XRP’s Network Activity Surges to 2.5M Daily Transactions as Token Price Sinks Near Year Low
Published on 06/25/2026 at 08:14 | Redaktion boerse-global.de
The divergence between Ripple’s operational milestones and XRP’s market performance has rarely been starker. While tokenized assets on the XRP Ledger have doubled to over $2 billion and daily transactions jumped 35% in the first quarter of 2026 to nearly 2.5 million, the token itself is trading at $1.08 — barely a whisker above its 52-week low of $1.05. The sell-off has wiped out roughly 42% of XRP’s value since the start of the year.
Ripple notched a pair of regulatory breakthroughs in the same week. The Japanese Financial Services Agency (JFSA) greenlit the RLUSD stablecoin for launch in Japan via the SBI Group, while Ripple secured a provisional crypto licence in Luxembourg, opening the door to full services under the European MiCA framework across the European Economic Area. RLUSD’s market capitalisation has swelled to around $1.59 billion over the past year, reflecting growing institutional interest. On the network side, the XRP Ledger upgrade to version 3.2.0 cuts node storage requirements by up to 40%, and developers are working on native lending and quantum-computer resistance by 2028.
Yet none of that has shielded the token from the broader crypto rout triggered by Bitcoin, which slumped to its lowest level in 21 months. Ethereum, Solana and XRP all felt the downdraft. The selling pressure was compounded locally by the shutdown this week of Strobe Finance, a decentralised lending platform on the XRP Ledger, which added to the oversupply of tokens on exchanges. The scarcity index — a measure of available coins relative to demand — has tumbled to a three-year low, despite large holders still controlling roughly 74% of circulating supply.
Should investors sell immediately? Or is it worth buying XRP?
Chart watchers now eye the $1.05 support zone with unusual intensity. A break below that level would put the psychologically important $1 mark in play — a threshold that has held since the November 2024 US election. The distance to the 200-day moving average has widened to nearly 30%, with that trendline sitting at $1.53 and currently out of reach. The long-term trajectory remains firmly negative.
The weakness has also infected regulated products such as the Bitwise XRP ETF and the REX-Osprey fund, whose prices have tracked the spot market’s decline. The ETF wrapper provides accessibility, not insulation, leaving holders exposed to the same volatility.
For now, the immediate catalyst for any stabilisation lies with Bitcoin. Until liquidity returns to the largest cryptocurrency, XRP’s fundamentals — no matter how strong — are unlikely to break the gravitational pull of the broader risk-off environment. The next few sessions will test whether the $1.05 floor holds or gives way to a new leg lower.
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