XRP is trading at $1.39, erasing yesterday’s gains and complicating any XRP price forecast that leans on the August recovery holding. Move that reopens an old question for holders: why does a token keep bleeding while the company behind it just got valued at $50 billion?
Ripple’s employee share buyback in March 2026 pegged the company’s worth above Coinbase’s market cap at the time. XRP hasn’t shared in that success. There’s a mechanical reason for that gap, and it’s not going away soon.
Ripple’s payments network processes cross-border transfers in three to five seconds for a fraction of a cent, but banks don’t need XRP to use it. Ripple confirmed over 300 network customers back in 2019. Only a handful, including SBI Remit and Travelex Bank, are known to actually route liquidity through the token itself.
Meanwhile, the XRP Ledger’s decentralized finance total value locked sits under $50 million, according to DefiLlama, trailing roughly 40 other chains and dwarfed by Ethereum’s roughly $50 billion. Traders this week are more focused on the Senate’s procedural vote on the CLARITY Act than on any of that ecosystem data.
Utility on paper doesn’t always translate into demand on-chain.
XRPL Overview DefilLama
Market Intelligence: Crypto Security Analyst Recommends Best Anonymous Crypto Wallets
Can XRP Price Hold $1.35 Support This Week?
XRPUSDT Chart 1D TradingView
Based on this XRP price forecast, XRP is trading around $1.40, down just over 1% on the day, and the picture is one of a market trying to find its feet after a long decline. From last summer’s peak near $3.65, price bled steadily lower through 2026, bottoming close to $1.00 in August. A strong rebound followed, briefly touching $1.72 before settling into the current range.
The 200-day moving average, now flattening near $1.27, has turned from resistance into a floor worth watching. Above, the $1.54 level caps the recovery. A clean break there would strengthen the case for a genuine trend change rather than a relief bounce.
Support sits at $1.31–$1.35, with a deeper floor at $1.26 and $1.22 if that breaks. Resistance clusters at $1.43–$1.45, then $1.47–$1.50.
Market Intelligence: Crypto Analyst Predicts Best New Crypto to Hodl
LiquidChain Presale Draws Attention as XRP’s Ceiling Holds
Yesterday’s 4.30% drop on a token backed by a $50 billion company says something about where XRP sits in its cycle. Most of the good news (the valuation, the network deals, the regulatory thaw) is already in the price. Even a clean CLARITY vote lands on a market cap that has priced it in.
That math is what sends some traders earlier in the cycle to projects where price discovery hasn’t happened yet.
LiquidChain ($LIQUID) is one of them. It’s a Layer 3 project pitching itself as a cross-chain liquidity layer: instead of deploying separately on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana and fragmenting liquidity across all three, developers deploy once and draw on a single pooled execution environment. The architecture rests on three architectures:
- Unified Liquidity Layer;
- Single-Step Execution;
- Verifiable Settlement.
The presale has raised over $1 million at $0.014955 per token.
Early-stage infrastructure plays carry obvious risk. Those comfortable with that risk profile can research LiquidChain directly.
Layer 3 Is Already Here, Smart Money Knows It – Do You?
DISCOVER: Best Meme Coins to Buy in 2026
next
Disclaimer: Coinspeaker is committed to providing unbiased and transparent reporting. This article aims to deliver accurate and timely information but should not be taken as financial or investment advice. Since market conditions can change rapidly, we encourage you to verify information on your own and consult with a professional before making any decisions based on this content.
Daniel Frances is a technical writer and Web3 educator specializing in macroeconomics and DeFi mechanics. A crypto native since 2017, Daniel leverages his background in on-chain analytics to author evidence-based reports and deep-dive guides. He holds certifications from The Blockchain Council, and is dedicated to providing “information gain” that cuts through market hype to find real-world blockchain utility.