Former Ripple CTO Rejects $10K XRP Price Prediction
David Schwartz Pushes Back on $10,000 XRP Hype, Says Market Would Already Be Pricing It In Former Ripple CTO David Schwartz has reignited debate in the crypto space after pushing back against the , arguing that current market conditions do not support such an extreme valuation. Schwartz on X, formerly Twitter, to push back on claims that an NDA was shaping his comments. He argued that if even a small group of rational, high-net-worth investors genuinely assigned a 1% probability to XRP reaching $10,000 within the next decade, market behavior would already look very different. In his view, that level of conviction would trigger aggressive accumulation long before now, driving prices significantly higher than current levels, potentially even into double-digit territory. The fact that this kind of positioning isnt visible in the market, he suggested, is telling. His broader point was simple that if the upside thesis were truly as credible as some believe, it should already be reflected in capital flows. The absence of that demand, he implied, raises a straightforward question about how widely that $10,000 scenario is actually taken seriously by informed investors. He added that he prefers to avoid speculation altogether rather than give an answer he doesnt stand behind, underscoring that