The price of XRP could surge to an unprecedented level if ARK Invest’s bold $25 trillion market forecast and Ethereum’s projected climb to $28,000 materialize.
As the crypto market struggles to regain bullish momentum, a long-term projection from ARK Invest is sparking fresh excitement within the community.
Altcoin Daily founder Austin Arnold recently highlighted a multi-trillion-dollar crypto market forecast from Lorenzo Valente, Director of Crypto Research at ARK Invest.
In the disclosure, Valente outlined a scenario in which the total crypto market capitalization climbs to $25 trillion by 2030.
For context, the global crypto market currently stands at only $4.03 trillion. In other words, this outlook calls for a dramatic revaluation of leading digital assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP.
Based on ARK’s estimates, Ethereum alone could be worth nearly $28,000 per coin, a more than sixfold increase from today’s price of $4,477.
This ambitious forecast is now fueling speculation about the impact on XRP price, the third-largest crypto by market dominance.
Ethereum Path to $28,000
Valente noted that Ethereum currently represents about 13.5% of the entire crypto market capitalization. If the total market grows to $25 trillion, ETH’s share would equate to roughly $3.375 trillion in market value.
With Ethereum’s circulating supply around 120.7 million tokens, that would imply a price of approximately $27,958 per ETH—effectively $28,000. This represents an extraordinary rise of over 520% from its current price of $4,477.
Valente pointed to Ethereum’s growing dominance in DeFi, stablecoins, and real-world asset tokenization as the primary catalysts.
He emphasized Ethereum’s revenue-generating capabilities, its role as the top collateral asset in DeFi, and the expanding adoption of layer-2 scaling solutions that could bring millions more users on-chain in the coming years.
Projecting XRP Potential
If the total crypto market capitalization reaches $25 trillion and XRP maintains its current 4.51% market dominance, its market value could reach approximately $1.127 trillion.
Given XRP’s supply of 59.77 billion tokens, this would translate to a price of about $18.86 per coin.
That represents a more than sixfold increase from today’s price of around $3. Meanwhile, reaching a $25 trillion total market cap would also require Bitcoin to hit new all-time highs.
Bitcoin Potential in a $25 Trillion Market
If the total crypto market reaches $25 trillion and Bitcoin maintains its 57.98% dominance, it would command a market capitalization of approximately $14.49 trillion.
This scenario implies a potential BTC price of about $727,000, more than six times higher than today’s price. Notably, Bitcoin is currently trading at $115,909 with a market cap of approximately $2.31 trillion.
Can XRP Be Worth More?
Meanwhile, some voices within the XRP community argue that XRP’s value could far exceed $18 in a $25 trillion market.
This perspective is based on XRP’s historically higher dominance compared to its current 4.51%. For example, in 2017, XRP’s dominance peaked at 18.1%, according to TradingView data.
At the time, XRP attracted significant liquidity away from other crypto assets. Amid that surge, XRP’s market cap even briefly surpassed Ethereum’s in January 2018, making it the second-largest cryptocurrency behind Bitcoin for a few days.
Today, many XRP advocates are calling for a return to that historic dominance. In this speculative scenario, if XRP were to reclaim an 18.1% market share, its market cap would rise to $4.525 trillion in a $25 trillion global crypto market. Specifically, this would translate to an XRP price of approximately $75.60.
Notably, this scenario suggests that XRP would surpass Ethereum in market cap ($4.52T vs $3.37T). Many XRP enthusiasts believe this outcome is achievable. However, broader sentiment across the crypto market remains more skeptical of such an outcome.
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