- XRP once held over 31% of the market, now it’s just under 4%
- Reclaiming just half its dominance could push price to $8.70
- A full dominance comeback would send XRP to $17.40 per token
XRP’s been in crypto’s spotlight before—but lately, it’s kinda like watching a rockstar stuck in a long legal encore. Still, some wild numbers have been floating around lately. And if you look at XRP’s past dominance in the market and how massive the space has grown, the potential upside? Kinda nuts.
Right now, the global crypto market’s sittin’ around $3.28 trillion. That’s a 76,000%+ leap from where it was ten years ago. Most top assets have surged in line with that growth. But XRP? Not quite. The asset’s still limping from years of SEC battles and major U.S. exchange delistings that left a dent in its climb.
The Dominance That Once Was
Back in May 2017, XRP was on fire. It had snagged a market dominance of 31.33%, boasting a $15.28 billion market cap at a time when the entire crypto space was just shy of $49 billion. That dominance made it one of the few coins seriously competing with Bitcoin, which then held 59.45%.
Since then, Bitcoin has exploded to a $2.1 trillion cap—roughly 7,200% up from 2017. XRP? It’s now hovering around $128.8 billion—up only 743%. That means its dominance is now just under 4%, a pretty steep fall from grace compared to its heyday.
Playing With Numbers: What If?
Let’s throw a hypothetical out there. If XRP snagged back just half of its 2017 dominance—say, 15.665%—its market cap would be around $513.8 billion. Based on the current circulating supply (about 59 billion), that’d push the token’s price up to around $8.70. Not bad, right?
Funny enough, George Tung from CryptosRus thinks $8–$10 by the end of this year is actually doable. But others—Xena, for instance—aren’t all that impressed. Some in the community say $8 isn’t moon territory, it’s more like… crawling back.
Full Dominance? Now We’re Dreaming
Here’s where it gets spicy. If XRP returned to its full 31.33% market dominance, with the crypto market still at $3.28 trillion, its market cap would cross a trillion bucks. That would put XRP’s price at a sky-high $17.40. Ambitious? Definitely. Impossible? Not entirely. But let’s be real—it’d need serious institutional fuel, regulatory clarity, and a full-blown narrative shift.
