XRP Ledger upgrade on October 23, 2026: What it means for the XRP price

Published on 10/21/2026 at 07:30 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

The cleanup package has 29 validator votes. XRP price is 1.2985 USD on October 21, 2026, down 0.18 percent from the prior close.

Network changes and market activity

XRPL cleanup software has 29 validator votes and is scheduled for October 23, 2026.
Spot XRP ETFs recorded 1.84 million USD in net outflows during October 12-16, 2026.
The XRP price stands at 1.2985 USD as of October 21, 2026, 0.18 percent below the UTC daily close of October 20, 2026.
XRP Ledger payment volume reached 119.5 million XRP on October 17, 2026, down 72.3 percent from its 30-day average.

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XRP (XRP) is scheduled for a cleanup upgrade on October 23, 2026, with 29 validator votes. CoinDesk reported that the package is expected to activate around 09:34 UTC if validator support remains above the required threshold.

XRPL cleanup package targets October 23

The amendment, called fixCleanup3_4_0, addresses software issues affecting parts of the XRP Ledger, including lending-related code. Validators are independent servers that agree which transactions are valid. According to CoinDesk, a rule change needs support from more than 80 percent of 35 trusted validators for two consecutive weeks, making 29 votes the minimum threshold.

The lending system itself has 19 votes, while the separate vault amendment has 21, according to CoinDesk. Those figures leave both amendments below the approval level described in the report.

ETF outflows and payment volume mark October

U.S. spot XRP exchange-traded funds, which hold the asset directly, recorded 1.84 million USD in net outflows during the October 12-16, 2026, week. TokenPost reported that the result ended 13 consecutive weeks of inflows, including a 740,400 USD inflow on October 14, 2026, and a 2.47 million USD outflow on October 16, 2026.

XRP Ledger payment volume was 119.5 million XRP on October 17, 2026, according to Yahoo Finance, citing XRPSCAN. The figure was 72.3 percent below the 30-day average of 629.3 million XRP reported for the same comparison.

XRP price data shows a 1.2985 USD quote

The XRP price is 1.2985 USD as of October 21, 2026, down 0.18 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 20, 2026. According to Investing.com, the daily high is 1.3076 USD and the daily low for the UTC day is 1.2869 USD. Market capitalization is 82.03 billion USD, ranking XRP fifth, while 24-hour volume is 1.42 billion USD and circulating supply is 63.13 billion XRP.