I believe that the price of Ripple will increase, but if you buy a Ripple for $ 2.5 then I think you will have to be patient and have to wait for a very long time. Currently the Crypto market has fallen sharply, prices of all Altcoin are down very low. I think Ripple has a clear use case and working with banking sector is always beneficial. Let's just hope it will come back to it's all time high and we can book some profit out of it. I think it will take 15-18 months to reach $5. I'm optimistic on ripple technology and use cases.