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Crypto commentator and analyst Jesse, of Apex Crypto Insights, said he believes $XRP’s price is being held back deliberately, pointing to a pattern of sharp rallies that reverse just as quickly. “You saw $XRP ramp up and all of a sudden shoots back down,” Jesse said. “To me, it’s like, okay, they’re suppressing the price.”
Jesse said he no longer believes the goal is to stop ordinary investors from profiting, an idea he initially considered. He now suspects the price is being kept in check simply because those he believes control it are not yet ready to let it move freely.
For context, $XRP surged more than 45% last week, climbing as high as $1.66 before pulling back. Many $XRP supporters had expected the rally to push toward $2, but the price has since slipped back below $1.40.
A Theory Tied to a 1960s Economic Problem
Jesse linked his view to the Triffin Dilemma, a concept identified by an economist in the 1960s. It holds that no national currency, including the US dollar, can serve indefinitely as the world’s reserve currency, because doing so eventually forces that country into chronic trade deficits to keep global markets supplied with liquidity.
He said the International Monetary Fund tried to address this in 1968 by creating Special Drawing Rights as a supplementary reserve asset. That effort largely failed, he said, because the rights were limited to central banks, which kept them from gaining the liquidity needed for wider use.
Jesse argued $XRP could succeed where Special Drawing Rights fell short, pointing to public remarks from figures including Donald Trump and Treasury officials about the need for a more level global financial system, which he interprets as indirect nods toward the $XRP Ledger.
He was careful to also explain that the theory remains speculative, acknowledging that the price swings he’s describing could just as easily reflect ordinary trading activity rather than any coordinated effort.
