Digital Ascension Group CEO Jake Claver still argues that XRP could reach both triple-digit and quadruple-digit price ranges by 2030, even if the US Digital Asset Market Transparency Act is not yet in place. In recent YouTube comments, Claver interpreted this result not as a simple market call, but as a function of profitability, liquidity and the potential supply shock associated with institutional adoption.
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His central point is that XRP will need to reach a much higher price before it can be used at the scale he envisions for deposit settlements in tokenized markets. “I really think three and four figures are possible before the Light Act,” Claver said. “I think the three digits are more likely to come before the Clarity Act, and the four digits are most likely to come after the Clarity Act. And the reason for that is that it can’t really be used for settlements after that until at least three digits on the scale.”
This logic is at the heart of his thesis. Claver doesn’t describe the price hike as a side effect of later-introduced services. He argues the opposite: XRP must first reach some kind of critical mass of price and liquidity before it can begin to be used at scale. In his statement, the low-cost asset does not have the bandwidth needed to handle the settlement flows of markets such as stocks, foreign currencies, commodities or real tokenized assets.
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He also stated that XRP is unusually well positioned for this transition. Claver said banks can already hold crypto to make transactions, citing what he described as authority from the OCC, adding that XRP is “already a commodity” in the US in his view. He pointed to Bitnomial’s listing of XRP against the dollar and its treatment alongside Bitcoin and Ether as part of this argument.
From there, the argument gets more heated. Claver said the moment of crisis could create a supply shock that would force XRP materially higher. “I think it’s going to be used at a crunch time and we’re going to have a supply shock that’s going to push it at least triple digits,” he said. “But the four figures could happen before the Clarity Act, but I think I’m not sure about that. The four figures might not happen until after the Clarity Act.”
In a separate video, Claver addressed whether XRP could appreciate significantly by 2030, even if his broader “domino theory” for adoption never fully materializes. His answer was yes, but with limitations. Without simultaneous demand from exchanges, institutions, markets and possibly retail, he said, it would be difficult to achieve a “big exponential move” even as ETFs consume available supply in OTC spaces and dark pools.
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He dismissed the idea of a fixed reset or resistance, arguing that XRP needs a dynamic price that can grow as the network grows in size. “It has to be dynamic and fluid,” Claver said. “If it’s fixed or stagnant, like if it’s connected, it’s not going to provide the same bandwidth over the long term.” He attributed this to a much broader prediction, saying that he believes 80% of the world’s value will be tokenized by the end of 2030, and that XRP will address this backlog.
To illustrate the concept of “critical mass,” Claver compared XRP to the adoption threshold of an ETF. He said the ETF may need to reach $100 million before certain institutions can effectively participate because of position limits and minimum allocation sizes. XRP, he said, faces a similar obstacle: without sufficient liquidity first, effective institutional use cannot begin; without this use, the extreme price goals that many owners discuss will not be realized.
The result is a thesis that rises or falls on one key assumption: markets need XRP to be expensive before it can be used at scale. If that demand shock comes, Claver sees room for a quick rebuild. If that doesn’t happen, he suggested, the four-digit scenario remains unattainable.
At press time, XRP was trading at $1.4067.
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