Ripple Exec Says XRP Could ‘Flip’ Bitcoin: How Could It Happen?

Ripple Chief Technology Officer Emeritus David Schwartz said in an X Space Wednesday that XRP(CRYPTO: XRP) could one day overtake <a href="https://xpertsstudio.com/bitcoin-support-breaks-as-dollar-weakness-persists/” title=”Bitcoin support breaks as dollar weakness persists”>Bitcoin(CRYPTO: BTC) in market cap if the XRP Ledger keeps gaining ground.

Schwartz said it would be possible, though not through Bitcoin shrinking but XRP growing faster than Bitcoin in a world where digital assets broadly succeed. 

He pointed to the XRP Ledger’s higher speed, greater functionality, and ability to support features Bitcoin cannot as the factors that could help it capture a disproportionate share of that growth. 

“I think that the world where that happens is the world where all the markets grow much, much larger,” Schwartz said.

Why ETF Flows Tell a Different Story Right Now

XRP spot ETFs recorded two consecutive days of inflows on Sept. 8 and 9, pulling in a combined $13.84 million while Bitcoin spot ETFs posted two straight days of outflows totaling $166.89 million over the same stretch

The divergence points to investors actively adding XRP exposure while pulling capital from Bitcoin funds during the broader market sell-off, a setup that gives some weight to Schwartz’s long-term thesis even in the short term.

What the Elliott Wave Analysis Shows

Analyst EGRAG Crypto posted on X an updated Elliott Wave count for XRP based on the last two to three years of price action, flagging three upside targets if the macro count continues to play out:

• $14 — first major Elliott Wave target
• $27 — mid-range expansion target
• $48 — full macro count target

EGRAG noted these targets come from an updated wave structure rather than the prior count, with new waves and a cleaner macro view built on recent price action.

Where XRP Stands in the Broader Picture

XRP flipping Bitcoin remains a long-shot scenario by any measure, with Bitcoin’s market cap currently sitting multiples above XRP’s. 

Schwartz himself framed it as a possibility rather than a prediction, and tied it entirely to the XRP Ledger’s ability to capture functionality-driven demand in an expanding digital asset market. 

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