Despite the current XRP price struggles, projections of a rally to three digits have emerged

Notably, the XRP price action has failed to reflect the broader market recovery. For context, Bitcoin (BTC), the pioneering crypto asset, is up 11.52% this week

Despite the current struggles of the XRP price to recover and capitalize on the broader crypto market's rally, some analysts have set their sights on three-digit projections for the asset. But what could be the main catalysts for such a strong bullish run in the long term?

While Bitcoin (BTC) price has blitzed through $95K again amid five consecutive days of green candles and is now aiming for the next goal at $100,000, the price of XRP has failed to capitalize on the broader market recovery.

Specifically, while BTC is up 11.52% this week, the XRP price is only 5.34% in the same period. Moreover, the altcoin has seen two days of red candles this week, struggling around the $2.2 region and failing to break above the strong resistance at this price.

However, even though the crypto market has seen some stellar gains this week, with BTC, ETH, and ADA all notching up double-digit gains, analysts are still optimistic about the potential for XRP to claim even greater heights, given the asset's robust utility.

XRP To $100 Predictions

Although more feasible targets like $10 and $27 have been set by technical analysts for the near-term, some market commentators see the possibility of more ambitious goals like $100 in the long-term.

For instance, market watcher Levi Rietveld, known on Twitter as "Lecoin," stated last September that he was 100% certain the XRP price could claim the $100 mark.

Most recently, analyst 'BarriC' suggested that market participants would happily procure XRP for $100 per token in the future.

However, critics have pointed out the potential impact on the crypto's market cap. For context, XRP has a total supply of 99 billion tokens at press time.

If the asset reaches a $100 price with this supply, its fully diluted market cap would amount to $99 trillion.

To put this into perspective, this is larger than Bitcoin's current valuation of $1.9 trillion and the global crypto market cap of $2.97 trillion. It would also make XRP the biggest token in the world, putting it ahead of gold at $22 trillion.

What Could Help XRP Price Hit $100?

As a result, a drastic reduction in the supply through token burns could theoretically support the asset's prospects. One avenue to achieve this could come from incinerating Ripple’s escrow stash, currently standing at 36.8 billion tokens, according to XRPScan data.

Some members of the XRP community have been urging Ripple to adopt this approach. However, the company’s CTO, David Schwartz, has advised against it, arguing that it would have no beneficial impact on the XRP price.

Schwartz cited a similar move by Stellar (XLM) in 2019, where they burned a portion of their tokens, which ultimately failed to improve the XLM price condition.

Meanwhile, following President Donald Trump's announcement of including XRP in the U.S. crypto stockpile, some community members on X have highlighted the possibility of donating the escrowed tokens to the U.S. government. However, the potential consequence of this donation on the XRP price remains unclear.

In addition, even if the entirety of Ripple’s escrowed supply is permanently removed, the remaining tokens, totaling 63 billion, would still present an obstacle to its rally to $100.

At a supply of 63 billion tokens, XRP would have a fully diluted market cap of $6.3 trillion if 1 XRP hits $100. Again, this is still larger than Bitcoin's and the broader crypto market's valuations.

The only factor that could further bring this price prospect into the realm of reality is if the overall cryptocurrency market expands significantly.

It's worth noting that XRP's market cap dominance reached a peak of 5.56% in February 2025. If this dominant claimed 6% at an XRP market cap of $6.8 trillion, the broader crypto market would have a valuation of $113.33 trillion.

Meanwhile, Bitcoin currently has a market cap dominance of 64.52%. With a broader crypto market valuation of $113.33 trillion, this 64.52% dominance would translate to a Bitcoin market cap of $73.13 trillion.

Considering Bitcoin's total supply of 21 million, this market cap leads to a price of $3.4 million per BTC. Interestingly, last October, VanEck predicted Bitcoin could hit $3 million by 2050.