Ripple's CTO David Schwartz humorously welcomed actor Matt Damon to the Swell 2026 event, where Damon will discuss Water.org's use of Ripple Payments and XRP to fund clean water projects globally. Water.org, co-founded by Damon, uses Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin to speed up microfinance funding for water and sanitation systems, impacting millions across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The event merges Ripple's institutional and developer conferences, aiming to showcase real-world uses of XRP beyond typical crypto pitches. This partnership highlights Ripple's growing role in social impact through faster, cheaper cross-border payments.
XRP's market cap stands at Rp1.457,65 trillion as of Oct 24, 2026, 17:21 WIB, with a 24-hour trading volume of Rp27,8 trillion on Pluang. Despite the news of Ripple's CTO highlighting social impact projects using XRP, the token's price is down 3.37% over the past day, trading at Rp23.054. Pluang data shows a strong sell sentiment with 77% of orders being sell and a typical hold time of 72 days, indicating cautious investor behavior at this time.
NEAR Protocol (NEAR) experienced the largest 24-hour decline among major cryptocurrencies, falling 8.93% to $4.47. Other notable drops included Bitcoin down 1.28% to $80,495, Ether down 1.38% to $2,360.57, and XRP down 3.45% to $1.28. These declines ...
Estimates of XRP's price rally during 2017-18 vary widely, from about 62,000% to 119,000%, depending on different starting prices and measurement periods. Vandell Aljarrah of Black Swan Capitalist highlighted a 630-fold rise when XRP moved above a tr...
A crypto commentator highlighted that historically, 92% of nine-month periods after U.S. midterm elections have seen market gains, averaging 19%, with the only negative period during the Great Depression. This pattern suggests potential positive mome...
The GENIUS Act, which became law in July 2025, could benefit XRP through Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin. Crypto researcher SMQKE highlighted that RLUSD transactions on the XRP Ledger generate small fees paid in XRP that are burned, potentially reducing su...
XRP experienced a 13.4% price drop in October from $1.49 to $1.29, even with $14.52 million in ETF inflows. The price retraced to a key demand zone around $1.25, which traders are watching for support. Despite growing wallet numbers and new holders, ...
