Veteran trader Peter Brandt said during a Crypto Banter interview on Tuesday that XRP is the “strongest candidate” for transactional use among cryptocurrencies. He also lumped Solana and Ethereum into the same group, calling all three viable payment-network contenders. The comments mark a sharp reversal for Brandt, who spent much of last year publicly roasting XRP and its fanbase.
From criticism to praise
Brandt’s relationship with XRP has been anything but steady. In December 2025 he called XRP traders “easy to bait” and dismissed the token’s community. But just two months earlier, in October, he posted an XRP chart and described it as a “very clean long-term setup.” By April 2026, as the bear market deepened, Brandt was asking his followers where XRP might find support. Tuesday’s interview — conducted by Crypto Banter host Ran Neuner, who sounded visibly surprised — appears to complete the flip.
What Brandt said in the interview
Brandt didn’t just name XRP, Solana, and Ethereum as the leading candidates for transactional networks. He also delivered a grim forecast: most cryptocurrencies, he argued, will not survive in any meaningful way. The two statements together paint a “survival of the fittest” picture — a few chains might handle real-world payments, while the rest wash out.
Why a trader’s opinion matters
Brandt has been trading commodities and currencies for decades, and his chart reads carry weight with a certain tier of retail and institutional followers. A reversal as public as this one — especially after months of skepticism — can move sentiment even in a bear market. Neither Brandt nor Crypto Banter provided specific price targets or timetables; the interview stayed at the conceptual level.
The timing isn’t great for a broader crypto rally, but Brandt’s nod to XRP as a transactional leader — alongside Ethereum and Solana — gives the token a rhetorical boost it hasn’t had from Brandt before. The question now is whether his followers will buy the thesis or wait for a concrete chart setup.
Brandt hasn’t posted a follow-up chart since the interview. Given his history of dropping technical analysis on social media, a detailed XRP chart could come any day. That’s likely the next tangible event to watch.
