XRP to $10? Basketball Icon’s Viral Poll Sparks Crypto Frenzy—Can It Dunk on Doubters?
Move over Bitcoin—XRP just got a celebrity endorsement from the hardwood. A legendary NBA star's Twitter poll has traders buzzing about a potential moonshot to $10. But is this rally built on fundamentals… or just another hype-driven pump waiting to crash back to earth?
The setup: A single tweet from a household-name athlete sent the XRP army into a frenzy. No technical analysis, no whitepaper updates—just good old-fashioned influencer FOMO. Classic crypto.
Market impact: Trading volume spiked 300% overnight as retail piled in. Liquidity pools got drained faster than a free bar at a hedge fund retreat. Meanwhile, institutional traders quietly loaded shorts.
The cynical take: When athletes start pumping your coin, it's either time to front-run the crowd… or check your exit strategy. Remember when Matt Damon sold us all on Crypto.com? Exactly.
Bottom line: XRP's got momentum, but in a market where Dogecoin once hit $0.70, anything's possible. Just don't bet your jersey—or your portfolio—on a slam dunk.
Pippen’s Viral Crypto Poll
According to his post, Bitcoin could climb to $233,000, Ethereum to $10,000 and Solana to $1,000. Pippen gave people four choices for each token and let them vote.
Travis Turnbull and others in the comments threw their support behind XRP reaching $10, while some thought even 2026 might be too soon. Polls like this tend to draw big crowds, and Pippen’s name carries weight well beyond sports.
Which one of these will happen in 2026:
• Bitcoin will hit 233k • $ETH will hit $10k • $SOL will hit $1k • $XRP will hit $10 • Your UBER driver will tell you about the @game5ball • Optimus will deliver you food • Aliens will invade • 2pac returns
— Scottie Pippen (@ScottiePippen) July 24, 2025
XRP is trading around $3.18 right now. That price is down 2.2% in the past day, though it’s still up 45% for the month. At that level, the token’s market cap sits NEAR $156 billion.
To hit $10, XRP WOULD need to swell to about $500 billion based on its roughly 50 billion coins in circulation. That jump would rank it among the world’s biggest assets.
Bullish Forecasts From Other Analysts
Based on reports, an NFT project founder predicted XRP could top $10 by next year if bitcoin rockets toward $250,000. A well‑known crypto analyst updated his earlier $4–$5 call to $10 after a surge in bullish momentum.
Aaron Arnold, host of Altcoin Daily, went even further with an $11 target by 2025. He called that figure “realistic,” pointing to growing demand and fresh capital flows.
Realistic 2025 #altcoin price predictions:$ADA – $4$XRP – $11$INJ – $99$BORG – $3.50$PENGU – $0.10$PUMP – $0.01$SOL – $400
What else?
— Altcoin Daily (@AltcoinDaily) July 25, 2025
If XRP ever hit $11, its market cap would soar past $650 billion. That would put it ahead of big names like Mastercard and Tencent on the value charts. Such a MOVE would reshape how people see cross‑border payments and tokenized banking rails.
What It Takes To Hit $10Reaching $10 won’t happen on HYPE alone. XRP still faces legal hurdles in the US. Banks need clear rules before they can embrace it at scale. On‑chain activity must keep rising, and fresh partnerships with payment firms or tech players are a must.
At the same time, rival tokens and layer‑2 solutions compete for investor money. Timing is key, too. Crypto often moves in waves, and a bull run can last months or years—but corrections can come fast.
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