Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen highlighted XRP's longevity and strong community as key factors that help it stay relevant over time, sparking renewed debate on whether XRP could eventually overtake Bitcoin. Larsen emphasized XRP's decade-long presence and consistency compared to newer cryptocurrencies, while former Ripple CTO David Schwartz expressed belief that XRP could surpass Bitcoin by growing faster, thanks to its higher functionality and speed. Although XRP surpassing Bitcoin remains speculative, these discussions underscore XRP's unique position in the crypto market and its potential for future growth.
XRP trades at Rp27.566 on Pluang, up 4.03% as of Sep 22, 2026 21:32 WIB, showing strong buying interest with 65% buy orders. Bitcoin, meanwhile, is priced at Rp1.531.974.110, rising 0.70%, with more selling activity at 65%. XRP's market cap is Rp1.738,08T, much smaller than Bitcoin's Rp30.793,32T, highlighting their different scales in the market.
Lawyer Bill Morgan criticized Ripple's XRP escrow practice, arguing that instead of returning unused monthly token releases to escrow, Ripple could have distributed them. Ripple set up 55 billion XRP in 55 contracts in December 2017, each holding 1 b...
Crypto commentator Zach Rector suggests that current complaints about XRP's price could be a contrarian indicator, meaning frustration might precede a price increase. XRP was noted at $1.25 as of Nov. 2 in a daily price table, but this is not a trade...
In the past 24 hours, Bitcoin (BTC) and Solana (SOL) experienced net inflows of $52.31 million and $34.23 million respectively, indicating increased investor interest. Meanwhile, Ethereum (ETH) saw the largest net outflow of $39.61 million, suggestin...
Dogecoin (DOGE) saw the largest 24-hour increase in futures open interest, rising 2.43% to $197.2 million, with a high funding rate of 0.0100% per eight hours, indicating strong long position dominance at 71.6%. In contrast, Bitcoin and Ether experie...
In October, the RLUSD stablecoin supply on the XRP Ledger sharply declined by $284 million, dropping about 28.7% to 707 million tokens. This reduction was due to large transactions returning RLUSD to its issuer, though the exact reasons remain unclea...
