Claude AI Predicts “Operation Meridian” for Ripple: Can XRP Really Hit $40?

Anthropic’s Claude AI predicted that XRP could reach $44 by Jan. 1, 2027, a roughly 40-fold increase, under a hypothetical Ripple scenario called Operation Meridian. Under that scenario, G7 finance ministers and the Bank for International Settlements would adopt the XRP Ledger for cross-border central-bank settlement, and the U.S. Treasury would accumulate XRP for a Strategic Digital Reserve; the scenario is highly unlikely. XRP was trading at $1.28, up about 2% over 24 hours. With about 60 billion XRP circulating, a price in the $40s would imply a market capitalization of roughly $2.5 trillion.