#XRPRises8%
XRP jumped more than 8% in 24 hours on Monday, September 21, 2026, trading near $1.49-$1.50 and cutting through key resistance at $1.42-$1.43, according to Coinpedia and CoinJournal. The move came alongside a broader crypto rally that pushed the total market cap to $2.99 trillion, up 6.2%, as Bitcoin topped $84,000 and Ethereum surpassed $2,700.
Ripple's payments expansion added fuel: the company launched a new developer kit letting AI agents make payments using the XRP Ledger and its RLUSD stablecoin, now carrying a $2.4 billion market cap, per KuCoin. Separately, asset managers are preparing for the Ledger's "Batch v1.1" upgrade, which lets linked asset and payment transfers succeed or fail together — a feature aimed at real-time settlement, according to Coinpedia.
XRP's trading volume rose 55% to roughly $4.7 billion as crypto-wide short liquidations hit $665 million. Analysts are now watching whether XRP can clear $1.50 to open a path toward $1.80, though CoinJournal cautions that broader adoption of Ripple's new tools still depends on approval and real-world use.
$XRP
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XRP jumped more than 8% in 24 hours on Monday, September 21, 2026, trading near $1.49-$1.50 and cutting through key resistance at $1.42-$1.43, according to Coinpedia and CoinJournal. The move came alongside a broader crypto rally that pushed the total market cap to $2.99 trillion, up 6.2%, as Bitcoin topped $84,000 and Ethereum surpassed $2,700.
Ripple's payments expansion added fuel: the company launched a new developer kit letting AI agents make payments using the XRP Ledger and its RLUSD stablecoin, now carrying a $2.4 billion market cap, per KuCoin. Separately, asset managers are preparing for the Ledger's "Batch v1.1" upgrade, which lets linked asset and payment transfers succeed or fail together — a feature aimed at real-time settlement, according to Coinpedia.
XRP's trading volume rose 55% to roughly $4.7 billion as crypto-wide short liquidations hit $665 million. Analysts are now watching whether XRP can clear $1.50 to open a path toward $1.80, though CoinJournal cautions that broader adoption of Ripple's new tools still depends on approval and real-world use.
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