XRP’s Rollercoaster: How a $1,000 Bet in 2018 Plays Out in 2025
Back in 2018, XRP was the darling of crypto speculators—promising to revolutionize cross-border payments while dodging the SEC’s wrath. Fast-forward to 2025, and that $1,000 investment? Let’s just say it’s been a wild ride.
From dizzying highs to gut-wrenching lows, XRP’s price action reads like a Wall Street thriller—minus the Hollywood ending. The token surged, crashed, then surged again as regulatory clarity (sort of) emerged. But did it deliver life-changing gains? Depends on when you sold—or if you held through the lawsuits.
Here’s the kicker: Even after Ripple’s partial legal wins, XRP still trades like a meme coin with an identity crisis. Banks use it? Barely. Retail traders love it? Sometimes. The math on your returns? Let’s just say you’d have done better buying index funds—but where’s the fun in that?
XRP’s Price in 2018
For the sake of this particular article, we will take a few different price points:
- Average XRP price in 2018
- Highest XRP price in 2018
- Lowest XRP price in 2018
And in case you are wondering why did we choose 2018, well, it’s because that’s the year cryptocurrencies broke into the mainstream.
So, data from CoinLore shows that the average price for XRP in 2018 was $0.66. Currently, the coin is trading at $2.22, meaning that your $1000 invested in 2018 would currently be $3360, representing a profit of around $2360.
Moving forward, the highest XRP price in 2018, which is also the current all-time high, was $3.83, meaning that you would be sitting on a loss of around 42%. Your $1000 would now be $580.
And last, but not least, what if you timed the absolute bottom in 2018? Well, that was around $0.24. Your $1000 would be abou $9250, representing gains upwards of $8,000. XRP’s price is up by 825% since then.
