What actually drives XRP’s value if it can be reused every few seconds?

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I’ve been trying to understand the long term XRP bull case from a technical perspective. I often see people talking about $1,000+ XRP, but I’m struggling to understand how the numbers work. If XRP settles transactions in a matter of seconds, doesn’t that mean the same XRP can be reused many times throughout the day? If that’s the case, why would the price need to be extremely high to support large transaction volumes? For example, if banks, payment providers, tokenized asset platforms, and other institutions start using XRP for liquidity and settlement, what exactly creates the need for a much higher valuation? Is it the amount of liquidity sitting on the books? Institutional reserves? Market makers? Something else? I’m not arguing against XRP. I hold XRP myself. I’m just trying to understand the mechanics behind the high price predictions. What is the actual model that gets XRP into the hundreds or thousands of dollars per coin while accounting for transaction speed and liquidity reuse? Would appreciate explanations from people who have looked into the numbers in detail…   submitted by   /u/richlobstermeow [link]   [comments]