XRP bounced from recent lows on a late volume surge, though the token continued to lag the broader crypto market as futures traders positioned around key support levels.
Data shows the transaction fee on XRP has seen a severe decline since February 2025, a sign that demand for using the chain has waned.
Leading cryptocurrencies traded sideways, while stocks closed lower on Wednesday as resumption in U.S.-Iran hostilities dampened risk-on appetite Cryptocurrency 24-Hour Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 9:15 p.m. EDT) Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) +0.28% $61,916.15 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) -0.48% $1,632.51 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) -2.52% $1.10 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) -1.53% $64 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) -1.44% $0.08363 Crypto Market Stagnates Bitcoin spiked to an intraday high of $62,788 but faced stiff resistance soon after.
Brad Garlinghouse has endorsed claims that Wall Street firms are increasingly pursuing the same institutional finance strategy that XRP was once criticized for supporting.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has publicly backed comments made by Flare co-founder Hugo Philion regarding XRPs long-standing vision of bridging traditional finance and blockchain technology. Garlinghouses endorsement comes at a time when XRP community sentiment is recovering following a recent market downturn and price decline.
Mastercard has launched an AI payments network backed by more than 30 companies, including Ripple, Coinbase, and the Solana Foundation, to enable autonomous software agents to transact without human intervention.
Ripple launches XRP Ledger AI Starter Kit, enabling autonomous AI agent payments with XRP and RLUSD via X402 protocol support.
David Schwartz digs deeper into XRP's escrow mechanics: how does it differ from Bitcoin's last block production?
XRP has entered one of its most uncomfortable technical zones in months. The cryptocurrency has now broken below a support base that had held since February, but the selloff has not yet turned into a collapse below $1.
Several key metrics of XRP are starting to change course, falling drastically along with the ongoing bearish performance of the altcoin's price. As the downside pressure mounts, the Realized Profit to Loss Ratio has experienced a sharp decline to levels that reflect the intensity of the current bear market phase.
L;DR: The developer toolkit includes support for the X402 protocol, enabling transactions with XRP and the RLUSD stablecoin. Operations on the ledger feature a deterministic finality that resolves within a 3-to-5-second range natively. The system leverages existing institutional controls on the network, such as multi-signature schemes, deposit authorization, and escrow contracts.
Ripple's XRPL AI Starter Kit equips developers with tools for autonomous, agent-driven payments.