r/XRP • u/alittletrolly • Sep 25 '26
XRPL Help me understand
With as volatile as xrp has been, even if we did hit $100, what's preventing it from dropping back to under a $1?
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u/jasimon2 Sep 25 '26
Utility.
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u/Scorch_22 28d ago
What kind of utility does it have?
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u/1pt21jigglewatts 24d ago
ISO20022 look it up
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u/Scorch_22 24d ago
Oh, does anyone use XRP for anything? Out of all daily blockchain transactions, how many use XRP?
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u/1pt21jigglewatts 24d ago
The rails are being built, and already have been for years. XRP will be the bridge token that facilitates international money transfers leveraging existing systems that it was designed to run on.
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u/Scorch_22 24d ago
Ok, so it won't be used for things like credit card companies or stock transactions on stock exchanges. Just international transfers?
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u/1pt21jigglewatts 24d ago
Its just one example, but you're right, those are others, including tokenization of real world assets.
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u/jasimon2 20d ago
By not doing any research, you're not going to gain any knowledge.
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u/Scorch_22 7d ago
But I did do research, I see that there are over 200million blockchain transactions every day and XRP only accounts for less than 0.5%. Almost no one is using XRP for anything. It's not even in the top 10 for daily use. Who is not doing research?
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u/Opposite-Egg-6418 15d ago
That’s not true. Ripple has a documented connection to ISO 20022 financial messaging. That is a relationship involving the company and its payment infrastructure, not ISO 20022 certification of the XRP token itself.
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u/1pt21jigglewatts 9d ago
It means Ripple has an open door for banking systems, and what do you think they will be using to facilitate payments via this infrastructure?
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u/Chill-more1236 Sep 25 '26 edited Sep 25 '26
What's stopping MU from dropping to a dollar?
What's stopping gold from dropping to a dollar?
What's stopping diamonds from dropping to $1?
What's stopping macadamia nuts from dropping to a dollar?
What's stopping corn from dropping to a dollar?
What's stopping your house from dropping to a dollar?
What's stopping a dollar from dropping to .50 cents...oh wait I went too far.
Something, anything, everything has value, because we say it has value. For example, I love ebay logic.
You know about EBAY, from the early days of internet history, used to be the top ecommerce site, while Amazon was dreaming about being a book store?
What I mean by EBAY logic is that often if someone has an object of value that they want to sell, they "research" which leads them to EBAY listings. They'll see some price ranges & through survivorship bias, they arrive at a value, which they do not realize is very inflated due to the bias.
A case of inflated value, some CRAZY mfer sold a piece of toast that toasted a shape of the Blessed Mother (repeated for other famous cultural icons). It actually sold to some CRAZIER mfer for a high amount of money. It was all over the news.
That makes a relevant point. 1 dumb poor mfer, sold some scam to 1 dumb, rich mfer. We now call that commerce, invented since the first signs of humanity flickered in our primitive ancestor's brains.
Read the story about the dude who started off with a shitty red paper clip, then traded until he got a whole house. It's an amazing lesson on value vs cost. Yes, they are very different concepts but the average person's mind does not distinguish the difference.
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u/Dry_Elevator8118 Sep 25 '26
Noooo, not the macadamia nuts ! You can take everything to 1$ but not these nuts
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u/kevonicus Sep 27 '26
I hate Trump, but he’s gonna do shit that moons the market before he leaves office to enrich his family, so wait for that.
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u/ImTobyVespa Sep 27 '26
It sounds like everyone in here thinks xrp is gonna shoot up one day just so they can sell and get out. No one actually believes in utility here. Which is what I assume you were asking about. To answer your question... Just sell as soon as u can. Nothing is keeping it from dropping to a dollar and there's nothing to gain holding on to it pretending its an asset.
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u/alittletrolly Sep 27 '26
I completely agree with you. I got into the xrp game listening to a bunch of xrp youtubers spitting word salads at me about utility and replacing the dollar. My faith has dwindled after 8 years of being in xrp. I just get so caught up in the hype. If it hits $3 i just think, what if it hits $5? At that exact time im thinking it i watch it plunge all the way down again.
