XRP just flipped the script and kicked Binance Coin off the third spot in the crypto rankings.
XRP’s market cap reached $158 billion, leaving BNB trailing at $156 billion in the weekend, all fueled by a tasty cocktail of short-term buying buzz and some serious strategic moves.
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Big exchange listings
Right now, in the time of writing, XRP is strutting around at $2.62, up nearly 13% this week. BNB is playing it cool, inching up just about 4.35% in the week.
So while BNB might have had its moment earlier this month, fueled by regulatory cheers and President Trump’s pardon of Binance’s Changpeng Zhao, plus big exchange listings on Coinbase and Robinhood, XRP just reminded everyone why it’s still a force to reckon with.
On-chain lending and liquidity
Ripple’s co-founder Chris Larsen recently sold a chunk of his XRP stash, not to pack bags and flee, but to fund Evernorth, a crypto asset treasury planning to raise over $1 billion via a SPAC deal to gobble up XRP by the billion.
Now, industry experts say this is a tight-supply, long-term demand play designed to squeeze the community’s holdings tighter and boost XRP’s utility.
Throw in Evernorth’s potential to dip its toes into on-chain lending and liquidity tricks on the XRP Ledger, and you’ve got yourself a crypto cocktail that’s raising eyebrows.
Ripple isn’t just playing defense either. They’re pushing XRP in everything from payments to stablecoins and institutional services, reinforcing XRP’s bull case even when the market zigzags with volatility.
Spot XRP ETF decisions
As almost always, social media’s retail traders are caught in a panic swirl over Larsen’s $120 million XRP sell-off, sparking a nine-month low in sentiment. Yet, this ‘retail fear’ is actually a contrarian goldmine.
Analysts think data from Santiment points to this classic pattern, when small wallets flee, institutions swoop in, lighting a ‘fear-buy’ signal just under $2 and flashing ‘sell’ signs above $3.
📈 XRP is at ~$2.60 after a +4% day. We've seen some retail FUD across social media, indicating small wallets are selling off. During this $2-$3 price stretch, high crowd predictions of $XRP under $2 is a buy signal and above $3 is a sell signal.
🔗 Link: https://t.co/aUGQ5jYWJK pic.twitter.com/q6yqtLpO11
— Santiment (@santimentfeed) October 25, 2025
Whales have been offloading only a fraction of XRP relative to its mammoth $144 billion market cap, hinting that big players are steadying their grip.
Plus, with spot XRP ETF decisions looming and Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin closing in on $1 billion in size, institutional inflows hit nearly $74 million last week alone.
The race for crypto’s elite table just got spicier, and XRP’s telling us, don’t blink.
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📅 Published: October 28, 2025 • 🕓 Last updated: October 28, 2025
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