The crypto world is buzzing after new remarks out of Moscow reignited speculation about a major global financial reset — and some $XRP supporters believe their token could be at the center of it all.
During a press conference on September 6, Anton Kobyakov, an advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, claimed the United States is “rewriting the rules of gold and crypto markets” in response to the collapsing trust in the U.S. dollar. He suggested Washington may eventually transfer a portion of its massive $35 trillion debt into digital assets, effectively devaluing it and starting fresh — a move he compared to past U.S. resets in the 1930s and 1970s.
This idea has reignited debates on whether cryptocurrencies, particularly XRP, could play a role in such a systemic reboot. Ripple still controls about 35.6 billion XRP in escrow, which some argue could act as a form of reserve liquidity in the event the U.S. embraced XRP on a strategic scale.
A well-known XRP analyst, Pumpius, recently calculated what price XRP would need to reach to erase America’s national debt if the escrow was used directly: an eye-watering $983 per token. That would be a staggering leap of over 32,000% from today’s price near $3.
Pumpius outlined an even bigger vision:
At $983, XRP could theoretically wipe out U.S. debt.
At $10,000, it could serve as liquidity for CBDCs and FX markets.
At $100,000, it could support global securities and capital markets.
At $1 million+, it might even anchor futuristic systems like biometric or genomic identity on XRPL.
He also stressed that if such a reset took place, XRP wouldn’t rise gradually — the repricing would happen overnight as institutions and governments rushed onto XRPL rails.
Supporters argue XRP is the best fit because Bitcoin is too slow and energy-hungry, while Ethereum is fragmented and expensive. Critics, however, remain skeptical, insisting these scenarios are overly optimistic and that Bitcoin still has the upper hand in terms of global adoption.
For now, the “Crypto Cloud Reset” remains just a theory — but the conversation around XRP’s role in a new financial order is louder than ever.