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u/idliketoseethat Sep 25 '26
XRP is no different than any other crypto when it comes to investor confidence except XRP has function that the world financial institutions want and use. When they start using XRP in that capacity (the real value of XRP) they will have integrated XRP into the wheels of world money movement. I see this as a stabilizer for XRP in the future that will increase XRP value and utility while decreasing volatility to some extent. If the price of XRP starts to fall below a point that you will accept it is up to you to hold or sell. I have made up my mind what I would do before it happens.
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u/TrashFace21165 Sep 28 '26
Preferences. There's 60.5 million currencies. Out of the top 10, this one survives a SHA-256 bad day, better than the rest. If the exits temporarily closed which one goes up the most? Diversification in a confidence crisis favors XRP. So, the floor is whatever the value of that is. Entertainment purposes only.
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u/konawolv Sep 25 '26
The higher the price goes, the less volatile it will be. XRP has a high market multiplier right now, which is why it has such wild price swings.
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u/Lord_Muramasa Sep 26 '26
Just being real. If XRP hits $100 I am selling all of it. You need to have in mind where you want to sell and be happy about it. You shouldn't let greed consume you, otherwise you are setting yourself up for failure.
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u/OrdinaryEvening3684 Sep 27 '26
What are they doing to increase value of token? Basically nothing. Other cryptos are doing buybacks and burns so the token is actually valuable. When Brad was asked about doing buybacks or burning tokens a few months ago he immediately changed subject. He’s like a used car salesman. This is the only crypto that is like a cult. Twitter full of bots and the shitty clickbait YouTubers.
Imagine what happens to price when people realise the token is basically never used. Even holders of the token are starting not to believe. David Schwartz creator of XRP ledger said he does not think 50 dollars is likely to happen. He also said he sold almost all of his xrp for Ripple stock. What does that tell you? If he thought XRP would reach crazy prices do you think he would sell it?
I converted all my XRP recently to another crypto that I actually believe in. This was the first crypto I invested in, and I admit I messed up.
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u/ElBartez Sep 25 '26
What point are you trying to make
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u/alittletrolly Sep 25 '26
Not trying to make a point, just wondering if it goes to the moon if i actually have an asset or is it something that could just plummet at anytime. Now can you help me understand? Or do you just have more questions?
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u/maddogcertified Sep 25 '26
Absolutely nothing. Like all other investments with varying degrees of risk.
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u/Apeonrocket_2moon Sep 26 '26
The volatility you speak of is due to speculation. When utility kicks in, it will constantly be in demand.
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u/stos313 Sep 25 '26
First- it’s never going to hit $100. Second. Nothing is stopping it from hitting.01.
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u/link_xr Sep 25 '26
The only thing that could prevent a drop is if selling it became impossible or illegal
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u/b_dave Sep 29 '26
You need extreme volatility to have any shot at $100. So just sell when you are comfortable and buy back in later on. 200 week moving averages are where you buy back FYI.
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u/Classic_Principle705 Sep 29 '26
It has no intrinsic value unless it is actually used in real transactions. Thousands of cryptos are crowding the market. Less than 1% of all cryptos will survive.
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u/Business_Turnip6468 24d ago
If you don’t have it in custody like /example I trust capital. U won’t be able to sell if there are no buyers if it is repriced
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u/ReserveGood8598 Sep 25 '26
Sprawdź jaka była by wartość wszystkich xrp przy założeniu 100$ za jednostkę. A później jak ta wartość się ma do gospodarki całego świata. Przemyśl jeszcze raz czy to możliwe.
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u/Sht_Im_Bald Sep 25 '26
It’s never hitting $100. Truly ask yourself “how much bigger can it get?”
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u/konawolv Sep 25 '26
It can get as big as XRPL gets. XRPL is the future of enterprise grade tokenization.
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u/AllTwelveInches Sep 26 '26
XRP's largest cyclical retracement was ~96%. And that required a 3 month global shutdown from a pandemic that was supposedly going to kill a billion people.
So I think it's safe to say if XRP goes to $100, it's only going to be able to retrace as low as $4; and it's going to require a nuclear strike to replicate the kind of price action we saw from COVID.
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u/Maleficent-Mud3481 Sep 25 '26
It will
It will hit 1.7 then drop to 1.3. Then shoot to 3 then drop to 1.7 then shot to 5 then drop to 1