XRP to $10,000? Ripple’s Elusive Co-Founder Drops Bombshell Return

Ripple's shadow architect resurfaces—just as XRP rumors hit fever pitch. Could this really be the start of a five-figure moonshot?

The crypto sphere's favorite ghost is back. Jed McCaleb—the co-founder who vanished from Ripple's spotlight years ago—just flickered into view again. Timing? Impeccable. XRP maximalists are already dusting off their $10,000 price prediction slideshows.

Market mechanics or masterplan?

No new whitepapers. No patent filings. Just the sudden reappearance of a man who helped birth the third-largest cryptocurrency. The coincidence is delicious enough to make SEC lawyers twitch.

Meanwhile, institutional players keep stacking XRP like it's 2017—except this time they're using ODL corridors instead of hopium bongs. Progress?

Prediction: If McCaleb's return actually means something, we'll know within 72 hours. Either he drops revolutionary utility news... or this becomes another 'buy the rumor, sell the founder' circus. Place your bets.

• Ripple co-founder Arthur Britto breaks years-long silence, hinting at XRP’s larger global ambitions.
• XRP Ledger records 1.5 million daily transactions, marking a four-month high.
• The community speculates on potential tech upgrades and strategic moves behind Britto’s reappearance.

Arthur Britto, a co-founder of Ripple and one of the quietest minds behind XRP, has reappeared online, sparking fresh waves of speculation across the crypto space.

Well-known for leading a low-key public life, Britto had not been seen in interviews, on social media, or in company communications for years. His return is big not merely because of who he is, but because of when.

John Squire, an XRP enthusiast and researcher, recently tweeted about Britto’s surprising post on X and reignited old interest in one of the largest names of the early days of XRP.

🚨 BREAKING:

Arthur Britto, co-founder of Ripple and one of the most mysterious figures in crypto, has just posted on X. 😳

Yes — the same Britto who once said “XRP was designed to reach $10,000.”

Coincidence?
Or something big brewing?

🧵 Let’s break it down: pic.twitter.com/Mde5IoFE3s

Often likened to Satoshi Nakamoto due to his low-key profile, Britto had been linked to a post that said XRP had been designed ostensibly to warrant a price as high as $10,000, not as a goal, but as an ideal for global liquidity infrastructure.

Now, with XRP processing 1.5 million deals in one day, the most ever, Britto’s return has been considered an omen as seen by most. Analysts such as Chainwire Analytics’s James Stratten believe strong network usage and temporal coincidence of Britto’s return are “too aligned to ignore.”

XRP Ledger’s Global Vision Revisited

Rediscovering one of Britto’s statements benefits enriching the above account once more. According to Alpha Lions Academy founder Edo Farina, Britto had once pointed out the global-scale architecture of the XRP Ledger, capable of accommodating over 7.5 billion individuals and millions of interconnected devices.

These archived email exchanges between Evan Schwartz of the Interledger Foundation and Britto as far back as 2013 refer to XRP as a “bridge currency” for cross-border finance.

“The XRP Ledger 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝟕.𝟓+ 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬.” — Arthur Britto, one of the three architects of the XRPL.

This statement reveals that the #XRPL was designed with global adoption in mind from the very… pic.twitter.com/7ek1hkBRCf

3 billion annual transactions were then commonly accepted as a base level. Britto hinted at work on an ongoing account mechanism to back low-cost, high-performance use at what he called “humanity-scale.”

Blockchain expert Michael Harrington of Token Metrics thinks these infrastructure ambitions set XRP far beyond payment tokens. “It’s not retail speculation anymore. “It’s about whether XRP can become the plumbing for the next era of financial transactions,” he said.

Market Awaits Ripple’s Next Move as Bullish Sentiment Builds

The XRP community had been waiting for a breakout moment. As Ripple’s institutional progress continues, with speculations building up towards an impending IPO, on-chain metrics and tweets from Britto have enhanced positive sentiment.

Others, such as crypto commentator Daniel Koslov, warn not to panic, citing the cyclical pattern of fervor surrounding the market. But others indicate an individual with Britto’s level of experience doesn’t appear out of thin air.

As the market matures and speculation abounds, all attention now is focused on the next moves of Ripple and whether this unassuming co-founder’s whispers signal louder things to come.

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