DriveWealth has partnered with Ripple to integrate stablecoin settlement, cross-border payments and digital asset custody into its global brokerage infrastructure. The collaboration will initially support settlement in Europe, with plans to expand to the United States.
The future of every-day payments is effortless, and Ripple's native chain is officially leading the charge.
The cryptocurrency market is emerging from the consolidation phase right now following the release of critically important macroeconomic data from the US. The September Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed accelerating inflation across all components: the annual figure rose to +3.7% (+3.6% expected), while the underlying Core CPI climbed to +2.6% y/y, provoking a harsh reaction in financial markets.
Bitwise led the Oct. 5-9 total with about $10.55 million. XRP's UTC-dated daily close was $1.497 on Oct. 7 and $1.341 on Oct. 13.
On-chain activity and Ripple's latest partnership could signal growing XRPL adoption.
Evernorth's active management of its XRP treasury could set a precedent for crypto firms, highlighting potential risks and opportunities in DeFi. Evernorth taps Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase and BitGo to put its $648M XRP treasury to work.
XRP rebounded from a recent low near $1.32 and traded around $1.37 on October 14, according to CoinMarketCap. The recovery followed several volatile sessions for XRP, with the token gaining roughly 1% over 24 hours after defending the $1.32 area, which marked its lowest level during the latest pullback.
XRP's share of the total crypto market capitalization has dropped from about 5% in July 2025 to nearly 3% in October 2026. This decline mostly reflects a relative loss of value compared to other digital assets and does not mean that the use of the XRP Ledger has decreased by the same proportions.
Evernorth said it is planning a phased move into XRP lending and yield strategies following its Nasdaq debut.
Ripple partners with Meritz Securities, marking its fourth Korean institutional deal of 2026 as custody, tokenization and XRP Ledger adoption expand.
XRP ETFs extend a 13-week inflow streak with roughly $11M in new capital, even as XRP falls 7.3% and Bitcoin and Ethereum funds face withdrawals.
Even though XRP price has capitulated nearly 35% so far in 2026, trading at approximately $1.367 on October 14, two artificial intelligence (AI) large language models (LLMs), Gemini and ChatGPT expect this cryptocurrency to rally to a new all-time high (ATH) by 31 December, 2030.