Crypto blogger and pro-XRP activist Ben Armstrong, aka BitBoy, shared a particularly optimistic forecast for 2023. Whereas the primary a part of the prediction dealt instantly with Ripple successful its lawsuit towards the SEC, which has change into a well-known setup locally, the second a part of the prediction was really stunning.

2023: The 12 months the $XRP case ends and the Ripple curse is damaged.

Additionally the 12 months @GaryGensler is compelled to resign from the @SECGov

— Ben Armstrong (@Bitboy_Crypto) January 1, 2023

In keeping with Armstrong, the brand new 12 months needs to be the 12 months that the present head of the regulator, Gary Gensler, is compelled to step down. Earlier final 12 months, comparable calls had been made on social media, even earlier than the collapse of the crypto change FTX.

Much less optimistic forecast

One other pro-XRP activist and crypto lawyer, John Deaton, sees a barely totally different image. He believes the difficulty might be determined by a decide, with out the pretrial settlement that many within the XRP group are hoping for. Such an consequence makes the probabilities of crypto successful the case extra unsure. Gensler, in line with Deaton, just isn’t going to make any concessions in any respect within the case and admit that XRP just isn’t a safety.

Such stubbornness may show to be a critical impediment to a optimistic consequence for Ripple and XRP, to not point out Gensler leaving his submit. However, judging from numerous predictions, together with of these instantly concerned within the trial, the consequence ought to change into identified within the coming months.