Jake Claver Says “I’m More Bullish on XRP Than I’ve Ever Been”, XRP Army Reacts

Jake Claver, Chairman at Digital Ascension Group, who watched XRP for years, recently said he’s never felt this confident about the digital asset. He told his followers that he is now more bullish on XRP than he’s ever been.

The crypto investor highlighted multiple reasons for his bullish stance. The catalysts he mentioned can rapidly boost XRP’s adoption and aid its price growth.

I'm more bullish on XRP than I've ever been. New projects keep launching on the XRPL, and Ripple's payments software is expanding, the more it gets used, the more useful it becomes, and the gravity keeps building.

— Jake Claver, QFOP (@beyond_broke) June 20, 2026

The Core Argument

Claver’s reasoning rests on three points. New projects keep launching on the XRP Ledger. Ripple’s payments software keeps expanding. Usage and utility feed each other in a loop he describes as “the gravity keeps building.” He treats adoption as self-reinforcing. More use creates more usefulness, and more usefulness creates more use.

This isn’t a random burst of optimism. The past year has given Ripple plenty of material. The XRP Ledger now hosts an AI Starter Kit for agentic payments, letting AI agents transact directly using XRP and RLUSD. Mastercard, WebBank, and Gemini also ran a pilot on the ledger to settle credit card transactions.

Ripple also joined Mastercard’s AI payments network as a launch partner. On the funding side, Ripple shifted toward a distributed model in 2026, moving away from centralized grants and toward regional hubs and independent organizations.

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Engagement Tells Its Own Story

The replies split sharply between believers and skeptics. XRP Healthcare, one of the major projects on the XRP Ledger, called its growth proof that the network effect is “only getting started.” It pointed to AI, healthcare, and tokenization as new pillars beyond payments. Another reply argued that utility and demand build value together, calling the network effect hard to ignore.

Not everyone agreed. Several replies referenced Claver’s past predictions that didn’t pan out, including a call for $1,000 XRP in 2025. One person pointed out XRP couldn’t reach $4 in 2025 despite years of bullish calls dating back to 2018. Another flagged the price sitting at $1.14 and dropping, adding that XRP falls further with every prediction Claver makes.

One commenter asked what would happen if XRP were still under $2 in a year. Another asked what projects Claver was bullish about. Claver received significant backlash from the community. However, this has not shaken his bullish stance. He has backed XRP for years, and is currently more excited than he’s ever been for the asset’s future.