[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Chris Vermeer [@cvermeer3](/creator/twitter/cvermeer3) on x XX followers Created: 2025-07-18 05:51:03 UTC I keep seeing all these Ripple promotions floating around on X, and people claiming it’s going to hit $XXXXX. Seriously—what the hell makes you think you have any chance? Bitcoin is the Kleenex, the Coca-Cola, the WD-40 of digital assets. It is the name brand—a universal language. You can walk into any country and say “Bitcoin,” and people will understand you. Let’s be real: there’s about $XXX trillion of global value out there. For Ripple (XRP) to be worth $XXXXX per coin, it would need a market cap of over $XX trillion. That’s more than double the entire world’s GDP. It’s delusional. And who do you think is going to be investing the most money into this space going forward? Not retail investors. Not influencers. It’s going to be corporations, governments, banks, pension funds, BlackRock, nation-states. And why on earth would they ever bet their billions and trillions on an insecure, centralized, permissioned system like Ripple, when they can buy the most secure, decentralized, antifragile digital asset in existence—Bitcoin? Bitcoin doesn’t need to be used for buying coffee. That’s not the point. You don’t buy a chocolate bar with a gold bar. Bitcoin is digital gold, the foundation, the base layer. The Lightning Network already exists if you want fast, cheap transactions, and it’s built on top of the most secure protocol in history. What does Ripple offer that actually improves on what Bitcoin already provides? What does it do better? What makes you think that its differences are not only valuable, but somehow more valuable? Bitcoin is immortal, trustless, borderless, permissionless, and doesn’t rely on a single company, CEO, or foundation to survive. Ripple can’t say the same. So no—XRP is not the future of money. Bitcoin already is. XX engagements  **Related Topics** [kleenex](/topic/kleenex) [bitcoin](/topic/bitcoin) [coins layer 1](/topic/coins-layer-1) [coins bitcoin ecosystem](/topic/coins-bitcoin-ecosystem) [coins pow](/topic/coins-pow) [$ko](/topic/$ko) [stocks consumer defensive](/topic/stocks-consumer-defensive) [$wdfc](/topic/$wdfc) [Post Link](https://x.com/cvermeer3/status/1946085285546410349)
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Chris Vermeer @cvermeer3 on x XX followers
Created: 2025-07-18 05:51:03 UTC
I keep seeing all these Ripple promotions floating around on X, and people claiming it’s going to hit $XXXXX. Seriously—what the hell makes you think you have any chance?
Bitcoin is the Kleenex, the Coca-Cola, the WD-40 of digital assets. It is the name brand—a universal language. You can walk into any country and say “Bitcoin,” and people will understand you.
Let’s be real: there’s about $XXX trillion of global value out there. For Ripple (XRP) to be worth $XXXXX per coin, it would need a market cap of over $XX trillion. That’s more than double the entire world’s GDP. It’s delusional.
And who do you think is going to be investing the most money into this space going forward? Not retail investors. Not influencers. It’s going to be corporations, governments, banks, pension funds, BlackRock, nation-states.
And why on earth would they ever bet their billions and trillions on an insecure, centralized, permissioned system like Ripple, when they can buy the most secure, decentralized, antifragile digital asset in existence—Bitcoin?
Bitcoin doesn’t need to be used for buying coffee. That’s not the point. You don’t buy a chocolate bar with a gold bar. Bitcoin is digital gold, the foundation, the base layer. The Lightning Network already exists if you want fast, cheap transactions, and it’s built on top of the most secure protocol in history.
What does Ripple offer that actually improves on what Bitcoin already provides?
What does it do better?
What makes you think that its differences are not only valuable, but somehow more valuable?
Bitcoin is immortal, trustless, borderless, permissionless, and doesn’t rely on a single company, CEO, or foundation to survive. Ripple can’t say the same.
So no—XRP is not the future of money. Bitcoin already is.
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