Ripple total circulating supply is huge. Do you think it could surpass Bitcoin in 2018? If btc stay stagnant, Ripple would over take it if the price is $4.50. I am worried it will not test the high of $3.50 anymore unless there are tremendously good news from the company.
Some people say that ripple is only a token and not complete coin like ether and bitcoin, though they feel this coin would never rise. In my opinion, ripple can possibly rise upto $200 someday because i have seen many similar coins which are nothing than a token but still they have crossed $150, how they surged that price? Ripple has a massive support, it can be higher in price
Look at ripple volume in the market, it's huge, that's why it becomes top 10 coins on coinmarketcap but the problem comes with it. People hold too many ripples and ready to dump it at a higher price, as happened before. Every coin that pumped significantly in short time will be corrected obviously. If you aware of how ripple being used in banks environment, it will be clear that ripple always gain more value in the early of the year because that is the time for banks to move their funds.