XRP will ultimately reach new all-time highs, argues YouTuber Moon Lambo, who stressed that XRP’s long period of low prices does not mean it is dead.
In a recent post on X, Moon Lambo disagreed with the idea that XRP will never enter “price discovery” simply because it has not done so since 2017. He pointed to Quant (QNT) and Zcash (ZEC), which stayed at low prices for years before experiencing spectacular price moves.
QNT and ZEC
Notably, Moon Lambo used his investments in QNT and ZEC to argue that a crypto asset can remain at low prices for years and still rise substantially later.
He bought QNT in 2023 for about $98. It later dropped to around $54 before recovering to about $193, giving him an unrealized gain of roughly 97% from his purchase price. Meanwhile, QNT’s price continued to surge, reaching around $352 before retracing.
He also bought ZEC in 2021 for about $112. It later fell to around $20 but climbed to about $1,700 this month, giving him an unrealized gain of roughly 1,417%.
Moon Lambo says both coins spent several years at low prices before making significant moves. In particular, he said ZEC did little for nearly a decade before its ongoing price breakout.
Accordingly, he believes this shows that years of slow price action do not mean a cryptocurrency cannot reach new highs. To Moon Lambo, the same pattern applies to XRP, which has remained below its previous all-time high of $3.84 for nearly nine years.
XRP Below $3.84 for Nine Years
XRP’s price reached about $3.84 in January 2018, its previous all-time high according to CoinMarketCap. Although XRP has experienced several strong rallies since then, it has not broken that record.
Some investors question whether XRP has enough demand to reach a new high. Moon Lambo says XRP’s long period of slow price movement does not mean it will fail to rise again.
He argues that people who think XRP will eventually fail should focus on its fundamentals rather than its past price performance.
He also believes XRP’s utility has grown over time. In his view, prices that seem expensive today could look cheap if XRP enters another major rally.
Notably, XRP already demonstrated its ability to make a significant move last year, rising from $0.49 in November 2024 to $3.66 by July 2025. That represented a gain of nearly 8X in less than one year.
Altcoin Season Is Coming
Meanwhile, Moon Lambo also expects the next altcoin season to create opportunities for various cryptocurrencies. He acknowledges that QNT and ZEC were unusual cases and that his investments benefited from their recent rallies. He believes other cryptocurrencies could also perform well when market conditions improve.
He also warns that not every cryptocurrency will reach a new all-time high, even if the overall market rises.
Moon Lambo says his approach is to invest across the crypto market, focus on larger and useful cryptocurrencies, and hold them for the long term.
This strategy gives investors exposure to unexpected price increases without requiring them to predict which cryptocurrency will perform best.
However, holding crypto for a long time also carries risks. Some assets never recover, lose adoption, or result in permanent losses.
His main point is that years of sideways price movement do not automatically mean an asset is dead. For XRP, hopes remain high that it could move above $3.84 and reach $4 or higher.