Ash Crypto targets $10 for XRP while Crypto Rover forecasts a lower 12–18 month range
Ash Crypto put XRP at $10, while Crypto Rover forecast a 12–18 month range running from below to above CoinMarketCap's recorded high of $3.84.
Why it matters
The two published forecasts differ widely and only one states a timeframe, so the set offers a spread of expectations rather than a single view, and both come from commentators rather than from the project or an exchange. Finbold's session report, which cites ETF cash inflows alongside the Bitget drain, is the only independently sourced account in the evidence and was not corroborated by the other two outlets.
Where the sources disagree
XRP reference price
XRP recently trading around $1.64
The Crypto Basic
XRP traded around $1.51 on September 24, according to CoinMarketCap
The Crypto Basic, Finbold
The two Crypto Basic pieces use different XRP prices on consecutive days, so percentage-style comparisons to the targets differ between them.
What happened
Crypto commentators Ash Crypto and Crypto Rover published separate XRP forecasts three days apart, and the two do not agree on the numbers. Ash Crypto, who has about 2.1 million followers on X, put XRP at $10 and paired that with Bitcoin at $250,000, Ethereum at $10,000 and Solana at $1,000, plus a $5,000 target for Zcash, no defined upper target for HYPE, and gains of as much as 20 times current value for some mid-caps; The Crypto Basic put XRP near $1.64 when it reported those targets. Crypto Rover, whose X account has about 1.6 million followers, forecast XRP over 12–18 months in a range that falls below and above CoinMarketCap's recorded high of $3.84, and attached the same 12–18 month window to a six-asset outlook covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, Solana, XRP and Chainlink. Ash Crypto gave no date for the $10 target, and The Crypto Basic put XRP near $1.51 the following day, so the two pieces in the set use different reference prices. Finbold, the only independent outlet here, covered neither forecast; it reported XRP trading higher on the day after tokens were drained from the Bitget exchange and described US spot XRP ETFs extending their run of consecutive weekly cash inflows. What is still unclear is whether any of these views carry a stated timeframe beyond Rover's, and none of the three pieces corroborates the figures in the other two.
How the story developed
- First report
First report by The Crypto Basic
Ash Crypto Predicts XRP Price for This Bull Run, Sees It as Biggest in Crypto History
- Independent corroboration
Independently corroborated by Finbold
XRP price performance today amid renewed institutional demand
How coverage built up
Independent sources over time, counted the way the consensus panel counts them: a republication of a wire story does not move the line.
- 23 Sept 2026, 06:43 UTC: The Crypto Basic — 1 independent source, 1 reports
- 24 Sept 2026, 10:21 UTC: The Crypto Basic — 2 independent sources, 2 reports
- 25 Sept 2026, 17:21 UTC: Finbold — 3 independent sources, 3 reports
Affected entities
Also mentioned: United States, Chainlink, Hyperliquid, Sui
Original sources
| Publisher | Report | Role | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Crypto Basic Crypto media | Ash Crypto Predicts XRP Price for This Bull Run, Sees It as Biggest in Crypto History | Original | |
| Finbold Crypto media | XRP price performance today amid renewed institutional demand | Independent | |
| The Crypto Basic Crypto media | Crypto Rover Forecasts XRP Price Range Over 12–18 Months | Syndicated |