Bitcoin vs. Ripple XRP: The Crypto Meme War Erupts on X in 2025

Crypto Twitter explodes as Bitcoin and Ripple XRP factions clash in a battle of memes and market dominance.

Who’s winning the narrative war?

The feud turned ugly fast—with maximalists on both sides slinging digital mud. Bitcoin loyalists tout its store-of-value cred while XRP army fires back about institutional adoption.

Meanwhile, traditional finance watches from the sidelines—still trying to figure out if crypto is a revolution or just a very expensive joke.

One thing’s clear: In crypto, the memes move markets faster than any SEC filing ever could.

The XRP army clapped back in numbers. One user shared the same meme, but flipped it. This time, the caption read, “I stepped in some crap… it was slow,” with XRP shown under the shoe.

Another funny meme showed bitcoin as a regular horse, while XRP was pictured as a robotic horse leading the way. The trend quickly took off, with users comparing both cryptocurrencies in creative ways.

One user quoted Ripple’s CTO David Schwartz, who once said that the XRP Ledger, the blockchain powered by XRP, was created to fix Bitcoin. The quote read: “Jed McCaleb, Arthur Britto, and I created the XRP Ledger to solve for the waste and scalability issues that we observed with Bitcoin.” He said. “Estimates suggest Bitcoin mining uses approximately 73 terawatts, the equivalent power of what the whole of the Czech Republic consumes. They also saw some serious issues with speed, scalability and control. Our initial read indicated that there could be significant problems, such as a 51% attack, if any miner obtained greater than 50% of the mining power that risk persists with Bitcoin (and Ethereum) today as mining power has consolidated in China. Fellow XRP fans agreed with this.

A user even trolled XRP holders, joking that they bought the token back in 2016 and missed out on Bitcoin’s big gains. The post read, “I feel sorry for XRP holders, imagining buying that in 2016 and not buying Bitcoin.” 

The meme war only grew from there, with both sides posting pictures, jokes, and opinions. However, some treated it like it’s just a fun game, while others took it very seriously. Some even claimed that Bitcoin fans are scared of XRP taking over. 

In short, this is just another day in the crypto space on X. The yab between crypto fans is not just starting today. However, this back and forth has been going on for hours with both sides, and even fans from other major cryptocurrencies are posting more hilarious memes.

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