FX
XRP (USD)
The dollar price of XRP, the token behind a cross-border settlement network. It reacts strongly to regulatory rulings and partnership news, serving as a reference for regulatory sentiment across altcoins.
At a glance
XRP (USD): latest value and prior change
As of 2026-09-18, XRP (USD) is 1.32 USD. It is 0.02 USD higher than 1.30 USD on 2026-09-17.
Across 227 available observations from 2026-02-04 to 2026-09-18, the latest value is at the tie-adjusted 41st percentile.
- Observed on
- Default comparison window
- 2026-02-04–2026-09-18
- Observations · observed cadence
- 227 · Daily
- Data source
- Yahoo Finance
A high or low percentile does not by itself make the indicator positive, negative, or a buy or sell signal.
Time-series chart
XRP (USD)
2026-02-04–2026-09-18
Long-history series are stored as real provider observations. Index, FX, VIX, and ratio charts use historical backfill where providers expose it; Korean investor flow and margin-credit feeds expand as stable historical endpoints become available.
Recent observations and calculated changes
The ten latest chart observations. Change subtracts the previous observation; intervals vary with holidays, release schedules and missing data. A difference in rates or ratios is not an investment return.
| Observed | Value | Previous date | Difference (current − previous) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | 1.32 USD | 2026-09-17 | 0.02 USD |
| 2026-09-17 | 1.30 USD | 2026-09-16 | 0.00 USD |
| 2026-09-16 | 1.30 USD | 2026-09-15 | 0.01 USD |
| 2026-09-15 | 1.28 USD | 2026-09-14 | -0.14 USD |
| 2026-09-14 | 1.42 USD | 2026-09-13 | 0.08 USD |
| 2026-09-13 | 1.34 USD | 2026-09-12 | -0.03 USD |
| 2026-09-12 | 1.37 USD | 2026-09-11 | 0.01 USD |
| 2026-09-11 | 1.36 USD | 2026-09-10 | 0.02 USD |
| 2026-09-10 | 1.34 USD | 2026-09-09 | -0.06 USD |
| 2026-09-09 | 1.39 USD | 2026-09-08 | -0.02 USD |
Source: Yahoo Finance
Interpretation guide
XRP in dollars: an asset caught between regulation and utility
XRP positions itself as a settlement asset for cross-border bank transfers and has held a top market-cap rank for years. Where bitcoin responds to liquidity and ethereum to ecosystem growth, XRP responds most to regulatory rulings and real adoption news — a different animal entirely.
What moves the price
With an identifiable issuer and a payments business model, US securities-law questions have been the dominant price variable. Layer on bank partnerships and payment-network adoption announcements, and moves come fast and large.
- Regulatory and litigation rulings are event risks worth tens of percent in days.
- The issuer's scheduled token releases are a recurring supply-side overhang.
- Actual settlement-network volumes separate the story from the business.
The relationship with bitcoin and ethereum
XRP follows bitcoin and ethereum higher in risk-on phases but with more beta, and it decouples entirely when it has its own catalyst. A solo XRP spike in a quiet market is almost always idiosyncratic.
- XRP catching up after bitcoin and ethereum rallies marks the later stage of altcoin diffusion.
- Read solo XRP surges as single-name events, not market signals.
- Pair with TapeFlow's bitcoin and ethereum series to place the risk-appetite stage.
Uses and misreads
Because it depends so heavily on idiosyncratic news, XRP carries less macro signal than bitcoin. Its value here is as a gauge of Korean retail crowding, where its trading share is unusually large.
- Judging the whole crypto market from XRP is the classic misread.
- Post-event spikes retrace often; wait for trend confirmation.
- Read alongside its won price and turnover to size domestic crowding.