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Analyst updates outlook on XRP ahead of Fed rate cut decision

Sun, Sep 14, 2025, 6:03 PM 3 min read

XRP is back in the spotlight after surging past the $3 mark, with crypto analyst Austin Hilton laying out a bullish roadmap for the token in the weeks ahead.

Hilton, who regularly shares market updates with his audience, pointed to both Federal Reserve policy decisions and the broader fourth-quarter cycle as potential drivers.

“A XRP family, how you doing? Got a real quick video here for you to talk about what's going to come next in the next week or so for XRP from a price standpoint,” Hilton told viewers. “Then after that fourth quarter, we're also going to talk about the XRP news and we're going to talk about an XRP price prediction in this video.”

Hilton said all eyes are on the Federal Reserve’s Sept. 17 meeting.

“There is a hundred percent chance, well 99.9% chance that they're going to reduce the interest rate. The question is whether or not they're going to reduce it 25 basis points .25 or whether or not they're going to reduce it 50 basis points .5,” he explained.

According to Hilton, a smaller 25 basis point cut would likely leave crypto markets stable since it is already priced in. But “if we get that 50 basis points cut, which sounds really, really high, that we could get those odds, we could get that, then you can expect crypto to take off. You can expect XRP and everything else to start moving up dramatically.”

In that scenario, Hilton predicted XRP could “bounce back up to 3 25, 3 50 and again, maybe even blow through its all time high.”

According to Polymarket, a crypto-based prediction market, traders put 91% odds on a 25 bps cut at the September FOMC. A 50 plus bps cut sits around 7%, no change 3%, and a rate hike <1%.

Hilton placed even greater emphasis on the final quarter of 2025, predicting a market-wide bull run. “The expectation for the fourth quarter of 2025 is a major significant bull run for all of crypto. Where we will see Bitcoin go to 150 to $200,000. We will see XRP from an XRP price prediction roll up along that,” he said.

He projected XRP could hit “a minimum of $10 by the end of the fourth quarter and we could even see $15 or $20.” Hilton stressed that these targets assume XRP simply rides the momentum of Bitcoin and broader market gains, before accounting for any additional catalysts from Ripple itself.

“So the expectation here is that we've got a really significant bull run in October, November, December, probably more of a late October, November, December kind of scenario,” Hilton said, calling it the heart of the cycle.

Hilton reminded followers that the Fed has two more policy meetings later in the fourth quarter, which could bring additional rate cuts and further fuel both equity and crypto markets.

“All eyes are on next week to see what the Federal Reserve is going to do,” he said. “Now remember we've also got two other Federal Reserve meetings in the fourth quarter. So we could get an additional one or two rate cuts to fuel, continue to fuel the economy and fuel the markets, the stock market and the crypto market, all of that in the fourth quarter.”

At press time, XRP was trading at $3.05, up 2.1% in the past 24 hours, with intraday ranges between $3.01 and $3.13, according to Kraken price data. The token has gained more than 415% in the past year, cementing its spot as the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.

This story was originally reported by TheStreet on Sep 14, 2025, where it first appeared in the Investing section. Add TheStreet as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

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