Washington is ‘more likely’ to favor a diversified “basket” of digital assets than a Bitcoin‑only reserve.
An outspoken crypto analyst has doubled down on a provocative claim: Ripple is allegedly spending “millions of dollars” to influence the composition of a potential U.S. strategic crypto reserve so that XRP sits alongside — not behind — Bitcoin (BTC).
Ripple Bull Winkle, the host of the popular YouTube show, built his latest video around resurfaced comments from Strike CEO Jack Mallers, Brad Garlinghouse’s long‑term crypto outlook.
Then, he reviews the freshest Ripple partnerships, arguing that XRP is positioned to become part of a diversified, state‑level digital asset basket.
Bitcoin Maxi Alarm: “Ripple is Spending Big”
The centerpiece of the video is an older clip of Jack Mallers, who says he can “confirm that Ripple is spending millions of dollars to undermine a strategic Bitcoin reserve in America.”
In the footage, Mallers criticizes Ripple as “a for‑profit company” that “prints its own token in XRP” and is “asking the U.S. government to support its monopolies,” calling the push “corporate lobbying disguised as innovation.”
The analyst frames Mallers’ frustration as fear that the U.S. will not adopt a Bitcoin‑only reserve strategy, but instead opt for a basket of assets.
He speculates that any such basket would likely include Bitcoin and XRP, and possibly other majors such as Chainlink, Ondo, Ethereum, Solana and even Cardano, on the logic that “the U.S. isn’t going to be putting all of their eggs in one basket.”
Ripple’s Partnerships Plumbing Over Price
Building his thesis, the host highlights comments from Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, who recently said he is “very bullish on crypto in 2026” and speaks in 5-10 year horizons. The analyst interprets this as a quiet acknowledgement that the vast majority of current tokens will disappear, with a small group of regulated, institutionally aligned projects surviving.
He then points to Ripple’s renewed custody partnership with BBVA in Turkey, citing statements from Ripple’s director for the Middle East and Africa as evidence of growing regional confidence. The focus, he stresses, is on “plumbing” — the underlying payment and custody infrastructure — not short‑term XRP price spikes.
XRP’s Trillion‑Dollar Bid & The Long HODL
On the numbers, the analyst says that during recording XRP was trading around $1.90 and outlines a technical roadmap: potential pullbacks toward $0.65-$0.30, a key “top hurdle” near $3.40, then price discovery targeting roughly $6.50 as an initial area of interest.
Mr. Bull Winkle argues that narrative catalysts — such as a hypothetical BlackRock or Fidelity XRP ETF announcement, followed by live ETF trading and explicit government or banking usage of XRP — would be needed to push the asset into “double‑digit territory.”
Ripple Bull Winkle repeatedly asserts that XRP will eventually reach a $1 trillion market cap, citing internal calculations that this would correspond to roughly $16.47 per token. A recent article on his site places that milestone in a broad 2027-2036 window.
Framed as an 800% upside from current levels over up to a decade, Ripple Bull Winkle contrasts this with slower stock market returns and urges viewers to decide whether they are willing to hold through another cycle.
The final message is blunt: in his view, institutional plumbing is being laid now, governments are quietly choosing their digital settlement rails, and retail investors risk being shaken out before the structural shifts in liquidity — if they materialize — show up in XRP’s price.
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