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Rocket Pool (RPL): Can It Break Into the Top 100?

Rocket Pool is in our High Potential selection. If it joined the top 100 at the projected cycle peak, its price would be ×48.69 today’s. That is a scenario, not a forecast. Below: why our research finds it plausible, what could go wrong, and how the figure is built.

StakeBible Research Updated 2 min read

Top 100 scenario

×48.69

the price multiple if it joined the top 100 at the projected cycle peak

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Band
Deep upside
Trust score
760/1000
Risk score
2.4/10 · Low
Dossier score
74/100
Volatility
105%
Price today
$1.78

The multiple is a scenario: the price if the coin joined the top 100 at the projected cycle peak. It is not a forecast and not a probability.

In this article
  1. Why top 100 is plausible
  2. The research dossier
  3. Strengths and risks
  4. How the scenario is built
  5. Where it trades
  6. Transparency

Why top 100 is plausible

Written by our grounded research from the sources it read, not by an editor.

As the premier decentralized alternative to Lido in Ethereum liquid staking with over 600,000 ETH staked, Rocket Pool serves a massive total addressable market. However, overcoming network effects from stETH and expanding token utility after significant price drawdowns will be required to return to the top 100.

The research dossier

Our research answers three questions for every coin in the selection, each on a 0–100 scale and each anchored in the sources it read. A question that was not asked stays blank: no judgement is not a judgement of zero.

Project safetyaudits and who ran them, exploit history, key custody
85/100
Marketing investmentreal campaigns, partnerships, exchange presence
60/100
Project stabilityteam continuity, funding, delivery cadence, token unlocks
75/100

Strengths and risks

Strengths

  • Undergoes extensive third-party smart contract audits by security firms including Sigma Prime, Cantina, Bailsec, and Consensys Diligence.
  • Operates a fully permissionless, non-custodial decentralized liquid staking model where anyone can run an Ethereum validator node without centralized whitelist approval.
  • Demonstrates consistent development delivery, including the Saturn 1 mainnet upgrade enabling 4-ETH megapools and improved capital efficiency.

Risks

  • rETH market liquidity and total value locked remain significantly lower than dominant competitor Lido (stETH).
  • The protocol's official X (Twitter) account was compromised in January 2024 to push malicious phishing links.
  • Substantial RPL token price drawdowns have historically impacted node operator collateral requirements and protocol dynamics.

Red flags

  • Official social media account compromise (X/Twitter hack in January 2024) used to broadcast phishing links.

How the scenario is built

The multiple is arithmetic, not a prediction. The top-100 door is the market cap of the coin in 100th place today, scaled to the cycle peak our Bitcoin model projects. Divided by this coin’s circulating supply, it gives the price the coin would need; the multiple compares that price with today’s.

The door is scaled one-to-one with Bitcoin. That is a stated assumption, and the conservative end: in past end-of-cycle rotations, altcoin market cap grew faster than Bitcoin.

Most coins outside the top 100 never get there. That is why the multiple always sits next to the risk, and why our strategy planner keeps the moonshot slice of a plan small.

Where it trades

Exchanges rated 8 or more out of 10 that list it, by volume.

  • GroveX 8/10
  • Binance 10/10
  • MEXC 10/10
  • CoinW 8/10
  • BingX 8/10
  • Kraken 10/10
  • Coinbase Exchange 10/10
  • Ourbit 9/10

Transparency

Analysed
Sources read by the research
2
Top 100 potential
Medium
Published
Updated

Forecasts are algorithmic estimates, not financial advice. Crypto assets are volatile — never invest more than you can afford to lose.

Rocket Pool is one of 510 coins in our crypto predictions, year by year.