XRP Asia officially launched on October 3, 2026, during Korea Blockchain Week in Seoul, with major Korean banks like Woori Bank and Kakao Bank participating alongside Ripple. The new regional body aims to accelerate adoption of the XRP Ledger across Asia, supporting builders and integrating banks into the network. This launch coincides with important XRP Ledger protocol upgrades that enhance banking features, such as Permission Delegation and Batch transactions, enabling more secure and efficient cross-border payments. The initiative builds on existing deployments like Jeonbuk Bank's real-time Ripple Payments and reflects growing institutional and retail interest in XRP in the region.
As of Oct 03, 2026 14:21 WIB, XRP trades at Rp26.516 on Pluang, showing a 1-day decline of 2.60%. Despite this dip, XRP maintains a strong market cap of Rp1.676,5 trillion and high trading interest with 81% of Pluang orders on the buy side. The typical hold time for XRP investors on Pluang is 71 days, indicating a committed retail base amid the recent expansion of the Ripple ally network in Asia.
On October 22, 2026, U.S. altcoin spot ETFs showed mixed net flows: XRP, HBAR, ZEC, and NEAR ETFs recorded inflows, while SOL and HYPE ETFs experienced outflows. XRP spot ETFs attracted $3.55 million, continuing a positive trend, while SOL ETFs saw $...
On October 20, Bitfinex saw its XRP long positions increase to 5.07 million while the XRP/USD price rose by 1.65% during the same period. The rise in long exposure alongside price movement indicates growing leveraged trading activity. Crypto analyst ...
The cryptocurrency market experienced a broad decline on Thursday morning, with total market capitalization falling 4.59% to $2.75 trillion. Bitcoin dropped 2.49% to $81,712, while other major coins like Ether, XRP, Solana, Dogecoin, and BNB also saw...
Crypto analyst CasiTrades states that XRP needs to surpass $1.65 to confirm the end of its price correction based on Elliott Wave analysis. Resistance levels are noted at $1.35, $1.41, $1.46, $1.53, and $1.58 before reaching $1.65. If XRP breaks this...
Vandell Aljarrah, co-founder of Black Swan Capitalist, highlighted XRP's historical price movement, noting roughly two years of price consolidation before its major rally in 2017-18. He emphasized that losing patience during such stagnant periods is ...
