[DigitalToday reporter Jinju Hong] XRP is struggling in a 2025 fourth-quarter downturn. A striking past price forecast of $1,000 previously mentioned by crypto exchange Uphold has drawn renewed attention.

TheCryptoBasic, a blockchain outlet, reported on Tuesday that Jake Claver, CEO of Digital Ascension Group, recently highlighted an old post by U.S. crypto exchange Uphold, again bringing attention to the possibility of XRP reaching $1,000.

XRP has remained weak throughout the fourth quarter of 2025. Since October, its price has fallen about 34 percent, breaking below the $2 level seen as a psychological support. It is currently trading around $1.87. If the trend continues, XRP is likely to post an annual loss for the first time since the 2022 bear market.

As market sentiment cools, price forecasts for XRP have also turned more conservative. Still, a figure in the Ripple community known as Ripple Bull Winkle said Uphold had recently presented a target price of $9 to $13 for XRP based on a 2025 bull market.

But for XRP to reach that range by the end of 2025, it would need to rise by at least 381 percent and as much as 595 percent from current levels, prompting assessments that the outlook is unlikely. Ripple Bull Winkle said the 2025 bull market could extend into 2026 and raised the possibility that the forecast could materialise next year.

Uphold did not set that price target directly. Uphold mentioned it by citing a forecast presented by the AI chatbot Grok. TheCryptoBasic previously reported that Uphold mentioned $9 to $13 as a target price for XRP in January 2025.

Claver referred to a social media post Uphold published in September 2024 and focused on an XRP "$1,000 scenario". The post took the form of a question asking what choices investors would make if XRP reached $1,000.

Notably, the post revived commentary from September 2020, when XRP was priced at just $0.25. Claver shared the post with Ripple Bull Winkle, adding a brief note: "just in case". Claver is widely known for an optimistic outlook that XRP could reach $100 in 2025.

In the market, the prevailing view is that both $100 and $1,000 are highly speculative targets for XRP at this point. While the possibility cannot be entirely ruled out in theory, analysts say the chances are low not only in the short term but even within the next 10 years.

At the current price, XRP would need to rise about 5,247 percent to reach $100 and 53,375 percent to reach $1,000. Experts say those figures are a significant challenge given XRP's fundamentals, market size and regulatory environment.

9 and 13 you say...