XRP jumps as ex-Goldman analyst forecasts $1,000 by 2030

XRP rose 9.3% on Monday to an intraday high of $1.29 after on-chain data showed wallets holding at least 1 million XRP now control 74.1% of the circulating supply. At press time XRP traded around $1.22, up about 3.25% over the previous 24 hours. Former Goldman Sachs analyst Dom Kwok projected a $1,000 price for XRP by 2030.

The price increase coincided with a broader altcoin rebound following a U.S.-Iran deal that eased geopolitical pressure on risk assets. Bitcoin climbed to about $65,300, oil prices dropped more than 3%, and gold gained nearly 2%. Several major altcoins also recorded gains.

On-chain metrics show large holders added roughly 1.53 billion XRP over the past six months. Market analytics firm Santiment reported that market sentiment for XRP had fallen to its weakest level since October 2025 and noted that prior periods of extreme pessimism often came before sharp recoveries. Santiment added, ‘When improving macro conditions align with steady whale accumulation, sharp recoveries like this will generally happen quickly.’

Dom Kwok, co-founder of learning app EasyA and a former Goldman Sachs analyst, tied his $1,000 forecast to on-chain use and applications built on the XRP Ledger. He said value can flow to the token as developers and businesses build on the ledger and argued that many new crypto entrants will buy assets other than Bitcoin and Ethereum. Kwok added, ‘They aren’t buying Bitcoin and Ethereum, they’re really going to be buying XRP.’

A rise from about $1.22 to $1,000 would represent an increase of roughly 81,867% and would push XRP’s market capitalization above $60 trillion. Achieving that level by 2030 would depend on a substantial rise in global crypto adoption and widespread commercial use of the XRP Ledger for payments and tokenization.

Traders are watching Ripple’s institutional payment network expansion, tokenization projects on the XRP Ledger, ongoing whale accumulation trends, and broader market sentiment for signs of further price movement.