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Ripple has initiated a $750 million share repurchase program at a $50 billion valuation, acquiring stock from early investors and employees — a price higher than its previous $40 billion fundraising valuation, despite the current bear-market environment.

Mastercard has launched a Crypto Partner Program with more than 85 partners, including Ripple, Binance and PayPal, to broaden blockchain payments infrastructure, support CBDC development, and link on-chain payments to banks, merchants and global commerce.

XRP spot ETFs have swiftly attracted between $1.2 billion and $1.4 billion in inflows, driven largely by a broad global retail investor base. Despite a recent pullback, the funds still hold about $1.4 billion, and Goldman Sachs is the largest disclosed institutional holder, with about $154 million.

XRP has been trading sideways around the $1.30–$1.40 range, finding firm support near $1.34. Even with recent losses and overall market caution, converging technical signals and a tight Bollinger Bands compression point to a potential breakout following extended downward momentum.

Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple’s CEO, says 2026 could be a defining — potentially breakout — year for Ripple and XRP, driven by international expansion, deeper XRP integration into payments and liquidity rails, wider AI adoption, new XRPL tools, strategic partnerships, and transaction volumes surpassing $100 billion.

Ripple intends to buy BC Payments to obtain an Australian Financial Services License, which would allow it to grow its institutional-focused, enterprise-grade cross-border remittance and full end-to-end payments offerings inside Australia's financial ecosystem.

XRP is seeing surging spot and derivatives volume, higher on-chain activity, and large exchange outflows amid a broader downtrend and elevated volatility. These developments suggest shifting market dynamics ahead of key macro data and liquidity clustered at critical levels.

Crypto markets rebounded as easing geopolitical tensions and a Trump signal of de‑escalation, together with institutional buying and an unexpected U.S. regulatory move, helped lift Bitcoin back above $70,000 and Ethereum past $2,000. Broad altcoin gains and strong Bitcoin ETF inflows came despite recent liquidation spikes and mixed Ethereum ETF flows.

Glassnode data indicate most XRP holders are currently underwater after the token dropped nearly 28% year-to-date and is down about two-thirds from its peak, trading close to $1.34. Millions of addresses now carry substantial unrealized losses, mirroring earlier XRP cycles that saw painful capitulation before later expansion.

XRP is staging a rebound and holding critical support around $1.40 in choppy, risk-driven crypto markets, with tightening price compression suggesting a sizable move ahead. Still, broader economic and geopolitical uncertainty leaves downside risk toward $0.50 intact.

XRP has seen modest gains and short-lived spikes alongside broader crypto rebounds and geopolitical headlines, while derivatives activity suggests a potential short squeeze; despite recent sideways consolidation and flat trading, ETF inflows and shrinking exchange supplies point to a likely upcoming bullish move.

Ripple Prime has integrated Coinbase Derivatives via Nodal Clear, enabling institutional clients to trade a full suite of regulated crypto futures (including BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP) within Ripple’s brokerage framework, expanding its institutional digital asset and derivatives offerings in the CFTC-supervised U.S. market.

Major cryptocurrencies posted notable rebounds, led by Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and Dogecoin, supported by renewed ETF inflows and a wider rebound in equities. However, ongoing volatility has investors divided over whether the advance is merely a short-lived rally or a temporary respite before a larger market pullback.

Bitwise’s spot XRP ETF (ticker: XRP) is now the largest U.S. XRP fund, holding about $289 million in assets under management after roughly $10 million of inflows in the past week. The move reflects robust institutional demand and a widening market share among regulated XRP investment products.

Ripple is converting its Ripple Payments product into a unified, end-to-end platform for fiat and digital assets, bringing together custody operations, virtual account management, liquidity provisioning and stablecoin payment tooling under one regulated framework. By integrating its Palisade and Rail acquisitions, Ripple aims to provide a one-stop infrastructure solution for global financial institutions.

David Schwartz, formerly Ripple's CTO, reiterated that control of the XRP Ledger is not centralized and that no single actor — Ripple included — can block legitimate XRP transactions, responding to and rejecting recent claims that the XRPL is centralized.

XRP has recovered to $1.38 from $1.11 but remains at risk of slipping back toward $1 as rising Iran-Israel-US tensions and growing market focus on events like XRP Australia 2026 shift investor sentiment.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says former SEC chair Gary Gensler privately acknowledged he was wrong and apologized during a White House meeting for the agency's long-standing anti-crypto stance.

Demand for XRP has strengthened, fueled by growing ETF inflows, a more than 200% rise in retail spot buying, and upticks in self-custody transfers. These shifts are reducing available supply and could support upward price pressure heading into the next quarter.

XRP plunged to roughly $1.40—about a 40% decline since January 5—after a volatile, liquidation-heavy week marked by significant capitulation. Despite the sell-off, the wider crypto market remains broadly bullish and XRP has mostly consolidated, trading sideways following the drop.