Assets like $XRP will become extremely valuable overtime because of one thing happening in this space right now... tokenization. Tokenization described in the simplest way possible is technically just turning real world assets like stocks, real estate, fiat, etc, into digital tokens. But that's not where the story ends... This is why tokenization makes assets like $XRP, $HBAR, $XLM, $XDC (and yes there a ton of other ones like $CC $ONDO $TEL I can mention but you get it) more valuable: • First key thing is simply network demand. Network effects are created when the network sees a drastic increase in use with value moving over it. If we begin to see trillions getting tokenized (guess what we will) on these networks then we see a massive amount of demand. That demand of the network also demands the gas token to move that value, settle it, etc. Also for those asking about the private network initiatives, they are digital islands, they need to be bridged to public networks to alleviate friction. This means again, public networks that are extremely efficient in value movement and settlement will eventually see this demand regardless of private network initiatives. • Now talking about faster and cheaper transactions, tokenized assets onchain can move near instantly across borders. This again is done on public blockchains. We know Ripple has focused on improving cross border payments for over a decade now. Tokenized fiat is the best way to rewire the global movement of value. Public chains are the key for this and/or maybe a neutral bridge currency 😉 • Last, but not least, the plethora of utility that is unlocked for traditional asset classes. Tokenization opens up a liquidity book for illiquid asset classes like real estate. What this also unlocks is new use cases around DeFi initiatives, borrowing, lending and/or even fractionalized ownership. There is so much more value that can be derived from these asset classes that are already valued in the hundreds of trillions. To really summarize this, tokenization will lead to a flood of new assets and fresh value moving onchain, which will then create a ton and I mean a ton of demand for the underlying gas tokens on the networks being tokenized on, this will then lead to the price expansion. It really is that simple. Now before you all say "well the value hasn't moved yet" the simple reason why is because we only have $20B onchain spread out across multiple networks. That's a drop of water in the bucket and not nearly enough to move majority of these tokens. The good news? The TAM of tokenization is in the QUADRILLIONS, in fact @Grodfather mentioned $1.7Q, I personally think at this point it's most likely well over $2Q. We didn't even begin yet and 99% of even crypto participants are overlooking just how big this really will be.