This Former Goldman Sachs Analyst Forecasts XRP’s Exponential Price Boom To $1,000 By 2030 ⋆ ZyCrypto

A Former Goldman analyst has ignited a firestorm across the X social media platform with his bold XRP price prediction of $1,000 by 2030. For the Ripple-promoted crypto to reach those levels, it would need to rally over 52,000% from current levels.

XRP To $1,000 By 2030?

An audacious figure of $1,000 per XRP was predicted by ex-Goldman Sachs analyst Dom Kwok for 2030-end.

Kwok, who is the co-founder of EasyA, a Web3 education platform with direct XRPL grants, has doubled down on his forecast in a Jan. 23 X post. 

“fyi i did not go grey at the age of 30 for $XRP to be worth any less than $1,000 by 2030,” Kwok wrote on X.

The analyst’s stance is in line with the view that XRP’s growth trajectory should be assessed through a long-term lens rather than short-term price spikes.

XRP is the native cryptocurrency on the XRP Ledger, a blockchain designed to enable real-time, low-cost cross-border settlements. Ripple uses XRP to provide fast payment solutions to financial institutions such as banks, payment service providers, and crypto businesses.

The XRP price was hovering around $1.91 as of press time, maintaining its position as the fifth-largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $116.3 billion. A $1,000 price target implies an astonishing 52,256% upside. This price tag would also translate to a market cap of over $100 trillion, which is five times the current global GDP.

Nonetheless, XRP adherents believe token burns, institutional demand fueled by inflows into spot ETFs, cross-border volume, strategic partnerships, ongoing ecosystem development, and increased regulatory clarity will produce the liquidity surge and demand shock required to trigger a rapid price eruption toward quadruple-digit levels.

As you may recall, Ripple officially settled a prolonged lawsuit with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in August 2025, a case that had negatively weighed on the XRP price for years. The falling exchange reserves further keep the bigger-picture case intact for XRP. But whether the payments-focused token could realistically reach the ambitious $1,000 mark by 2030 remains to be seen. 

In the meantime, XRP’s journey, buoyed by solid fundamentals, ensures it will remain a recognized crypto with a promising future in both the cryptocurrency and fintech worlds.