Not sure, if it's worth to buy it with 225/usd, hmm. What your thoughts on XRP's future?
What are my thoughts? Not that I'm an expert, but my personal sentiment is that XRP will slowly appreciate and after a few years when the ecosystem of Ripple enabled businesses reaches a critical mass it will outperform Bitcoin. The wholesale price of XRP started at 1,500XRP/USD a few months ago and has increased to 1000, then 800, and now it seems to be 225. Of course, OpenCoin is to a large extent setting the price since they control the distribution.
I consider XRP to be purely speculative and there is a considerable chance of a total loss. It is not proven the way Bitcoin has been proven for 4+ years of getting beat up by teenage Russian hackers trying to steal coins. And it is currently closed source. But then again if Ripple delivers on its promises it could be bigger than Bitcoin.