The square-root law, made interactive. Size transactions against market depth — or invert the formula to find what price XRP requires and see exactly how far today's price needs to travel.
Dollar cost on order
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execution loss
Order as % of volume
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Q ÷ V
Slippage curve — impact vs. order size at current settings
Transaction tiers — slippage at current market depth
| Transaction type | Size | Slippage | Cost | Status |
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Required daily volume
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to meet tolerance
Required market cap
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at turnover ratio
Required XRP price
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at 57.7B float
Real-world gap — required vs. live price
Live XRP: —
Current price
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live market
Required price
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your settings
Multiple needed
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to close the gap
Required price across turnover ratios — sensitivity to execution architecture
Part I scenario table — required price & gap to live
| Scenario | Peak ticket | 0.3% turn. | 1.0% turn. | 1.5% turn. | Gap (1.0%) |
|---|
Near-term
SME / remittance | $100M | — | — | — | — |
Mid
Corporate treasury | $500M | — | — | — | — |
Institutional
Large bank | $2B | — | — | — | — |
Sovereign
Central bank | $10B | — | — | — | — |
Full system
Dominant bridge | $50B | — | — | — | — |
Theoretical max
100B ticket | $100B | — | — | — | — |
σ by scenario: 5% (near-term), 4% (mid), 3% (institutional), 2% (sovereign), 1.5% (full system), 1% (theoretical max). Gap = multiple from live price to 1.0% turnover central estimate. Source: Part I.