Major Wall Street investors poured $500 million into Ripple in 2025 — a figure 
that reflects just how embedded XRP has become in the company&#8217;s financial 
backbone, and why analysts say Ripple has little reason to walk away from it. 
Related Reading: Another Bitcoin Buy Coming? Saylor Sparks Speculation With 
‘Orange Dots’ Post A newly circulated academic paper, published in Advances in 
Economics, Business and Management Research, argues that XRP&#8217;s role in 
Ripple&#8217;s cross-border payment network makes abandonment not just unlikely, but 
structurally difficult. The paper was brought to wider attention by XRP 
community researcher SMQKE. The Case Against Cutting Ties Ripple Payments — 
formerly known as RippleNet — uses XRP as a bridge asset to move money across 
borders quickly and cheaply. According to the paper, that dependency runs 
deep. XRP helps guard against double-spending risks while cutting the delays 
that plague traditional payment systems. Banks like Bank of America and 
Santander are among the financial institutions connected to Ripple&#8217;s network. 
That kind of institutional footprint makes any sudden pivot away from XRP a 
complicated proposition, reports indicate. ‼️ WHY RIPPLE WILL NEVER ABANDON 
XRP‼️ Read closely.😶‍🌫️ “Because RippleNet DEPENDS much on XRP, the XRP will 
coexist with Ripple Labs.”✅ “In this way, as long as Ripple Labs is widely 
used for its cross-board real-time payment business, the XRP market will 
ALWAYS work as a… pic.twitter.com/9YZvBLoExt — SMQKE (@SMQKEDQG) March 13, 
2026 The paper stops short of declaring XRP untouchable. It points to 
regulatory tightening and rival technologies as real threats that could 
reshape how Ripple operates in the long run. Still, its central conclusion is 
that XRP and Ripple are likely to remain tied together for the foreseeable 
future. XRP&#8217;s Broader Ambitions Beyond payments, Ripple has explored 
positioning XRP as a neutral go-between for central bank digital currencies, 
or CBDCs. The idea is that XRP could connect different national digital 
currencies without requiring the parties to rely on traditional financial 
intermediaries. That ambition signals something important. Ripple isn&#8217;t 
treating XRP as a legacy product to be quietly retired. Based on reports, the 
company has been actively expanding its use cases rather than winding them 
down. CEO Brad Garlinghouse has publicly described XRP as the company&#8217;s 
guiding purpose. His exact words, often repeated in the XRP community: &#8220;XRP is 
our north star.&#8221; Related Reading: XRP Moves Into ‘Scarce Zone’ As Exchange 
Supply Dries Up Stablecoin Launch Adds A New Layer Ripple&#8217;s rollout of RLUSD, 
its own stablecoin, has fed speculation that XRP might be getting sidelined. 
Some observers read the move as a sign that Ripple is hedging its bets with a 
more stable asset. Ripple executives have pushed back on that reading. They 
maintain XRP is not being replaced — that RLUSD operates alongside it, not 
instead of it. The academic paper largely supports that position. It frames 
XRP as central to both network security and overall system efficiency, not as 
a technology on its way out. Whether that holds as stablecoins gain ground 
across the broader payments industry remains an open question. Featured image 
from Pexels, chart from TradingView

