XRP price in focus as XRPL bug-fix activation moves to November 4
Published on 10/30/2026 at 07:09 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSXRPL upgrade faces a reset
- Validator support briefly fell to 26 of 35, resetting the approval clock for fixCleanup3_4_0.
- The amendment is now projected to activate on November 4, 2026, at 14:46 UTC if support remains above the required threshold.
- Investing.com displayed XRP at 1.3093 USD at the time of retrieval on October 30, with a market capitalization of 82.92 billion USD.
XRP price remains closely tied to developments around the XRP Ledger as the network approaches a revised activation date for the fixCleanup3_4_0 amendment. At the time of retrieval on October 30, 2026, Investing.com displayed XRP at 1.3093 USD. The page showed a market capitalization of 82.92 billion USD, 24-hour volume of 2.10 billion USD and a market rank of five. Its displayed 52-week range was 0.9886 to 2.5917 USD.
Why the activation was delayed
According to CoinDesk, the amendment had been on track for October 23 before validator support fell to 26 of 35 at a checkpoint on October 21 at 12:54 UTC. The network requires backing from more than 80 percent of its 35 trusted validators, equivalent to 29 votes, and that support must remain in place for 14 consecutive days.
Support recovered to 29 votes by 14:46 UTC on October 21, but the brief interruption restarted the approval period. CoinDesk reported that support later rose to 31 of 35, leaving the amendment with a two-vote buffer. The projected activation is now November 4 at 14:46 UTC, provided the threshold is maintained.
What the fix changes
fixCleanup3_4_0 is a technical maintenance amendment rather than the launch of the broader native lending system. CoinDesk reported that the patch addresses a token-creation loophole linked to delegated PaymentBurn permissions and adjusts calculations in vault and lending code. The wider lending functionality still lacks the validator support required to begin its own activation countdown.
For XRP holders, the delayed amendment does not by itself change balances or create a new supply event. It is more directly relevant to validators, node operators and applications that depend on the XRP Ledger's rule set. The key near-term network variable is therefore whether validator support remains continuously above the activation threshold. In that context, the XRP price provides market context, while the November 4 date marks the next protocol milestone.
More XRP coverage is available on the XRP topic page.
