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Story: XRP Could Overtake Bitcoin If It Hits $24.70, Says Ex-Ripple CTO

By Julie Binoche

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What Schwartz Actually Said. The X Spaces session got interesting fast. Someone asked Schwartz directly whether XRP could ever…

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Bitcoin ETF Outflows Add Noise. The broader market isn't exactly cooperating with bullish narratives at the moment. U.S.

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David Schwartz thinks XRP can do it. The former Chief Technology Officer at Ripple went on record during a recent X Spaces discussion saying XRP could one day surpass Bitcoin by…

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That's a massive gap. Bitcoin's market cap is around $1.55 trillion right now, with the coin trading near $77,269. XRP, by contrast, has a market value of about $85 billion.

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The X Spaces session got interesting fast. Someone asked Schwartz directly whether XRP could ever overtake Bitcoin in market cap, and he didn't dodge it.

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And it's worth being clear about what he didn't say. Internet rumors circulated suggesting Schwartz had laid out a multi-trillion-dollar target for XRP's market cap.

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Schwartz didn't specify timelines. No price targets beyond the math implied by the question itself.

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The broader market isn't exactly cooperating with bullish narratives at the moment. U.S. Bitcoin ETFs saw net outflows of $120.

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More context: Trumps $5,000 Dividend Proposal Fails to Move Bitcoin from $77,700 Range

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What's murky is how any of this connects to XRP specifically. Schwartz didn't address the ETF situation, and no one from Ripple weighed in on whether those outflows change…

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Still, the broader uncertainty matters. Crypto investment sentiment can flip fast, and XRP's path to $24.

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XRP's current price is $1.34. Its market cap sits at roughly $85 billion. Bitcoin's is $1.55 trillion. The numbers don't lie about how far XRP has to go.

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There's also the question of market confidence. Price is one thing, but getting XRP to a level where it genuinely rivals Bitcoin in market cap probably requires a kind of…

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Related: Bitcoin Approaches $79,000 as Traders Brace for Fed Rate Decision

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The misinformation angle is worth sitting with for a second. The fact that a false multi-trillion-dollar claim spread so quickly around something Schwartz said in a casual X…

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