Ripple’s $500M Raise And Institutional Ties Keep XRP Firmly In Place

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that blends decentralized finance ( DeFi) yields with tokenized real-world 
assets within a regulated framework. Coinshares Launches Onchain Strategy 
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Ethereum has surged 24% in just over a week, breaking above a key resistance 
with strong volume and signaling renewed bullish momentum. With a bullish 
structure still intact, attention now shifts to whether ETH can sustain the 
move toward the $4,956 target or pause for a brief pullback first. Ethereum 
Rallies 24% Into Resistance — Is A Pullback To $2,150 Next? Following a swift 
24% rally over the past 8 days, ETH has hit a major resistance level and is 
showing signs of rejection. According to Max Trades, this vertical move has 
occurred without any meaningful retracements, making a cooling-off period 
highly likely. A pullback at this stage is considered a healthy part of the 
market cycle to reset momentum. Related Reading: The End Of Ethereum’s 
Downtrend? Key Indicator Flashes First Bullish Signal Since September A 
primary target for a potential long entry is the $2,150 level, which 
previously acted as range-high resistance. The setup is further bolstered by 
technical confluence, as this price point aligns closely with a key Fibonacci 
retracement level and sits above the weekly open. Currently, Exponential 
Moving Averages (EMAs) are positioned below the spot price, providing a 
dynamic cushion. This suggests that the broader trend is still intact despite 
the immediate need for a price correction. Risk management is defined by a 
clear invalidation point below the $2,080 support level, which coincides with 
the Fibonacci Golden Pocket, a critical area for buyers to defend. ETH Breaks 
Key Resistance With Volume — $4,956 Target Now In Play? In an update, Kamile 
Uray noted that Ethereum has broken above the pink resistance level on the 
chart with strong volume; a move that stands out compared to Bitcoin, which 
has yet to deliver a similar high-conviction breakout. The surge in volume 
adds credibility to the move, suggesting that bullish momentum is gaining 
traction. Related Reading: Ethereum Price Struggles Near Highs — Reversal Risk 
Rising From a lower timeframe perspective, a sustained 4-hour close above the 
$2,475 level would serve as the first confirmation that the upward trend has 
room to continue. Holding above this zone could reinforce the breakout 
structure and signal that buyers remain in control in the short term. The 
broader outlook remains bullish as long as Ethereum continues to defend the 
$1,916 bottom on the 4-hour timeframe. Maintaining this level keeps the market 
structure supportive of further upside within the current trend. Uray also 
highlighted that the Libra formation is still in play, with an upside target 
near $4,956. However, the $3,445 level stands out as a key resistance on the 
way up, where a rejection could trigger a temporary pullback before 
continuation. On the downside, the formation would be invalidated if price 
drops below the $1,388 level, marking it as the critical stop point for the 
bullish scenario. Featured image from Getty Images, chart from Tradingview.com

Ethereum Explodes 24% After Key Breakout: Rally To $4,956 In Play?

The XRP price slid 5% on Wednesday as a wider market pullback dragged most 
major tokens lower, knocking the altcoin back to roughly $1.43. Experts point 
to the same recurring forces behind the swing: persistent geopolitical 
tensions in the Middle East and a shortage of fresh, bullish catalysts. 
Despite the near-term weakness, market observers remain upbeat about XRP’s 
longer-term prospects, centering their optimism on an anticipated policy 
development in Washington. Potential Surge In Adoption And ETF Inflows 
Industry analysts widely believe that passage of the CLARITY Act — the 
proposed crypto market-structure bill in the US Congress — would materially 
improve XRP’s institutional outlook by formally classifying the token as a 
digital commodity. That legal status would place XRP on a regulatory footing 
similar to Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) and, according to proponents, 
remove a major barrier to large-scale adoption by banks, asset managers, and 
payment providers. Related Reading: Citigroup Lowers 12-Month Bitcoin Price 
Forecast To $112,000, ETH To $3,175—Here’s The Reason In a new analysis, Sam 
Daodu of 24/7 Wall St. argued that the CLARITY Act is the single most 
important catalyst that could propel the XRP price past key resistance levels. 
He noted that commodity designation would allow US banks to use XRP for cross- 
border settlement via Ripple’s payment rails without the looming uncertainty 
that a regulatory reclassification might later introduce. That legal clarity, 
Daodu said, would unlock institutional confidence and encourage sizeable 
inflows into XRP investment products such as exchange-traded funds (ETFs). XRP 
Price Targets Lifted Daodu also cited forecasts from Standard Chartered’s 
Geoffrey Kendrick, who previously set an $8 target for XRP in 2026, premised 
on the passage of the CLARITY Act. Kendrick’s model anticipates $4 billion to 
$8 billion in cumulative ETF inflows by year-end if the bill passes. Consensus 
among many analysts places the XRP price between $5 and $10 should the 
legislation clear Congress, with an $8 price implying a market capitalization 
near $490 billion — a level Daodu argues is plausible if banks adopt XRP for 
actual payment use rather than the token remaining a retail trading vehicle. 
Daodu went further in outlining further upside scenarios: if the CLARITY Act 
were approved and Ripple’s application for a master account at the Federal 
Reserve were also successful by late 2026, some models project XRP could trade 
in a $15–$30 range under full bank adoption. Related Reading: This Week Could 
Be The Most Volatile For Bitcoin In 2026, Top Expert Warns The CLARITY Act 
passed the House in July 2025 by a 294–134 vote and moved through the Senate 
Agriculture Committee on January 29. However, the Senate Banking Committee has 
yet to schedule a new markup since January, and negotiators have not published 
a reconciled draft that satisfies both crypto and banking stakeholders. 
However, on Wednesday, pro-crypto Senator Cynthia Lummis indicated renewed 
momentum when she said that the Banking Committee plans to mark up the bill in 
April, following the Easter recess. Featured image from DALL-E, chart from 
TradingView.com

XRP Price Projections Soar To $15-$30 On CLARITY Act Prospects And Bank Adoption

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