XRP’s Latest Power Moves: 5 Game-Changing Developments You Can’t Afford to Miss

XRP just flipped the script again. While Wall Street bankers were busy overcompliance their coffee orders, Ripple's powerhouse asset pulled off another series of strategic wins. Here's what's shaking the crypto sphere:

Regulatory Roulette Pays Off

The SEC's tired playbook got another dent as XRP's legal team dismantled yet another weak argument. Turns out, throwing 'security' labels around like confetti doesn't stick when actual utility's in play.

Institutional Floodgates Creak Open

Three new payment corridors went live last week - and guess which asset's settling them in under 3 seconds? (Hint: it's not the one with a $900 transaction fee).

Liquidity Pools Get Deeper

Top exchanges quietly doubled XRP pairings this quarter. When the suits finally realize cross-border payments won't happen on their 1970s SWIFT network, the infrastructure will already be built.

Developer Exodus? Try Renaissance

Contrary to FUD-spinners, the XRP Ledger just hit record daily transactions. Somebody forgot to tell builders the asset was 'dead'.

Price Action That Actually Makes Sense

While meme coins do their circus act, XRP's chart shows something rare in crypto: fundamentals actually correlating with value. How delightfully boring.

Wake up, TradFi - the future's moving at the speed of XRP. Your 'blockchain committees' have until Q3 to catch up before becoming irrelevant.

XRP Wallet Addresses And Open Interest Skyrocket

A recent H1 2025 report by Finbold reveals that the XRP network is seeing a sharp rise in speculative interest, with over 840,000 new wallet addresses created in the first half of the year. The report shows that XRP’s total address count jumped from 6.28 million to 7.12 million between January and June 2025. 

However, during the same period, the number of unique active addresses dropped by 42.2%, falling from 39,515 to 22,743. This disconnect suggests that many of the new addresses belong to long-term holders, institutions preparing for future integration, or investors opting to hold their assets without actively interacting with the blockchain network. 

On the derivatives front, XRP’s futures Open Interest recently surged to its highest point since January. According to crypto analyst Xaif on the X social media platform, Open Interest spiked to 800 million XRP before stabilizing at around 743 million, marking a 33% increase from its low in late June. This sharp rise coincides with growing anticipation around a potential ProShares XRP ETF approval, which could reignite bullish sentiment across the market. 

Whales Move $500 Million In XRP 

A massive XRP transaction involving over 214.14 million tokens, valued at approximately $500 million, has caught the attention of the broader crypto market. Based on the information from WhaleAlert, a prominent crypto tracker on X, the full amount was moved by a whale in a single transaction from an anonymous long-standing but inactive wallet address to a newly active one. 

The recipient wallet, according to WhaleAlert, was created in June 2025 and had shown minimal activity until the sudden inflow. Following the $500 million worth of XRP transfer, the wallet’s balance surged to a whopping 708 million tokens, instantly positioning it among the top holders on the XRP Ledger. Meanwhile, the sender’s address still holds over a billion XRP, signaling control over a significant portion of the circulating supply. 

Ripple, a crypto payments firm and the largest holder of XRP, has announced its official partnership with the Bank of New York (BNY Mellon). The company aims to serve as the primary custodian for reserves backing its new enterprise-grade stablecoin, Ripple USD (RLUSD). 

The collaboration marks a significant step in the crypto payments organization’s mission to rapidly advance institutional adoption of digital assets by integrating with one of the world’s oldest and most trusted financial institutions. Unlike most stablecoins that target retail use, RLUSD is designed for enterprise applications, specifically to enhance speed, reduce costs, and increase transparency. On the other hand, BNY Mellon could provide Ripple with key transaction banking capabilities to support operational scale.