Ripple co-founder speaks up again
After years of radio silence, Arthur Britto, Ripple’s co-founder, has resurfaced on the social platform X (formerly Twitter) for the first time in 14 years.
After years of radio silence, Arthur Britto, Ripple’s co-founder, spoke up for the first time in 14 years on the social platform X (formerly Twitter). Interestingly, his comeback consisted of only a single emoji, but that was enough to trigger a domino effect of speculation within the XRP community.
Ripple CTO David Schwartz View post on Xquickly confirmed that it was indeed Britto and not a hacked account or a deepfake stunt. Still, the comeback remains mysterious and has sparked division among XRP supporters. For some, his return is a bullish signal; others aren’t shy about voicing concerns.
Britto is known for his view that XRP should function as a kind of world currency. In a 2013 memo, he wrote: “XRP must be scalable to serve 7.5 billion people.” That statement underpins rumors that he once predicted a price of $10,000 per XRP predicted. While this is now widely cited in the crypto community, there’s currently no official, verifiable document setting this out concretely.
Yet such a price target is astronomically unlikely. There are roughly 59 billion XRP in circulation today, with a max supply of 100 billion. If all those coins ever circulated and each were worth $10,000, total market value would reach one quadrillion dollars — nearly ten times the projected global GDP for 2025, estimated at $110 trillion.
As of this writing, XRP sits at $2.18, up 9% on the day. It remains about 43% below its all-time high. What does that mean for the next price moves?
