An institution needs to transfer $1,000,000.
• If $XRP = $1 → 1,000,000 XRP required
• If $XRP = $100 → 10,000 XRP required
• If $XRP = $10,000 → 100 XRP required
• If #xrp = $1,000,000 → 1 XRP required
Same dollar value moved.
Very different liquidity and market-impact profiles.
So the real question for any settlement system is simple:
Is it more efficient to move one high-value unit,
or one million low-value units?
Price matters.
Utility decides.

XRP
1.4322
-0.76%