1.37, up by 2.7% in the past 24 hours. Institutional usage of the altcoin is still limited compared to global payment volumes. However, recent moves by Ripple are increasingly seeing XRP becoming entrenched in the niche of global payments.<\/p>\n<p>It is currently unclear which path this price repricing will take, as there is no historical precedent in crypto markets for an asset transitioning into deeply embedded global payments settlement infrastructure. Therefore, projections from BarriC <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/market-cap-theory-invalid-to-xrp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">and other bullish XRP proponents <\/a>are only forward-looking predictions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/DepZ4LE0\/\" alt=\"XRP\" width=\"2108\" height=\"1636\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The uncomfortable truth about XRP is that most people may be valuing it through the wrong lens. This point of view was made by commentator BarriC, who put forward a claim familiar among XRP enthusiasts: The altcoin was never designed to be a retail trade.\u00a0 In a recent post on X, he noted that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-36780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-xrp"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Uncomfortable Truth About XRP That Shows How High Price Can Actually Go - Cryptomag<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36780\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Uncomfortable Truth About XRP That Shows How High Price Can Actually Go - Cryptomag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The uncomfortable truth about XRP is that most people may be valuing it through the wrong lens. This point of view was made by commentator BarriC, who put forward a claim familiar among XRP enthusiasts: The altcoin was never designed to be a retail trade.\u00a0 In a recent post on X, he noted that the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36780\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cryptomag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-25T21:00:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/DepZ4LE0\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Crypto Magazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cryptomagz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cryptomagz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Crypto Magazine\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=36780#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=36780\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Crypto Magazine\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f749cd846c4f13ef717c12a20ce9d040\"},\"headline\":\"The Uncomfortable Truth About XRP That Shows How High Price Can Actually Go\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-25T21:00:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=36780\"},\"wordCount\":486,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=36780#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/XRP-from-RenderHub-3-lF2CAe.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"XRP\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=36780\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=36780\",\"name\":\"The Uncomfortable Truth About XRP That Shows How High Price Can Actually Go - Cryptomag\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=36780#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=36780#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/XRP-from-RenderHub-3-lF2CAe.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-25T21:00:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f749cd846c4f13ef717c12a20ce9d040\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=36780#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=36780\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=36780#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/XRP-from-RenderHub-3-lF2CAe.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/XRP-from-RenderHub-3-lF2CAe.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":422},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=36780#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Uncomfortable Truth About XRP That Shows How High Price Can Actually Go\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cryptomag\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f749cd846c4f13ef717c12a20ce9d040\",\"name\":\"Crypto Magazine\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2c24e7a3322cdb9140c7dde381c870ae2c527e0dc5af67ed7a7db042bb2e1d14?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2c24e7a3322cdb9140c7dde381c870ae2c527e0dc5af67ed7a7db042bb2e1d14?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2c24e7a3322cdb9140c7dde381c870ae2c527e0dc5af67ed7a7db042bb2e1d14?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Crypto Magazine\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/cryptomagz\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Uncomfortable Truth About XRP That Shows How High Price Can Actually Go - Cryptomag","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36780","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Uncomfortable Truth About XRP That Shows How High Price Can Actually Go - Cryptomag","og_description":"The uncomfortable truth about XRP is that most people may be valuing it through the wrong lens. This point of view was made by commentator BarriC, who put forward a claim familiar among XRP enthusiasts: The altcoin was never designed to be a retail trade.\u00a0 In a recent post on X, he noted that the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36780","og_site_name":"Cryptomag","article_published_time":"2026-02-25T21:00:11+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/DepZ4LE0\/","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Crypto Magazine","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cryptomagz","twitter_site":"@cryptomagz","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Crypto Magazine","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36780#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36780"},"author":{"name":"Crypto Magazine","@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/#\/schema\/person\/f749cd846c4f13ef717c12a20ce9d040"},"headline":"The Uncomfortable Truth About XRP That Shows How High Price Can Actually Go","datePublished":"2026-02-25T21:00:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36780"},"wordCount":486,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36780#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/wp-content\/uploads\/XRP-from-RenderHub-3-lF2CAe.jpg","articleSection":["XRP"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36780","url":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36780","name":"The Uncomfortable Truth About XRP That Shows How High Price Can Actually Go - Cryptomag","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36780#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36780#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/wp-content\/uploads\/XRP-from-RenderHub-3-lF2CAe.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-25T21:00:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/#\/schema\/person\/f749cd846c4f13ef717c12a20ce9d040"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36780#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36780"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36780#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/wp-content\/uploads\/XRP-from-RenderHub-3-lF2CAe.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/wp-content\/uploads\/XRP-from-RenderHub-3-lF2CAe.jpg","width":750,"height":422},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36780#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Uncomfortable Truth About XRP That Shows How High Price Can Actually Go"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/","name":"Cryptomag","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/#\/schema\/person\/f749cd846c4f13ef717c12a20ce9d040","name":"Crypto Magazine","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2c24e7a3322cdb9140c7dde381c870ae2c527e0dc5af67ed7a7db042bb2e1d14?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2c24e7a3322cdb9140c7dde381c870ae2c527e0dc5af67ed7a7db042bb2e1d14?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2c24e7a3322cdb9140c7dde381c870ae2c527e0dc5af67ed7a7db042bb2e1d14?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Crypto Magazine"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cryptomag.finance","https:\/\/x.com\/cryptomagz"],"url":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}