A year-old paper about XRP’s price potential just found new relevance. Crypto commentator Digital Asset Investor (@digitalassetbuy) recently revived the argument, noting a piece by Mark Phillips saying XRP was designed for $10,000.
The timing raises a question few had considered before. What happens to that math when AI agents start transacting too?
XRP Is Designed For Billions & Four Digits+
Watch The Full Youtube Video Here:https://t.co/Y4rM1qctMj pic.twitter.com/0skyts8IbV— Digital Asset Investor (@digitalassetbuy) July 7, 2026
Digital Asset Investor’s Comments
In the video, Digital Asset Investor explained that Phillips wrote his paper a long time ago. He said the paper argues XRP’s design is evidence for its price potential. He then read out the key line from the paper, a quote from XRP Ledger co-creator Arthur Britto. Britto said the XRP Ledger “must be scalable to accommodate 7.5 billion people.”
Digital Asset Investor paused on that number. He pointed out that Britto made this statement years before the current AI boom. His exact words were, “I don’t even think Arthur Britto accounted for AI agents.” He followed that by saying it’s not just 7.5 billion people anymore. There’s no telling how many billion AI agents could also end up using the network.
The Scale Argument
Digital Asset Investor’s point centers on scale. The original 7.5 billion figure was human account holders alone. His argument suggests that the number understates the real potential user base. If AI agents start transacting on the XRP Ledger the same way people do, the total demand on the network could be far higher than Britto ever accounted for in 2017.
His argument extends the analysis from Phillips’ paper. The original design case focused on the human population. Digital Asset Investor stretches that case into a new category of user that didn’t exist in any meaningful way when Britto made his original comment.
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The Paper Behind the Claim
Phillips’ paper supports the number that Digital Asset Investor cited. Phillips used Britto’s 7.5 billion quote as the foundation for his argument that XRP was built for global-scale use, not retail-level trading volume. He tied this to features like XRP’s divisibility and its fast settlement times, arguing these were built for a payment network serving billions of users.
Looking Ahead
Digital Asset Investor’s video reframes a years-old design argument for the current moment. While some critics believe only Bitcoin can scale globally, Britto’s vision and the rise of AI agents could send XRP to greater heights.
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