Technology
By Pankaj K
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FXRP as Collateral and the $280 Million Morpho Market. Beyond the ledger upgrade, Ripple's been putting money into infrastructure plays.
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XRP's Rough Year and Where It Stands Now. The price history here is pretty wild. XRP was trading above $3.60 last August. Then it fell apart.
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XRP's got a price target now — and it comes from an AI. A ChatGPT model put out a forecast calling for XRP to land somewhere between $2.20 and $3.00 by the close of 2026, with $2.
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The model didn't pull that number out of nowhere. It's leaning on a cluster of real developments inside the XRP ecosystem that, taken together, paint a picture of a network…
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Beyond the ledger upgrade, Ripple's been putting money into infrastructure plays. ZILO and Licuido are two projects drawing Ripple investment, both focused on tokenized issuance…
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The most concrete win so far is FXRP getting approved as collateral in a $280 million RLUSD lending market on the Morpho platform.
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But the forecast isn't all upside. The ChatGPT model flagged a clear downside scenario too. If XRP can't hold above $1.20, the model sees a drop into the $0.90 to $1.00 range.
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More recently the token stabilized around $1.00 before spiking up to $1.68. Didn't hold. It pulled back to $1.47614, logging a 2.92% loss.
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More context: XRP Surges as South Korean Traders Invest $319M, Dominating Exchange Volume
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The technical picture has a few clear lines in the sand. Resistance sits at $1.53, then $1.68, then $1.80. Support runs from $1.45326 down to $1.00.
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And there's a broader project in the mix that could affect XRP's positioning. LiquidChain is building what it calls a unified execution layer — a single infrastructure layer…
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The interoperability problem LiquidChain is targeting is real. Right now, moving capital across different blockchain networks is clunky, expensive, and often requires multiple…
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Stablecoin and tokenized asset markets have been growing fast across Asia and parts of Latin America, and that growth is pushing demand for infrastructure that can actually…
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See also: Bitcoin Surges to $77K as Market Eyes CLARITY Act Vote and Fed Chairs Speech
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The XRPL 3.3.0 upgrade also brought sponsored fees and confidential token transfers to the ledger.
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