XRP has too much quantity on hand, so unless we see a 200% jump I'm staying put and slowly accumulating.
That's why I don't see how folks can expect this coin to ever hit $10. After studying this market the only way XRP could hit more than $5 is if massive amounts are burned off per day.
That means near universal industry utilization.
$1 is a more realistic goal and we should see the corresponding market value of XRP slowly reflect this over the years.
A pump and dump may occur with whales trying to play on the greed of early XRP investors but the actual currency is designed to be cheap to keep transaction costs low.
think of it like this.....
the dollar is the world reserve currency. all business in trade is done by the dollar. you need the dollar to do business transactions internationally....well take out the dollar and out in ripple as the new fast way to exchange money internationally. the banks will have to hold a certain amount of ripple to exchange in order to do international business transactions. given that banks in japan, china, middle east, and Romania are already testing this protocol....well 36 billion may seem like a lot but omce banks start buying ti up for money transfers it will disappear fast. they are cautious now and doing their due diligence with proof of concepts and experimental testing...but once it goes live....well you see how many countries need the dollar and have it in their holdings. their banks will do the same thing to e able to launder money for the cartels faster (joking here)...maybe. but 36 billion is nothing...like buying amazon stock when it was 20 dollars