Jake Claver predicts XRP hits $1,000 by 2026 with institutional adoption

Jake Claver says XRP can trade in three to four digits if banks adopt Ripple’s stack. He pointed to a 2026 window on the Paul Barron Podcast and floated $1,000 under “right conditions.” Source Podcast

He ties the upside to institutional adoption of Ripple’s infrastructure and ongoing acquisitions. Source Source

XRP still trades below $1.40. Far from double digits today. Source

What he’s watching
- Banks and asset managers moving onto Ripple rails. He named BNY Mellon, Fidelity, Citi, Franklin Templeton, JPMorgan. Podcast
- Ripple’s product push: Hidden Road into Ripple Prime, GTreasury, Ripple Treasury, and RLUSD updates. He framed this as a broader “Ripple One” stack. Hidden Road Ripple Treasury RLUSD
- ETFs and Digital Asset Treasuries driving inflows. US spot XRP ETFs are seeing steady demand, but not yet at $1,000-by-year-end scale. Source

He echoed Ripple president Monica Long on 2026 as the institutional growth story. Source

His hurdle is market depth. “If you have a huge market cap for XRP… it will be very difficult to move that price with the inflows or outflows,” he said. Podcast