‘I Buy XRP From Now On,’ Says World’s Highest-IQ | XRP News

Young Hoon Kim — the social-media persona who kinds himself because the “IQ 276” file holder — simply gave the XRP crowd a contemporary piece of rocket fuel. “I buy XRP from now on,” Kim wrote on X on Friday, in what seems to be his first straight-up XRP shoutout after days of near-constant Bitcoin evangelizing.

I buy #XRP any further.

— YoungHoon Kim, IQ 276 (@yhbryankimiq) December 12, 2025

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And, yeah, the XRP Army did what it all the time does: it handled the post like a mini occasion. “The smartest man in the world is buying XRP,” one account, Gordon (@GordonGekko), replied — then instantly stapled the opposite huge narrative of the day onto it: “XRP is now on Solana too. Is this the start of an XRP rally?”

That second line isn’t simply vibes. Solana’s official account posted “BREAKING: XRP is coming to Solana,” pointing to a wrapped-asset setup that might let XRP commerce and transfer inside Solana DeFi rails.

Hex Trust, which is positioning itself as issuer/custodian for the wrapped token (wXRP), says the product is designed to be 1:1 backed and redeemable for native XRP, utilizing LayerZero’s OFT customary and launching “starting with Solana” (with more chains name-checked).

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So Kim’s timing, intentional or not, landed proper on high of a very handy distribution channel: “XRP, but DeFi-ready.” If you’re an XRP holder who’s been watching Solana soak up memecoin liquidity and on-chain quantity for the previous 12 months, that’s an simple story to ahead to your group chat.

The humorous half is Kim’s current persona has leaned arduous into Bitcoin-maxi prophecy. In the final week alone, he made dozens of Bitcoin posts by way of X. On December 7, he posted: “In my personal view, Bitcoin’s current price is just a temporary discount caused by what seems to be market manipulation. I think any such manipulation may disappear within a week, and then it could start accelerating toward a new ATH.”

Just a few days later, on December 10, he wrote: “My analysis suggests that Bitcoin may have set its bottom a few weeks ago, and we could now be entering a true supercycle.” One day later, he added: “”My evaluation means that Bitcoin reaching 300K in early 2026 is a logical state of affairs.”

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Yesterday, Kim posted: “Bitcoin looks ready to break every prediction ever written. The real bull run begins when people think it’s already over,” earlier than including at present: “I think Bitcoin is the money of God” and “In my view, one of the fastest ways to get rich is to stack Bitcoin.”

So why the sudden XRP detour? No rationalization but, no less than publicly.

There’s additionally the truth that Kim is, politely put, controversial. Korean protection has described him as being reported as an “IQ 276” holder tied to mind-sports organizations, however the broader profile has drawn scrutiny and debate online, with questions on verifiability and sourcing trailing the “world’s highest IQ” framing.

Still, crypto doesn’t actually look forward to footnotes. A giant declare, a huge ticker, a sizzling remark part — and now an XRP-to-Solana headline to attach it collectively. That’s loads for a one-day narrative.

At press time, XRP traded at $2.04.

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