Could XRP Be the Next Bitcoin?

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XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) has already beaten Bitcoin’s (CRYPTO: BTC) return over the past ten years, so some investors wonder if XRP could become the next Bitcoin. However, Bitcoin’s market value is about 22 times XRP’s, and the two coins serve different purposes.

XRP trades at $1.02, down 25.3% in the last 30 days and 72% below its all-time high. It also trades below its 20-day, 50-day, and 200-day moving averages, which are its average closing prices over those periods.

After a 57.3% drop over the past year, the idea of XRP as “the next Bitcoin” can seem far off. So what would it take for XRP to become the next Bitcoin?

XRP Is Much Smaller Than Bitcoin but Has Beaten Its Returns Before

“The next Bitcoin” can mean matching Bitcoin’s size or matching its returns, and XRP gets a different answer on each.

On size, XRP’s market value is about $64.6 billion, sixth among cryptocurrencies, while Bitcoin’s is about $1.43 trillion. Even a return to XRP’s $3.65 peak from July 2025, about 258% above the current price, could take more money than the first time, because more XRP is in circulation now.