XRP Price Prediction 2025: $5 or Bust? ETF News & Whale Moves

Hey, crypto fam! It’s your boy from BitGalactic, your go-to crypto veteran with a decade in the game. XRP just took a wild turn – from sky-high hype to a brutal reality check. Are we witnessing the end of the XRP dream, or is this a golden buying dip? Stick around – I’ve got the data, the history, and a hot take you won’t hear anywhere else. Let’s dive in!

So, what’s the deal with XRP? Crypto bettors on Polymarket were riding high earlier this month, giving it a 56% shot at smashing its all-time high by June. Fast forward to now – that’s crashed to just 26%. Why the flip? Well, the big U.S. crypto reserve dream – you know, the one where altcoins like XRP were supposed to get stockpiled – hit a wall. Trump signed an executive order for a digital asset reserve, but it’s not buying new tokens anytime soon. No fuel, no fire.

XRP’s down 31% since Trump’s inauguration, caught in a $600 billion market bleed since January 2025. As someone who’s tracked crypto since Bitcoin was $100, this feels eerily like 2018’s altcoin purge – hype fades, prices tank. But here’s my take: XRP’s not dead yet. Retail buzz is still alive – South Korean whales just scooped up $700 million worth last week. That’s not chump change.

Over on Deribit, traders are betting big on XRP hitting $5 this year – a $3.9 million notional value on that call. Meanwhile, JPMorgan’s throwing out an $8 billion prediction for XRP ETF inflows if the SEC greenlights them by mid-October. Compare that to Bitcoin ETFs pulling $20 billion in their first year – XRP’s got legs if it can dodge the regulatory guillotine.

Look, I’ve seen XRP ride these waves before. Back in 2017, it spiked to $3.84 on pure speculation, then crashed 80% in months. Today’s slump? It’s noise, not a knockout. The Kelshi market’s got Ripple outpacing Bitcoin and other altcoins at 48% odds – that’s a signal worth watching.

Let’s rewind. In 2020, Ripple’s SEC lawsuit tanked XRP from $0.60 to $0.17 in weeks. Yet, it clawed back to $1.96 by 2021 when the case looked less grim. Point is, XRP’s a survivor. Today’s dip mirrors that panic, but with ETF talks and whale moves, we’re not in 2020 despair territory. Bitcoin’s up 2.8% to $83K, Ethereum’s at $1.9K with a 3.2% bump – XRP’s lagging, sure, but it’s not out of the race.

History says XRP thrives on clarity – legal wins, big adoption news. If the ETF gets a nod, this could flip fast. If not, we’re looking at a slow bleed into Q4.

My call? XRP’s got a 50/50 shot at $5 by December if the ETF hype holds. Without it, we’re stuck under $1 until a new catalyst kicks in. South Korea’s whale action and Deribit bets tell me the smart money’s still in play. But what do YOU think? Will XRP moon this year, or is it toast? Drop your predictions in the comments – I read every single one.

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