Crypto author Adam Livingston said on X that he would “rather have $100,000 in FTX refund claims than $100,000 in XRP,” a remark that quickly re-ignited the long-running Bitcoin-maxi versus XRP-community rivalry.
I would rather have $100,000 in FTX customer refund claims than $100,000 in XRP.
At least SBF might send a heartfelt apology from prison before he dies of old age.
— Adam Livingston (@AdamBLiv) March 5, 2026
Livingston has repeatedly taken shots at XRP’s long-term performance versus Bitcoin, including an August 2025 post saying he would “rather have $100 in Kohl’s Cash than $100 in XRP.” The same write-up said he argued XRP could eventually go to zero against Bitcoin and pointed to historical price context, claiming XRP returned to roughly $3.02 after trading around that level in January 2018, while Bitcoin climbed from about $17,000 to around $120,000 over the same period.
XRP supporters pushed back by framing XRP around payments and liquidity infrastructure rather than Bitcoin’s store-of-value narrative, with commenters questioning why XRP draws such strong hostility. Next, stakeholders will watch whether Livingston expands on his thesis, engages directly with rebuttals, or lets the debate run as a narrative-driven proxy battle across timelines.
Source: Adam Livingston (X).
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