The CEO of Digital Ascension Group, Jake Claver, still argues that XRP can reach both triple-digit and quadruple-digit valuations before 2030, even if the US Digital Assets Regulation is not yet in effect. In his latest YouTube comments, Claver didn’t frame that result as a simple call to the market cycle, but as a function of leverage, liquidity, and potential shocks related to institutional acquisitions.
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His main point is that XRP will need to reach a much higher value before it can be used at the scale he envisions for the settlement of all token markets. “I think the three and four digits are both possible before the Clarity Act,” Claver said. “I think three digits is more likely before the Clarity Act and four digits is more likely to appear after the Clarity Act. And the reason for that is that you can’t start paying back until it’s at least three digits on the scale.”
That logic lies at the heart of his thesis. Claver does not describe price appreciation as a side effect of later consumption. He argues the opposite: that XRP must first reach what he calls a critical level of price and liquidity before capitalization can begin. In his opinion, a low-value asset would not have the necessary bandwidth to handle the flow of payments tied to markets such as equities, foreign currencies, commodities, or real-world assets made of tokens.
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He also pointed out that XRP is unusually positioned for that change. Claver said that banks can already hold crypto to settle transactions, citing what he described as a mandate from the OCC, and added that XRP is “already an asset” in the US in his opinion. He pointed to the listing of XRP on Bitnomial against the USD and its treatment there alongside Bitcoin and Ether as part of that reasoning.
From there, the argument escalates. Claver said a critical period could create the kind of supply shock needed to force XRP to rise materially. “I think it’s in a unique position to be used during a crisis and we’re going to have a shock that pushes at least triple digits,” he said. “But four digits could happen before the Clarity Act, but I guess I’m not sure about that. It’s possible that four digits doesn’t happen until after the Clarity Act is passed.”
In a separate video, Claver talked about whether XRP could still appreciate in 2030 even if his broader “domino theory” of adoption doesn’t fully come to fruition. His answer was yes, but with limitations. Without simultaneous demand from exchanges, institutions, markets, and potentially retail, he said “massive exposure moves” will be difficult to achieve, even if ETFs continue to feed on available OTC and black pools.
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He rejected the idea of a fixed price or peg, saying that XRP would require a dynamic price that could continue to rise as the network’s volume grows. “It needs to be dynamic and fluid,” Claver said. “If it’s fixed or static like it would be if it’s fixed, it doesn’t provide the same bandwidth over the long term.” He tied that to a much broader prediction, saying he believes 80% of the global value will be tokenized by the end of 2030 and that XRP will solve that back-to-back task.
To illustrate the concept of “critical weight”, Claver compared XRP to ETF acquisition limits. He said the ETF may need to reach $100 million before certain institutions can meaningfully participate, due to position limits and small share sizes. XRP, he said, faces the same obstacle: without sufficient capital first, the rational use of the institution does not begin; without that being used, the extreme price that many owners negotiate is not possible.
The result is a thesis that rises or falls on one key assumption: that markets will need XRP to be expensive before they can use it at scale. If that demand shock comes, Claver sees room for a quick price reset. Otherwise, he suggested, the four-digit status remains out of reach.
At press time, XRP traded at $1.4067.
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