XRP Eyes $5 Rally as CEO Teases Imminent ETF Approval – Competitor Primed for 50x Explosion
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse drops bullish ETF hints, fueling speculation of an XRP price surge to $5. Meanwhile, an unnamed rival token shows signs of a potential 5000% breakout.
The crypto market braces for impact as regulatory winds shift. Garlinghouse’s confidence in ETF approval contrasts sharply with the SEC’s notorious foot-dragging—because nothing says ’financial innovation’ like watching bureaucrats play catch-up.
Traders scramble to position themselves ahead of what could be 2025’s most asymmetric trade. The promised land of institutional adoption beckons, but only the nimble will avoid getting wrecked by the usual volatility.
Ripple’s XRP continues to trade sideways, with the XRP price trading between $2.14 and $2.20 as of press time. XRP’s trading volume has been in the doldrums, too, valued anywhere between $1.2 bn and $4.9 bn in the last two weeks. The network is also under pressure, with its dwindling on-chain activity. According to Santiment, today’s daily active addresses on Ripple are ‘only a fraction’ of its March peak.
However, some investors and analysts remain bullish on XRP’s price action, and there are a few catalysts on the horizon that can nudge the XRP price past $5. Per Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple’s CEO, the company is expanding the use cases of XRP by partnering with financial institutions. Then, there’s the much-anticipated XRP ETFS, with a possible December 2025 decision, which can push its price to $5. While it’s a decent 150% ROI, one PayFi token can potentially explode by 5,000%: Remittix.
Remittix: Rewriting the PayFi script with crypto-to-fiat settlements
Remittix joins an already-busy PayFi segment, with dozens of crypto projects which promise to revamp traditional finance. These crypto initiatives aim to boost liquidity, improve cross-border payments and make banking accessible to all. Then, there are the traditional fintech apps, like Wise and Spribe, that let users enjoy fiat-to-fiat payments. However, Remittix comes in with a mission: to offer businesses and individual users a way to pay from crypto to fiat.
The Remittix Pay API works like your regular fintech app, but with a few bells and whistles. It works for individuals and businesses, allowing customers to buy and pay for products using a secure blockchain infrastructure. To use, just connect your wallet and you’re good to go. Transactions are super fast, with no FX charges or other hidden fees. Also, payments are settled in over 30 currencies, without the receiver knowing it’s paid with crypto.
As the XRP price moves sideways, network activity also slows down, per Santiment
XRP price moves sideways. Is $5 a feasible target?
Ripple’s XRP was one of the top crypto projects that benefited from the second Trump administration. Immediately after Trump was elected, XRP was on a tear, breaking the $2 barrier, hitting a price of $3.30s during Trump’s inauguration, and finally settling its case with the SEC. XRP may be currently trading between $2.14 and $2.20, but some analysts are banking on a few catalysts to push it past $5.
The chatter on XRP’s ETFs is increasing, suggesting increasing hype and anticipation. Eric Balchunas, an ETF analyst, shared that they have raised the odds of approval to 85%. Although Balchunas offered an optimistic take on the future of spot XRP ETFs, there have been diverging outlooks on how these financial products may perform. One analyst explains that XRP ETF inflows may not be as heavy compared to Bitcoin, due to Bitcoin’s popularity and investors’ interest in diverse crypto holdings.
RTX and XRP: Which token can deliver a bigger ROI?
Ripple’s XRP, as one of the cross-border payments OGs, has an early start and is slowly expanding its use cases. However, the XRP price charts look daunting; it needs to break past $3 as its short-term resistance and revisit its January highs of $3.30s, before it can make another run towards $4 or even $5. Remittix, on the other hand, is still in pre-sale, but has already witnessed plenty of price increases.
Initially offered at $0.015, the RTX token now sells at $0.0757, with more scheduled increases on the horizon. With its next price set at $0.0781, plus the expected price surge upon listing, early adopters are looking at a huge ROI, potentially exploding by 5,000% in the long term.
