{"id":26275,"date":"2025-05-12T08:55:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T08:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/will-ripple-xrp-outperform-bitcoin-in-2025-3-factors-to-consider\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T08:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T08:55:15","slug":"will-ripple-xrp-outperform-bitcoin-in-2025-3-factors-to-consider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=26275","title":{"rendered":"Will Ripple (XRP) Outperform Bitcoin in 2025? 3 Factors to Consider"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Will XRP outperform BTC in 2025? In the following piece we try to provide some clarity on what\u2019s undoubtedly one of the most commonly asked question by Ripple enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

That said, this market cycle seems to be quite different than the previous ones in that Bitcoin continues to dominate and altcoins are unable to catch up. In the past year, BTC\u2019s dominance has increased from around 53% to 62%.<\/p>\n

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What does this tell us? Well, at the very least, with one slight exception around November 2024, there has been a pronounced lack of \u201caltcoin seasons,\u201d or periods when altcoins were performing better than Bitcoin. However, this doesn\u2019t mean that a single altcoin, like XRP, can\u2019t be a better performer than BTC going forward in 2025. Let\u2019s take a look at a few factors that might contribute to it.<\/p>\n

Ripple\u2019s Expansion in Cross-Border Payments<\/h2>\n

Beyond technicalities and ecosystem development, a tangible expansion of Ripple\u2019s operations within the cross-border payment field could prove to be a catalyst for XRP\u2019s price. And they seem to have their under the radar as well, but perhaps not in the way many tradfi aficionados were expecting.<\/p>\n

As\u00a0CryptoPotato\u00a0<\/em>reported<\/a>, there were rumors that Ripple made an offer to buy Cricle for $5 billion. To those unfamiliar, Circle is the issuer of the second-largest (and fully regulated) stablecoin in the world \u2013 USDC. Despite the reported refusal, it seems obvious that Brad Garlinghouse and his team are pushing to expand their presence in the stablecoin industry, which, according to many, is one of the best and proven use cases for crypto.<\/p>\n

This is also evidenced by Ripple\u2019s own effort in the space \u2013 the RLUSD stablecoin launched earlier this year. Although nowhere near the leading stablecoins, it does boast a circulating supply of around $320 million and $100 million worth of trading volume for the past 24 hours. In addition, RLUSD is MiCA-compliant<\/a>, meaning that it aims to chip away directly at USDT\u2019s dominance in Western Europe.<\/p>\n

XRP ETFs: A Potential Price Rally Trigger?<\/h2>\n

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds<\/a> launched at the beginning of 2024 and they\u2019ve been a major catalyst for its price, spurring a wave of institutional and retail investments.<\/p>\n

Many analysts hope that the same will happen to XRP if spot ETFs are approved<\/a> by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.<\/p>\n

Nate Geraci, president at ETF Store said:<\/p>\n

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[\u2026] seems obvious [that] spot XRP ETF approval [is] simply a matter of time IMO. And yes, I expect BlackRock, Fidelity, etc, to all be involved. XRP Currently 3rd largest non-stablecoin crypto asset by market cap. Largest ETF issuers aren\u2019t going to ignore this.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But even if that\u2019s the case, it\u2019s important to remain objective and realistic. The mere approval of an ETF could act as a short-term price catalyst for speculators, but it alone isn\u2019t enough for sustained, long-term growth.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s interesting to see what happens in this regard, though, because there is a company behind XRP after all and it could leverage the products into new potential partnerships and avenues.<\/p>\n

Macroeconomic Environment<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s no secret that the macroeconomic environment plays a major role when it comes to crypto prices. This became obvious as daylight with Donald Trump\u2019s recent trade war with basically the entire world.<\/p>\n

But a strong US economy and Trump\u2019s promise to make the country the capital of crypto could play into the favor of US-based companies. Many have already confirmed a notable shift in sentiment towards these entities where people were previously sceptical to work with them are now more than eager.<\/p>\n

Ripple is one of the largest cryptocurrency firms along the ranks of Coinbase, Kraken, and others. Favorable regulations and a thriving local economy could also benefit its futre and, by extention, that of XRP.<\/p>\n

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Will XRP outperform BTC in 2025? In the following piece we try to provide some clarity on what\u2019s undoubtedly one of the most commonly asked question by Ripple enthusiasts. That said, this market cycle seems to be quite different than the previous ones in that Bitcoin continues to dominate and altcoins are unable to catch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-26275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26275\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}