- Market analysts project a wide range of bullish outcomes for XRP, climbing to $189 by 2033 or even $1,000 by 2030 under aggressive adoption.
- Ripple emphasizes a regulatory-first approach with custody solutions and its stablecoin RLUSD, targeting Asia-Pacific as a growth hub.
Ripple’s aggressive push to tokenize real-world assets is increasing debate over whether XRP has the potential to hit triple-digit price levels in the next decade. As the global tokenization is set to hit $18.9 trillion by 2033, the strategy of the company has been met with both positive anticipation and pessimism.
XRP Price To Boom In 2033?
The story around XRP price surge developed as Ripple reinforced its partnership with the Blockchain Association of Singapore (BAS). The collaboration highlights the goal of the company to make XRP the preferred bridge asset to tokenized securities, stablecoins, and international payments. Analysts believe that this shift may be groundbreaking, so long as Ripple gets a decent share of the trillion-dollar pie.
One of the more optimistic scenarios has been put forward by market analyst Brad Kimes, the host of Digital Perspectives. He sees XRP reaching a high of $10.40 by 2026 followed by an increase of up to $54.20 by 2029, and finally reaching the $189 level by 2033. This would reflect returns of over 6,600% of XRP based on its current trading value of around $2.80, as reported by CNF.
Ripple has framed the adoption of tokenization as the use of digital asset custody all along. The firm, in its collaboration with Boston Consulting Group, also emphasised the role of custody solutions to deliver regulatory protections and operational stability that institutional participants need.
Ripple highlights five key aspects that they view as fundamental:
- Compliance by default
- Customizable custody models
- Stability to disruption
- Robust governance with transparency
- Systems to scale the adoption of stablecoins into global finance
Ripple highlighted all these themes at the recent workshop conducted in Singapore wherein the company presented its regulated stablecoin, Ripple USD (RLUSD). Supported one-to-one by U.S. dollars and managed through a New York Trust Charter, RLUSD indicates Ripple’s regulatory-first vision, and the independent audit provides transparency.
What’s Going On With Ripple?
A major testing ground for Ripple seems to be the Asia-Pacific region. New data indicate that in APAC, 71% of financial institutions have become more confident in digital assets in the last six months, and more than half intend to implement custody solutions in 3 years, as mentioned in our previous story. Ripple is speculating that this will drive more rapid adoption of XRP as a liquidity service in tokenized markets.
There are not only upward projections. Dom Kwok, the co-founder of EasyA, feels that, in the case of aggressive adoption, XRP would go as high as $1,000 by the year 2030. Conversely, scientists at Bitwise have suggested that unless there is strong momentum on the tokenization front, XRP may fall to as little as $0.13 during this period.
In the short term, the future of XRP depends on whether Ripple can use the idea of custody as the foundation of tokenized finance and establish its role in a multi-trillion-dollar ecosystem.
