Over five days, large XRP holders accumulated more than 470 million tokens, worth over $720 million, coinciding with Ripple's launch of a new institutional use case for its RLUSD stablecoin. Ripple and Securitize introduced a smart contract enabling holders of BlackRock’s BUIDL and VanEck’s VBILL tokenized funds to exchange shares for RLUSD anytime, enhancing liquidity and on-chain yield strategies. This marks the first integration between RLUSD and Securitize's platform, with plans for further collaboration and XRP Ledger integration. The buying wave follows a recent period where holders acquired over 1.5 billion XRP in 96 hours, signaling growing institutional interest.
XRP is trading at Rp27.748 on Pluang, down 2.48% in the last day, with a market cap of Rp1.744,36 trillion. Despite recent large accumulations by whales, the platform shows 80% buy order activity and a typical hold time of 71 days as of Sep 26, 2026 18:41 WIB.
XRP gained about 10% last week, trading between $1.54 and $1.58, supported by Bitcoin holding above $84,000 and Ethereum near $2,680. This price boost followed the Senate's failure to pass the CLARITY Act and new non-binding SEC guidance on token buy...
Nik Bougalis, a key Ripple developer and cryptographer, has returned to update the XRP Ledger's core code, focusing on improving security and performance. His changes include refactoring foundational data types to 64-bit elements and removing unsafe ...
The XRP Ledger is shifting from just fast payments to a broader financial platform with stablecoin Ripple USD (RLUSD) reaching $2.4 billion in circulation, Flare's FXRP token enabling programmable XRP in DeFi, and the introduction of a native lending...
XRP surged 7.7% on September 18, rising from about $1.30 to $1.40, following Bitwise's filing of a Post-Effective Amendment for its existing XRP ETF with the SEC. This filing was not a new ETF approval but an update to an already operating fund liste...
Kalshi's market predicts XRP could reach $1.70 by the end of September, though the contract for this price trades at just 32 cents, implying about a one-in-three chance. XRP has already surpassed $1.40, $1.50, and $1.60 strikes this month but faces c...
