Whales load up on 100 million XRP – surge coming?
XRP has benefited greatly from the ongoing cryptocurrency bull run, although the token failed to cross the $4 threshold or reclaim its all-time high (ATH) of $3.40. Although upward momentum slowed in the latter half of December, since the start of 2025, XRP has seen a renewed surge. On a year-to-date (YTD) basis, the digital asset’s price has increased by 55.41%, having marked a 35.31% gain on the weekly chart. XRP price weekly and YTD charts. Source: Finbold The most recent leg of the surge, which began on January 13, was driven by two factors — better-than-expected inflation numbers from the December Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, and an appeal brief in the longstanding case against Ripple Labs made by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which was largely seen as ineffectual. Picks for you If you put $1,000 in Bitc...