Here’s XRP Price if BTC and ETH Hit $250K and $12K by Year-End as Predicted by Tom Lee and Hayes

XRP price could also benefit as industry Leaders Tom Lee and Arthur Hayes present some bold predictions for Bitcoin and Ethereum for year-end.

After four months of consistent upward push from April to July 2025, Bitcoin (BTC) and the broader crypto market have hit a snag, as prices witness occasional pullbacks and subsequent consolidation in the weeks that followed. While BTC reached a new ATH above $126,000 earlier this month, it has since corrected to $111,000.

In addition, Ethereum (ETH) has continued to battle the bears at the $4,000 mark, struggling to maintain its hold above this level. This trend has spilled into the XRP market, where the token has relinquished the pivotal $3 psychological level, now battling to reclaim it, as it trades for $2.42.

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Tom Lee and Hayes Present Bitcoin and Ethereum EOY Targets

However, despite the current struggles, Fundstrat CIO Tom Lee and BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes, both prominent industry leaders, remain confident that Bitcoin and Ethereum will soar to much higher prices by the end of this year, with just two months and two weeks left.

Lee and Hayes appeared on the latest Bankless episode with host David Hoffman to discuss the markets. In a section of the episode, Hoffman first asked Hayes what his end-of-year (EOY) price targets for Bitcoin and Ethereum are.

In response, Hayes noted that he would remain consistent, aligning with previous projections despite current market realities. According to him, Bitcoin could soar to $250,000 by the end of this year, while Ethereum may reach a price of $10,000 within the same timeframe.

Hoffman pointed out the projected scale of the Ethereum outlook and questioned if Hayes believes it is possible within the next two and a half months. Hayes answered affirmatively. The podcast host then presented the same question to Tom Lee, with Lee revealing that their EOY target is $200,000 to $250,000 for Bitcoin and $10,000 to $12,000 for Ethereum.

While Hoffman noted that the assets may have little time to reach these goals, which he suggests could represent blow-off top goals, Lee and Hayes maintained their projections.

XRP Price if BTC Hits $250,000 and ETH Claims $12,000

Notably, if these predictions do play out, the impact on the broader crypto market could be immense. Specifically, Bitcoin, which holds a market cap of $2.22 trillion, has a market dominance of 59.5%. Meanwhile, Ethereum, with a market cap of $486 billion, boasts a dominance of 13.01%.

If BTC hits $250,000, its market cap would reach $4.92 trillion. Also, if ETH claims the $12,000 mark, its market cap would hit $1.448 trillion. If Bitcoin maintains its market dominance of 59.5% at that valuation, the broader crypto market will have a market cap of $8.27 trillion. Interestingly, at the $1.448 trillion valuation, ETH’s dominance will have risen to 17.5%.

Meanwhile, XRP, which currently has a market cap of $144.8 billion, holds a dominance rate of 3.89% in the market. If XRP retains this dominance when the broader market cap reaches $8.27 trillion, its market cap would rise to about $321.7 billion. Considering a circulating supply of 60 billion tokens, this valuation could translate to a price of $5.36 for XRP by year-end.