For XRP to reach $10, it would need to experience a substantial jump from its current value. However, Digital Asset Investor has shifted attention to a different issue: the exact amount of capital required to enter the market and shift XRP through the order book.
During a video shared on X, he looked closely at an assertion made by Chad Steingraber, who utilized artificial intelligence to evaluate XRP order books and calculate the funds necessary to drive the asset’s price toward $10.
Digital Asset Investor Examines XRP Order Books
Opening his commentary, Digital Asset Investor addressed Steingraber’s breakdown of the XRP order books. Steingraber noted that his method involved deploying an AI system to inspect the market and review automated orders, bypassing human-placed bids. The assessment then calculated the financial investment required to elevate XRP to $10.
Digital Asset Investor cautioned that traders ought not view every visible sell order as guaranteed, committed liquidity. Pointing out that “far asks are not committed liquidity,” he suggested that numerous orders positioned between $5 and $10 might simply be outdated limit orders. As he explained, participants could pull these orders off the books if XRP started a rapid upward surge.
He subsequently turned his attention to the liquidity situated closer to current market values. According to Digital Asset Investor, the active order book immediately adjacent to the prevailing market price holds approximately $9 million to $11 million for every 1% to 2% upward shift.
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Order-Book Liquidity Could Affect XRP’s Price
Drawing on those metrics, Digital Asset Investor illustrated a wider argument concerning the capital needed to drive XRP across various pricing thresholds.
“It would not take a lot of money to push prices to where people think,” he remarked.
His observations focused on the gap between shown liquidity and the liquidity that actually stays accessible when buyers step into the market. If sellers opt to cancel their distant orders as the price of XRP climbs, buyers might face lower barriers at those intervals than the initial order book displays.
That said, looking solely at order-book data does not guarantee that XRP will climb to $10. The market would still demand continuous buying interest across trading platforms to uphold elevated valuations.
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Digital Asset Investor References the Shane Ellis Theory
Moving forward in the video, Digital Asset Investor linked the examination of order books to the Shane Ellis theory, a concept well-known among members of the XRP community.
According to this theory, institutional demand for XRP applied to cross-border settlements could trigger a rapid repricing if current liquidity levels prove inadequate for managing large-scale transfers comfortably. Proponents argue that institutions executing transactions valued in the tens or hundreds of millions of dollars would demand deeper XRP liquidity to minimize price slippage.
Furthermore, the framework implies that trading venues catering to institutional payment channels might clear out existing orders or modify spreads as demand grows, potentially pushing XRP into significantly higher pricing tiers. While certain iterations of the theory point to valuations well past $10, Digital Asset Investor refrained from offering any explicit price forecast during his broadcast.
He remarked that the order-book review brought the Shane Ellis theory to mind and urged his audience to draw similar comparisons.