Ripple’s CTO Emeritus went on record saying XRP will surpass Bitcoin in market value, but the math behind that claim reveals just how steep the climb actually is.
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Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz said on an X Spaces on September 9 that he expects XRP (CRYPTO:XRP) to eventually pass Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) in market value, and he attached a condition to it. XRP trades at $1.36 and Bitcoin near $77,310 as of September 12.
Bitcoin’s market capitalization runs between $1.54 trillion and $1.58 trillion, XRP’s between $85 billion and $89 billion, a difference of about $1.49 trillion. So can XRP…
