Xena (@XenaXRP), a well-known voice in the XRP community, weighed in this week as familiar tensions resurfaced over price predictions.
Her post addressed the growing divide between XRP commentators, specifically as criticism intensified around bold forecasts that failed to materialize by the end of the year. Her message aimed to cool tensions among community members.
The XRP Family is divided again.
Every year that passed, someone had a price prediction. It's a part of the game, the community always does that.
Even the bear made one, the only one for the end of 2018 : $589+
The bear was wrong on this one and Brad admitted that he didn't… pic.twitter.com/pZTEeNmYKF
— Xena XRP (@XenaXrp) December 30, 2025
Price Predictions Have Always Been Part of XRP
Xena began by stating that price predictions are not a new phenomenon in the XRP ecosystem. “Every year that passed, someone had a price prediction,” she wrote, calling it a long-standing feature of the community rather than a recent problem.
She pointed back to 2018, when even bearish commentators issued extreme forecasts. Xena referenced the end of 2018 prediction of $589 or more, which never happened. She argued the failure came from incorrect assumptions about regulatory readiness, not from bad faith.
According to Xena, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse later admitted that the company underestimated how far behind the U.S. government was on crypto regulation.
Delays Changed the Timeline
Xena argued that regulatory delays, not flawed logic, derailed early expectations. After Brad Garlinghouse acknowledged the regulatory reality, bearish sentiment intensified. She referenced the launch of Loadstar as a turning point.
Xena said that with regulation in place, outcomes could have differed. “It’s not about trade. It’s a repricing,” she wrote, adding that XRP’s value depends on utility and regulatory clarity, not speculation.
Challenging the Speculation Narrative
Xena also revisited Garlinghouse’s statement that “XRP is not a speculative asset.” While acknowledging that many disagree, she questioned the authority of those critics. She then turned her attention to content creators.
Xena questioned how end-of-year price predictions are considered harmful, while click-driven videos with aggressive titles are treated as acceptable. In her view, both rely on conviction and opinion, not certainty.
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The Dispute Within the Community
Xena’s comments come as Levi Rietveld continues to criticize Jake Claver for outlandish XRP predictions. Claver has suggested XRP could trade in the thousands and has maintained double-digit targets before the end of 2025. As XRP remained under $2 near the year’s end, Rietveld intensified his criticism.
Xena did not endorse Claver’s numbers. Instead, she questioned the credibility of attacking others for behavior that many XRP YouTubers previously displayed.
A Call for Consistency
Xena closed by urging introspection. Price predictions, she argued, are opinions backed by belief, not guarantees. Being wrong does not justify public shaming when the same mistakes exist across the community. Dividing the XRP community over predictions only weakens it, especially when critics once made similar calls themselves.
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