XRP price stays near 1.31 USD as XRPL upgrade window remains conditional
Published on 10/31/2026 at 13:02 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSXRPL Upgrade Keeps XRP in Focus
- XRP was shown at 1.3093 USD on October 30 at 16:57:51 on Investing.com.
- The fixCleanup3_4_0 maintenance amendment is conditionally scheduled for November 4 after validator support previously fell below the required threshold.
- Recent ETF flows and network activity provide a cautious backdrop for the XRP price.
The XRP price was shown at 1.3093 USD on October 30 at 16:57:51 on Investing.com. The page listed a daily range of 1.2865 to 1.3263 USD, 24-hour volume of 2.10 billion USD and a market capitalization of 82.92 billion USD. It ranked XRP fifth among the listed cryptocurrencies. Because the displayed quote is dated October 30, it should not be treated as a verified October 31 tick.
Conditional November 4 Network Window
The immediate project-specific reference is the XRP Ledger's fixCleanup3_4_0 amendment. According to Yahoo Finance, the maintenance update was initially expected on October 23, but its activation window moved to November 4 at 14:46 UTC after support briefly fell to 26 of 35 trusted validators. The source says 29 votes are required to maintain the necessary majority.
The amendment contains technical corrections involving several XRPL components, including single-asset vaults, lending, automated market makers, the permissioned decentralized exchange, trust lines, NFTs, escrow and transaction signing. It is a maintenance change, not the launch of a fully enabled lending protocol. The November 4 date therefore remains conditional on sustained validator support.
Demand Signals Remain Mixed
Recent market data offer limited confirmation that positive ecosystem headlines are translating into direct XRP demand. 24/7 Wall St. reported that spot XRP exchange-traded funds recorded no net inflows on October 27 and 28. It also reported that XRP had remained below its 20-day average of 1.33 USD and traded within a 1.27 to 1.34 USD range since October 26.
An earlier Yahoo Finance report said U.S. spot XRP ETFs recorded 1.84 million USD of net withdrawals in the week of October 12 to 16, ending a 13-week inflow streak. The same report cited XRP Ledger payment volume of 119.5 million XRP on October 17, down 72.3 percent from the previous day and below the reported 30-day average of 629.3 million XRP. A single weak session is not conclusive, but persistent softness in both measures would be relevant to the investment case.
What Investors Should Watch
The main near-term markers are validator support ahead of the conditional November 4 window, ETF flows and whether the token can regain the 1.33 USD area. The XRP Ledger website describes the network as a decentralized public Layer 1 blockchain focused on digital assets, payments and tokenization. That utility profile is separate from short-term XRP demand, which remains dependent on market flows and investor positioning.
Further XRP coverage is available on the XRP topic page.
