Legendary Analyst Peter Brandt Calls XRP Investors ’Uneducated’ - Here’s the Brutal Reality

Veteran chartist Peter Brandt just dropped a truth bomb on the XRP army—and it's not pretty. The analyst known for calling Bitcoin's parabolic moves just labeled a significant portion of the token's investor base as fundamentally misinformed. It's a clash of old-school technical rigor against new-age crypto tribalism.

The Core of the Critique

Brandt's argument isn't just about price predictions gone wrong. It cuts to the heart of investment rationale. He challenges the foundational thesis many holders cling to: the idea that utility and partnerships alone guarantee asset appreciation. For a trader who's seen decades of market cycles, this narrative often misses the first lesson of charts—price action tells the real story.

Narrative vs. Numbers

The divide highlights a persistent tension in crypto. On one side, communities build fervent belief around technological promises and ecosystem growth. On the other, traditional analysis demands objective evidence in the form of trend lines, volume, and momentum. When the two don't align, you get accusations of being 'uneducated' from one camp and 'out of touch' from the other. It's the finance equivalent of talking past each other with two different dictionaries.

A Reality Check for the Market

This isn't just about one token. Brandt's jab serves as a broader warning for a sector sometimes drunk on its own hype. Conviction without comprehension is a dangerous strategy—whether you're trading memecoins or blue-chip protocols. The real education often starts after a portfolio gets cut in half, a cynical but frequent rite of passage in this volatile arena.

Love him or hate him, Brandt forces a necessary question: are you investing based on hope or analysis? In a market where both can make—and break—fortunes, knowing the difference is the only education that truly matters.

Peter Brandt Describes XRP Investors As “Uneducated”

In an X post, Brandt stated that XRP investors, who are permabulls, are the most uneducated and biased set of people he has seen over his 50 years of trading. The veteran trader classified this set of investors alongside those who trumpet Silver. He also highlighted how this was a big deal considering that he has traded thousands of contracts of every commodity, stock indexes, and many cryptos. 

XRP has, over the years, been known to have one of the strongest crypto communities, which commonly refer to themselves as the ‘XRP Army.’ Brandt has, on several occasions, been criticized by some investors over some of his bearish predictions for the altcoin. This has led to him calling them out in the past whenever he makes such predictions. 

It is worth mentioning that Brandt had also earlier in the month asserted that the “most madly obsessed perma-bulls” on earth are bulls. Although the veteran trader didn’t state an exact reason for making these statements, some pundits have developed a knack for making outlandish price predictions. 

An example of such a pundit is Barry C, who recently stated that the price will skyrocket from $2 to $1,000 a lot sooner than people anticipate. The pundit has in the past alluded to banks’ potential adoption of the token as a factor that could spark the rally to $1,000. He recently highlighted the OCC’s grant of a conditional approval to Ripple to operate as a bank, which provides a boost for the altcoin. 

Largest IQ Holder Is Now A Bull

XRP pundit Zach Rector clapped back against Brandt’s statement, noting that the largest IQ holder is now an XRP bull. The largest IQ holder, Young Hoon Kim, recently revealed that he had started buying the token, having become bullish on the altcoin. He also predicted that the altcoin could reach a new all-time high (ATH) before the year ends. 

Meanwhile, in his latest X post, Kim opined that the price could potentially reach $100 over the next five years. However, he didn’t mention what could spark such a parabolic price surge for the altcoin. It is worth mentioning that such predictions have raised eyebrows because of what the altcoin’s market cap will be if it reaches such price targets. A $100 price target WOULD give XRP a market cap of almost $10 trillion. 

At the time of writing, the token’s price is trading at around $1.98, down over 2% in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap.