Massive leaps forward in pro-growth regulatory policy from Washington are one key meta for XRP prices in 2025. Meanwhile, the deployment of XRP Ledger for automated smart contracts is bound to run through a very attractive upside that analysts expect from the underlying asset in the new year.
The advance of Ripple on the regulatory front is especially important to its market price going forward. Right up until the US court chopped the SEC’s requested fine from $2 billion to $125 million last August, the lawsuit crippled XRP price growth.
.@Ripple Takes Over Washington DC pic.twitter.com/S1RGlueVED
— XRP (@BankXRP) January 20, 2025
That dramatic swing from a $2 billion hit to a slap-on-the-wrist fine signaled the utter lack of merit to the SEC’s arguments in the government’s view.
After that, when crypto markets rallied again on the victory of President Donald Trump in the November US elections, XRP took a moonshot ride up the chart. As a result, its gains for the trailing 12-month period significantly outsize those of its Top 4 non-stablecoin competitors by market cap.
For the 12 months ending Jan. 25, Ethereum moved slowly with 40% gains. Meanwhile, Bitcoin gained a decent 160% by cryptocurrency ROI standards. Solana jumped by 201%. But, Ripple’s XRP tokens grew by approximately 500%. Most of that was after the August US District Court decision and the November election.
Ripple Labs winning at the forefront of the regulatory battle with the US government cements its place as a leader in the blockchain sector. That creates more long-term support for XRP’s price.
Here are four signals that XRP has more growth left in it in 2025:
1. Trump Bump Pushes XRP Price Forward
The reelection of President Donald Trump to the White House is a deliciously bullish portent for XRP prices in the coming years. Not only has Ripple Labs prevailed through the grueling years of a hot SEC lawsuit, but Mr. Trump himself sat down with Ripple’s leadership team on Jan. 7 to discuss crypto’s future.
BREAKING:
RIPPLE CEO BRAD GARLINGHOUSE & RIPPLE LAWYER STUART ALDEROTY JUST MET WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP!
2025 WILL BE INSANELY BIG FOR #XRP pic.twitter.com/gNLD2Vf9KO
— (@_Crypto_Barbie) January 8, 2025
Since Donald Trump’s victory in November, XRP token prices rallied 500%. The nice-making with President Trump and other government officials is no mere window dressing. It has substance to it.
“Great dinner last night with Donald Trump and Stuart Alderoty,” said Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse on a photo of him and Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty meeting with the then president-elect. In another post, Alderoty piped in to say, “The beef bourguignon was really good.”
It’s not just in the US where Ripple is making great strides forward with governments. It’s primarily a cross-border payment platform for large institutions moving vast amounts of cash. Foreign central banks are working on using Ripple technology and platforms to issue central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
2. Investor Touts XRP Chart Strength
Meanwhile, more cryptocurrency investors may be taking another look at XRP after its class-leading gains over the past three months.
One former XRP skeptic, Practical Crypto Capital, was once bearish on the asset but recently flipped to bullish. The analyst once stated that there is “no reason to hold XRP for the long term.”
But they recently changed their tune, saying that Ripple’s settlement tokens could easily double over their January levels: “With all the momentum building for XRP, I believe it could easily provide another price doubling, and possibly much more.”
The analyst pointed to “chart strength, upcoming positive events, and an over-enthusiastic community behind XRP.” PCC is a research analyst on Seeking Alpha who says they manage a 7-figure portfolio “currently 100% in cryptocurrencies and/or related businesses.”
Practical Crypto Capital isn’t so into the cross-border payments narrative or CBDCs long term, but depending on what altcoins they’ve been minding, XRP Ledger may give them some other reasons to be bullish.
On January 28th, for XRP Community Day, Ripple President Monica Long will discuss Ripple Labs’ main priorities for 2025 with a big focus on XRP Ledger.
Join @MonicaLongSF, Ripple’s President, as she discusses Ripple’s key priorities for 2025, including how the company is utilizing the XRPL to drive innovation and ecosystem growth.
January 28th, 7:30 PM ET
️Drop a question for Monica in the… pic.twitter.com/67jtJd041i
— RippleX (@RippleXDev) January 22, 2025
3. Big XRP Whale Splashes
Crypto economies are vast and rapidly expanding but still small enough that whale-sized moves by major participants can build and sustain lasting price support and growth momentum. Whale support for XRP is strong in January.
On Jan. 10, such large market participants bought over 1 billion XRP tokens in under 48 hours, worth some $2.3 billion at the time of purchase.
After that, on Saturday, Jan. 18, an XRP whale moved 30,000,000 XRP valued at $95,519,899 at the time from an Upbit to an unknown wallet. While there is no guarantee that this whale won’t sell those tokens later, it lowers the liquidity supply on crypto exchanges, which supports XRP prices.
30,000,000 #XRP (95,519,899 USD) transferred from #Upbit to unknown wallet
— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) January 19, 2025
4. New SEC Chair to End ‘War on Crypto’
A big part of the Trump bump is the moral support from the White House administration for an industry that was even legally questionable in the United States until recently. In China, cryptocurrencies have been banned altogether.
In addition to the president’s broad support for cryptocurrency adoption, he’s pledged to appoint an SEC chair who is legally fair to the sector.
The new SEC chair, Mark Uyeda, told Fox Business in November that “The Commission’s war on crypto must end, including crypto enforcement actions solely based on a failure to register with no allegation of fraud or harm.”
“President Trump and the American electorate have sent a clear message. Starting in 2025, the SEC’s role is to carry out that mandate,” Uyeda added.
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