XRP Sees Historic Surge: 638K New Wallets Flood In as Bitcoin Maxis Diversify

Move over, BTC—XRP just notched a record-breaking 638,000 new wallets in Q1 2025, becoming the ’rebel’s choice’ for Bitcoin maximalists hedging their bets. Here’s why the Ripple-backed asset is suddenly hot again.

The quiet rebellion: While Bitcoiners preach ’HODL,’ smart money’s sneaking into XRP for its regulatory clarity and sub-dollar price tag. Wall Street calls it reckless—crypto natives call it a calculated pivot.

Liquidity loves company: With Ripple’s legal wins piling up, exchanges are racing to relist XRP, creating a liquidity wave that even traditional finance can’t ignore (though they’ll still call it a ’speculative toy’).

The takeaway? When 638,000 wallets vote with their funds in three months, it’s either the start of an altseason—or proof that even crypto’s true believers keep a backup bag. Just don’t tell the Bitcoin Twitter mob.

• XRP climbed over 6.5 million non-empty wallets at the beginning of 2025, with more than 638k customers appearing within a few months.

• WisdomTree listed this cryptocurrency as the only altcoin that was worthy of inclusion alongside Bitcoin in portfolio strategies due to its Layer-1 payment utility.

• Institutional investors and even Bitcoin maxis are now accumulating this coin.

XRP is back in the headlines for 2025 as it hits a new historic milestone. Shortly before press time, data from the analytics service Santiment showed that after reaching the figure of 638,000, the XRP network has broken a new record, surpassing 6.5 million non-empty wallets for the first time in 12 years.

Source: X @ CryptoWorld_

This is a strong wave of either adoption or interest in the token. 638,000 new wallets have been added since the beginning of the year, which is an increase of 11% to the total number of wallets.

The growth trend, presented in a chart shared by CryptoWorld, depicts a drastic upward movement, which indicates expanding participation of users and an increasing token accumulation during this period.

XRP Recognized as Important Diversification Asset

What’s more important is that this influx in XRP wallets is not only driven by retail investors but also by the more sophisticated forces of the world of finance. In a report, WisdomTree, a global asset management firm, identified XRP as the only altcoin that is appropriate for pairing with a Bitcoin investment strategy.

The report authored by WisdomTree’s Director of Digital Assets Research, Dovile, claims that the Ripple-associated token can be an addition for portfolio diversification with Bitcoin. It explains that although bitcoin continues to be the flagship Layer-1 cryptocurrency, XRP is now beginning to be recognized for its unique utility in the Layer-1 space.

Only XRP is Included with Bitcoin in the Taxonomy Classification

The report continues to mention that their Digital Asset Taxonomy made it possible to classify this coin as an altcoin that could “sit alongside Bitcoin,” unlike other altcoins.

Other digital assets such as ethereum and Solana were also within the taxonomy but were placed in Layer-1 smart contract networks, while the Ripple-associated token was the only altcoin that featured alongside Bitcoin in Layer-1 payments. This places XRP in a very unique situation not only in terms of technology but also investment innovation.

This increasing awareness is quietly prompting institutional and smart investors to build up their positions in the Ripple-associated token while the public and media glare is primarily directed toward Bitcoin ETFs. Even staunch supporters of Bitcoin (known widely as Bitcoin maxis) are now stockpiling XRP as its relevance hits new heights.

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