XRP Surpasses Bitcoin in Search Trends Amid $3 Breakthrough

XRP surgd to $3.15, 50% ris in 15 dys, nring its $3.40 ll-tim high.
XRP/BTC pir brok n 8-yr rsistnc, signling its strngth ginst Bitcoin.
Th cryptocurrncy ovrtook Bitcoin in Googl Trnds, gining 58,000 nw holdrs in 2025.

XRP, th sixth-lrgst cryptocurrncy by mrkt cpitliztion, hs surgd to $3.15 for th first tim sinc 2018, mrking significnt milston in 2025. Ovr th lst 15 dys, th ltcoin hs sord by 50%, lding th pck mong th top 10 cryptocurrncis.

Th digitl sst now sits just 7.7% blow its ll-tim high of $3.40. Optimism is brwing cross th mrkts, with mny nticipting priod of pric discovry in th coming wks. Its pric movmnts hv dmonstrtd rmrkbl rsilinc, wthring mrkt corrctions tht sw mjor cryptocurrncis lik Bitcoin nd Ethereum drop significntly.

Adding to th momntum, it hs ovrtkn Bitcoin in globl Googl srch trnds. As of Jnury 15, it bcm th most srchd cryptocurrncy. An X usr, Cryptowolf, cpturd th sntimnt, noting, XRP flippd Bitcoin on Googl Trnds nd bcm th most populr coin in th world.

Source: Cryptowolf

XRPs Breakthrough Against Bitcoin

Th ltcoins prformnc ginst Bitcoin lso pintd promising pictur on th chrts. Th XRP/BTC trding pir brok n 8-yr dscnding rsistnc, signling th ltcoins growing strngth rltiv to Bitcoin.

Mnwhil, th numbr of holdrs hs grown substntilly, with n dditionl 58,000 holdrs joining th so-clld XRP rmy in 2025. This growth rflcts th ssts strong community support nd long-trm invstmnt outlook mong its holdrs.

In contrst to prvious rllis in th brodr crypto mrkt, th coins rcnt surg hs bn primrily fuld by spot invstors rthr thn drivtivs trdrs. Dom, n ordr flow nlyst, commntd on this trnd, sying tht th coins $3 rtst ws compltly drivn by dmnd from spot holdrs. H furthr notd tht its funding rts nd spot prmiums rmin stbl, suggsting orgnic dmnd. Dom ddd, If I sw this with $BTC, I would simply sy w r going much highr.

XRP Aiming to Flip Ethereum

Th coins rlly hs sprkd spcultion bout its potntil to ovrtk Ethereum. Som community mmbrs suggst tht if it continus to ris t its currnt pc, it could chiv this ft with 2.5x rturn. A trdr boldly dclrd, $XRP will tk ovr $ETH t #2 rlly soon.

For XRP to surpss Ethereums mrkt cpitliztion, it would rquir n inflow of $231 billion. Blockchin, n X ccount, pointd out tht th tokn hs lrdy grown from $50 billion to $180 billion in just two months. With n dditionl $130 billion nd fvorbl rgultory dvlopmnts, th gol pprs ttinbl.

$XRP Needs an inflow of 231 Billion dollars to take over ETH. Is that possible in next few months?
I would say YES indeed,
Reason: $XRP MC went up from $50B to 180B in last 2 months.
In flow of another 130+ Billion probably 230+ billion can easily happen after court win.
Blockchain (@Blockchains01) January 16, 2025

Jth, co-foundr of Sovrun, wighd in on th dbt, mphsizing, thr is no rson to hold ETH ovr $XRP nymor. Whil Ethereum my hv strongr fundmntls, Jth rgus tht th cryptocurrncy bnfits from positiv rgultory momntum, spcilly s th Unitd Stts prprs to ushr in its first pro-crypto govrnmnt on Jnury 20.

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