What if You Hold 1,000 XRP and the XRP Price Rockets Like BNB

What would be the worth of 1,000 XRP tokens if XRP recorded an explosive rally similar to what BNB witnessed earlier this year?

BNB is one of only two crypto assets seeing gains this year, despite the ongoing market turbulence, being the token with the largest year-to-date increase. For context, the global crypto market cap has lost $1.25 trillion since its peak of $4.27 trillion in October, with BNB contributing $69 billion to this loss, down 35% within this period.

BNB Maintains Positive Yearly Performance

However, this recent downward push has not flipped its yearly performance, as BNB retains a 26.88% year-to-date increase, the largest gainer among the top 10 crypto assets in this timeframe. In contrast, eight of the top 10 assets are seeing losses this year: Bitcoin (-4.27%), Ethereum (-6.43%), XRP (-3.95%), and Solana (-30.66%).

BNB’s ability to maintain a two-digit gain this year despite the 35% crash from its October peak is largely attributable to the crypto asset’s impressive price rally earlier in the year. For context, while the rest of the market either stalled or saw mild declines, BNB embarked on an impressive run from March to October 2025.

Specifically, BNB started March with a price just above $587 after a downturn during the first two months of the year. However, its fortunes flipped for good from here, leading to an upsurge that pushed the price to the $1,376 all-time high by October 2025. During this period, BNB rallied by an impressive 134% or 2.3x.

What if XRP Replicates BNB’s Earlier Upsurge

While XRP has shown some impressive resilience since the ongoing broader market downturn began in October, its inability to record a similar upsurge means the current drawdown has led to losses this year. However, we recently assessed what the XRP price could be if it replicated this rally from the current position.

Today, XRP has still managed to hold onto the $2 support, currently trading for $2.02 despite two consecutive months of declines. If the crypto asset witnessed a 134% increase from here, its price would rise to $4.72, marking a new all-time high. 

While this may not meet the expectations of some investors, it actually beats gold’s 64% increase this year, which many have regarded as rather impressive. For context, the 64% rise this year would represent gold’s highest yearly increase in 46 years. The last time it saw a larger gain was in 1979, when it rose 136%.

Moreover, investors with substantial holdings would see their investments yield massive profits if XRP does replicate BNB’s 134% rise. For instance, those with 1 million XRP worth $2.03 million would see returns of $2.69 million. Meanwhile, investors holding around 1,000 XRP, currently valued at $2,030, would have their holdings rise to $4,720, bringing in $2,690.

However, the question remains: is XRP capable of recreating BNB’s 134% increase? The simple answer is yes, considering how it spiked by a more substantial 283% in November 2024 alone, despite the SEC maintaining its legal case against Ripple and the lack of ETFs at the time. Today, the SEC case has concluded, and XRP boasts five existing spot ETFs. Yet, such a run, while possible, is not a guarantee.