There are some wild posts floating around—especially on Square—claiming that XRP will hit $978.99 by May 12, 2025. Let’s be crystal clear: that’s flat-out impossible. Here’s why.
Right now, XRP is trading at around $2.37, with a circulating supply of roughly 56 billion tokens. That puts its market cap at about $132.7 billion. For XRP to jump to $978.99, its market cap would have to explode to nearly $54.8 trillion. And if we consider the full 100 billion token supply, that valuation would shoot up to a staggering $97.9 trillion.
To put that in context: the entire global stock market is worth around $100 trillion. The entire crypto market? About $2.94 trillion. So at $978.99, XRP would be worth over 18 times more than all of crypto combined. That’s not just unlikely—it’s delusional.
Even if we assume a magical scenario where half of XRP’s supply is suddenly wiped out, we’re still looking at a $27 trillion market cap. That’s nine times the current total crypto market—still totally unrealistic. Ripple hasn’t conducted any token burns anywhere near this scale, and transaction fee burns are way too slow to move the price this much in just 48 hours.
Let’s talk price action. A move from $2.37 to $978.99 represents a 41,000% surge. XRP’s biggest historical rally? About 280% over three months—and that was considered explosive. A $54 trillion capital inflow in two days wouldn’t just move markets—it would break the global financial system.
Even if XRP replaced SWIFT’s daily volume of $5 trillion and captured 1% of it, that would only support a price around $35—not even close to $978.
And then there are the economic and regulatory realities. Yes, XRP has seen positive developments: the SEC lawsuit resolution, potential CME Futures listings, and more institutional interest. But these things drive gradual growth, not overnight moonshots. In fact, XRP recently moved from $2.25 down to $2.09 and back to $2.37—a 13% swing. That’s a normal fluctuation, not a launchpad for a 40,000% rally.
Bottom line? Claims that XRP will hit $978.99 in two days are pure fantasy. There’s no math, no historical precedent, and no market logic to back it up.
Stay sharp. Do your own research, and don’t let viral hype override common sense.
