Pseudonymous crypto analyst and X DAO founder Rekt Fencer has issued ambitious price outlooks for XRP and Chainlink for the final quarter of 2025. These forecasts come amid growing rivalry between XRP and LINK, with widespread discussion about Chainlink potentially overtaking XRP’s position in the market. Notably, Fencer's forecast also includes his expectations for other leading crypto assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and BNB.Chainlink’s Path to $400In his outlook , Fencer predicts that Chainlink could surge to a range between $250 and $400 by the end of 2025. At its current price near $25, this would represent a 10x to 16x rally. Such a move would push LINK’s market cap into the hundreds of billions, compared to just $17 billion today.Specifically, LINK would reach a valuation of approximately $271 billion—about $100 billion above XRP's current valuation—which adds fuel to the ongoing fuss that Chainlink could one day surpass XRP in market cap.Community discussions around the “flippening” narrative have already intensified as LINK recently surpassed XRP in Google Trends search interest. In DeFi, Chainlink secures over $93 billion in total value, compared to XRP’s $85 million TVL. Meanwhile, XRP price is not expected to stay idle while LINK soars.XRP to Approach Double DigitsAlongside Chainlink, Fencer projects XRP’s price to reach between $8.50 and $9 by Q4 2025. This forecast suggests a more modest 3x surge for XRP from its current level of $2.89, compared to the aggressive 16x outlook Fencer gave for LINK.At a $9 price, XRP’s valuation would surpass $534 billion, still nearly twice that of Chainlink’s projected $271 billion. For context, XRP currently has a market cap of around $170 billion, making it roughly ten times larger than Chainlink.While Fencer’s prediction is more conservative than the ultra-bullish estimates of $22 to $99 per token, it still positions XRP as one of the strongest-performing large-cap assets heading into 2026.The likely approval of XRP ETFs in Q4 and Ripple’s expanding partnerships with financial institutions are key catalysts supporting this outlook.Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, and Solana OutlookFencer’s projections extend to other major assets as well. He believes Bitcoin could reach up to $230,000 by December, nearly doubling from its recent peak of $124,400. This outlook aligns with many popular year-end projections for BTC. As for Ethereum, he predicts a price range of $9,000 to $12,000, echoing other bullish forecasts such as Fundstrat’s $15,000 target.With Ethereum currently at $4,270, reaching these targets would represent up to a 3x return. Notably, these forecasts place Ethereum on a path toward a multi-trillion-dollar valuation alongside Bitcoin.Furthermore, Fencer expects BNB to rise to between $2,800 and $3,300, a 4x jump from its current price of $850. He also projects Solana could reach up to $900, in line with popular forecasts of $1,000 for the coin, which is currently trading at $184.
