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A market expert has dismissed claims that the Clarity Act may need to pass before XRP sees any meaningful price uptick.
XRP has struggled with the rest of the crypto market, persistently seeing lower highs on a monthly basis since the $3.66 all-time peak in July. As a result, XRP has slipped into a falling wedge pattern, and while this structure remains bullish, some believe a reasonable price upsurge may not play out until the Clarity Act passes.
How Important is the Clarity Act for XRP Growth
Notably, the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633) is a bipartisan proposal that sets clear rules for crypto assets, assigning securities oversight to the SEC and commodity oversight to the CFTC. At press time, it has passed the House and now sits with the Senate Banking Committee.
Most XRP investors say XRP and the broader crypto market may not rally until the Act passes. For instance, a pseudonymous community member suggested last month that ETFs will not move XRP price and trading would remain “the same as always” until the Clarity Act becomes law.
However, Market commentator Zach Rector does not believe this sentiment. In a recent post on X, he went against the claims that XRP may continue to lag as long as the Clarity Act remains pending. To prove his point, he called attention to XRP’s past impressive price surge even before the U.S. actually started witnessing regulatory improvements.
650% XRP swing without any laws…
This is why I think it is dangerous for people giving advice to just tune out of crypto until the Clarity Act gets passed. You will be left behind or just have much smaller bags. pic.twitter.com/Z3bkqqTRMy— Zach Rector (@ZachRector7) December 8, 2025
XRP Surged 650% Without Law
For context, XRP, which changed hands at $0.5 for most of last year, eventually recorded an explosive rally in November 2024 after President Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. election. Notably, XRP surged 283% that month even while the Biden administration, which many regard as anti-crypto, remained in power.
The upsurge continued into December 2024 and January 2025, with XRP extending the rally to $3.4 by Jan. 16, 2025. This represented an impressive 580% increase from the $0.5 price in November 2024, and this happened even before Trump assumed office on Jan. 20, 2025.
After months of consolidation, XRP again extended the run to the $3.66 peak in July 2025. According to Rector, this marked a 650% increase. The market pundit pointed out that this run occurred “without any laws,” confirming that XRP had already demonstrated its penchant for growth at a time when the Clarity Act had not passed.
Rector revealed that he believes it’s dangerous for other market commentators to ask people to rule out any possibility of an XRP surge and tune out of the market until the Clarity Act passes. He suggested that people who follow such advice could be left behind or only have small XRP holdings when XRP eventually pumps.
It bears mentioning that Rector himself has also highlighted the importance of the Clarity Act to XRP’s price growth. Specifically, in a previous disclosure, he identified the delays surrounding the Clarity Act as one of three reasons XRP failed to pump this year. However, he insists that, while it may be a catalyst, the Clarity Act doesn’t need to pass before XRP can see any meaningful gains.