{"id":78035,"date":"2026-09-11T19:18:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T19:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/heres-what-he-didnt-say\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T19:18:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T19:18:30","slug":"heres-what-he-didnt-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/heres-what-he-didnt-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s What He Didn&#8217;t Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Schwartz said earlier this week that XRP could pass bitcoin, but gave no price target or timeline.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">XRP would need about $24.70 to match bitcoin\u2019s $1.55 trillion cap, an 18-fold move from $1.34.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">The XRPL fixCleanup3_3_0 amendment reached 82.6% validator support, with activation due Sept. 11.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What Was Said Exactly<\/h2>\n<p>During an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/xpmarket\/status\/2097702274462031992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">X Spaces discussion<\/a> the day before yesterday, Schwartz was asked whether he believed XRP could one day flip bitcoin by market capitalization. Schwartz, an original architect <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/crypto-news\/ripple-ceo-says-bis-testing-with-xrp-ledger-is-no-surprise-to-him\/\">of the XRP Ledger (XRPL)<\/a> who stepped back from day-to-day duties at Ripple at the end of 2025, answered without hedging:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Yeah, I do. I think it would happen from XRP growing faster than Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He noted that the scenario would most likely emerge as part of a broader crypto market expansion rather than one asset cannibalizing another. \u201cThe world where digital assets are just wildly successful. They all probably grow,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The comment was a personal view rather than an official Ripple forecast, and it carried neither a valuation target nor a date.<\/p>\n<h2>The Math And What Comes Next<\/h2>\n<p>As of today, bitcoin\u2019s market capitalization stands near $1.55 trillion, with BTC trading around $77,269. On the other hand, XRP changes hands at $1.34, giving it a market value of roughly $85 billion (about 18 times smaller).<\/p>\n<p>Measured against XRP\u2019s circulating supply of 62.88 billion tokens, matching bitcoin\u2019s current market capitalization would put XRP somewhere near $24.70.<\/p>\n<p>Also, it bears mentioning that over the last couple of days, posts were circulating that Schwartz had confirmed a multi-trillion target for XRP\u2019s total cap in the mid-to-long term, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mrcauliman\/status\/2098269784857301305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a claim that was later identified<\/a> as being entirely false.<\/p>\n<p>That said, two verifiable events sit immediately ahead for the Ripple ecosystem at large, and neither depends on the flippening debate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On the technical side, the XRPL fixCleanup3_3_0 amendment has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CryptoSavingExp\/status\/2096903629261447431\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reached 82.6% validator support<\/a>, with 31 of 35 votes recorded and the earliest activation window opening Sept. 11. Its scope is narrow, i.e. activation does not switch on the Lending Protocol, Single Asset Vaults, batch transactions, or confidential transfers, despite claims to the contrary.<\/li>\n<li>On the regulatory side, the U.S. Senate is scheduled to take up H.R. 3633 on Sept. 15. That <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/regulation-and-legal\/clarity-act-vote-is-set-for-sept-15-heres-what-happens-next\/\">vote is a cloture motion<\/a> (a procedural step on whether to proceed to the bill) rather than final passage, making it the next checkpoint for digital asset market structure rather than a settled outcome.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/crypto-news\/xrp-flip-bitcoin-schwartz-640-trillion-claim\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Schwartz said earlier this week that XRP could pass bitcoin, but gave no price target or timeline. XRP would need about $24.70 to match bitcoin\u2019s $1.55 trillion cap, an 18-fold move from $1.34. The XRPL fixCleanup3_3_0 amendment reached 82.6% validator support, with activation due Sept. 11. 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