XRP community figure Jake Claver may be on the verge of losing his “XRP to $100” bet as the year 2025 closes in five days.
Ambitious price forecasts have always circulated within the XRP community, but few have drawn as much attention as the call made by Jake Claver, CEO of Digital Ascension Group.
Claver Promotes His “XRP to $100” Forecast
Claver has consistently claimed that XRP could end 2025 at $100. For most of 2025, XRP has traded around $2, meaning his target implies a rise of about 4,900% from that level. With 2025 ending in just five days, most community members now doubt the practicality of the forecast.
Claver began promoting this outlook publicly this year, stating that XRP could reach $100 in the fourth quarter of the year. He cited growing institutional interest, the launch and expansion of XRP ETFs, and the increasing role of tokenization in global finance.
Over time, he raised the stakes higher, suggesting that XRP might climb into three- or even four-digit prices. He based these views on his belief that the XRP Ledger would play an important role in modernizing global payment systems.
Rietveld Proposes a Wager
However, most XRP proponents criticized the prediction. They pointed out that XRP remained near $2 while Claver promoted the $100 target, making such a sharp move in a short time frame difficult to justify.
As Claver maintained his stance, Levi Rietveld, a prominent XRP community member, confronted him on X in early November. Rietveld proposed a $1 million wager tied to the prediction.
Under his proposal, Rietveld would pay if XRP reached $100 by December 31, 2025, while Claver would pay if it failed to do so. Although Claver never publicly accepted the wager, many community members have since treated it as an implied bet.
Rather than stepping back, Claver maintained his position in late November. According to him, he holds 99.999% confidence that XRP would reach $100. He shared this view across podcasts and social media, pointing to ETF inflows, clearer regulatory conditions, and possible geopolitical disruptions, including oil-related crises, as triggers for a sudden rally.
Meanwhile, criticism increased on platforms such as YouTube and X, where investors accused him of adjusting timelines and weakening his earlier message as the year-end approached without the predicted surge.
Five Days Left
By December 25, the pressure increased. XRP had fallen below $2, and only six days remained in the year. When asked how confident he still felt about XRP reaching $100 by year-end, Claver said he remains 99.9% certain. However, he said he expects an extraordinary and unexpected move but avoided directly repeating the $100 figure.
Later that day, Claver shared a clip of the Marvel character Thanos snapping his fingers with the words “I am inevitable.” He explained that the post reflected his confidence for anyone still questioning his stance.
If you wanted to know how confident I am in my bet, here it is 👇 https://t.co/0EZow71qqI
— Jake Claver, QFOP (@beyond_broke) December 25, 2025
Rietveld has since responded, arguing that XRP would not reach $100 in five days or even within the next 365 days. With just five days left in 2025 and XRP still trading far below Claver’s target, the possibility of an over 4,900% surge from here remains highly unlikely.
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