XRP Price to Overtake Bitcoin as Predicted by Ripple ex-CTO
XRP (XRP)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
cryptocurrency.com.tr reports that Ripple ex-CTO David Schwartz believes XRP will one day surpass Bitcoin in market value. Schwartz predicts that XRP will grow faster than BTC, though it needs to reach a strong double-digit price to achieve this overtaking. The outlet highlights this forecast as a key prediction for the asset's future performance relative to the market leader.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for XRP, measured when this story was written up on 16 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
XRP is trading at $1.28 with a 24-hour spot volume of $420,875,434. The 24-hour buy ratio sits at 50.1%, indicating a near-even split between buyers and sellers, while the 1-hour ratio is slightly higher at 53.0% and the 4-hour ratio is lower at 48.9%. Volume delta shows a net inflow of +$1,312,875 over the day, contrasting with a -$900,032 outflow in the 4-hour window. This suggests that while short-term selling pressure exists, the broader daily trend remains net positive, with CVD closing at +$535,740.
The latest daily buy ratio of 50.6% sits at the 83rd percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 48.5% - stronger buying than most days.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for XRP, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, XRP experienced a 9.4% price decline and a total volume delta of -$10,071,420. Today's 24-hour volume of $420,875,434 is 2.27 times the average, marking a significantly busier day than usual. However, only 2 of the past 7 days saw net buying, and the current 24-hour buy ratio of 50.1% is just 1.2 points above the 7-day average of 49.0%. This indicates that despite higher activity, the weekly trend remains predominantly bearish.