Sell XRP for HBAR? This Analyst Says the Upside Isn’t Even Close

Crypto AiMan, who runs a YouTube channel with over 88,000 subscribers, tackled a question that’s been spreading across social media: should investors sell XRP and rotate into Hedera (HBAR)?

He made it clear he’s not attacking Ripple’s XRP. In fact, he said both projects deserve a place in a portfolio. However, in terms of pure upside potential in 2026, he thinks the gap between them is much larger than people believe. At writing, the XRP price is about $1.32, while HBAR is trading around $0.09.

XRP is about 3x away from its previous all-time high. HBAR is also about 5x to 6x away from its peak. That alone doesn’t decide which one is better. But it starts to frame the argument.

Over the past year, both coins have been hit hard. The XRP price is down around 45%. HBAR is down even more, roughly 55%.

In other words, both are deeply oversold, and AiMan pointed out that the RSI on both charts is sitting at historically low levels. He noted that HBAR’s RSI has only been this oversold four times in its history.

The Market Cap Argument

Where his argument gets more aggressive is in the market cap comparison.

He ran a scenario where XRP reaches Bitcoin’s market cap of about $1.3 trillion. In that case, one XRP would be worth roughly $21, about a 15x from current levels.

Then he applied the same logic to Hedera.

If HBAR reached Bitcoin’s market cap, one HBAR would trade above $30. From current prices, that would represent a 300x-type move.

That’s where his conclusion comes from: smaller market cap coins have more room to grow.

Right now, XRP’s market cap sits around $140 billion fully diluted, with about 60 billion tokens circulating and 40 billion still to be released.

HBAR’s max supply is 50 billion, with roughly 43 billion already circulating. That leaves a smaller portion left to enter the market compared to XRP. For AiMan, that supply dynamic matters.

Is Selling XRP for HBAR Smart?

He stopped short of telling viewers to dump XRP entirely. Instead, he framed it as a rotation question.

If someone believes Hedera (HBAR) has more upside due to its smaller size and supply structure, shifting part of a position could make sense.

But he also warned against emotional decisions. Selling strong assets just to chase hype, or worse, to spend the money elsewhere, rarely works out well.

His view is simple: both XRP and HBAR can perform well in the next cycle. However, if it is about the maximum upside potential, he thinks HBAR has the better chance.

This is, of course, dependent on adoption and market conditions. Ripple’s XRP is one of the most well-known names in the crypto space.

Hedera, however, is still seen as an underdog in terms of valuation. And in crypto, underdogs sometimes run the hardest.

The real question is not whether XRP is bad. It’s whether HBAR’s smaller size gives it more room to explode if the market turns bullish again.

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