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In a new X post, RippleX, the Ripple team that provides XRPL developers with the needed infrastructure, tools, services, programs and support for growth, shares fast facts about $XRP.
This comes amid recent momentum around $XRP ETFs and new institutional treasuries emerging.
According to SoSoValue data, $XRP ETFs saw $58.92 million in total value traded while extending a green streak for the products, which have not seen a single day of outflows since their Nov. 13 launch. Several of the products have seen their largest single-day trading volumes this week.
At the time of writing, $XRP was trading at $2.24, up 20% since the past week. $XRP retreated after a five-day surge at 2026's start pushed past $2.40 for the first time since mid-November.
Fast facts about $XRP
RippleX outlines 12 facts about $XRP. First, $XRP is a functional digital asset designed for settlement and liquidity, focusing on moving value between financial systems. Acting as a neutral bridge, it helps move value between payments, stablecoins, tokenized financial assets and collateral across the global economy.
$XRP is a digital asset of choice for real-world utility – from stablecoin settlement to real-world assets, to institutional payments.
— RippleX (@RippleXDev) January 6, 2026
With new momentum around $XRP ETFs and institutional treasuries forming, here are some updated FAST FACTS about $XRP. 🧵⬇️
Second, $XRP was created at the launch of XRPL in 2012, and its supply is permanently capped at 100 billion; no additional $XRP can ever be minted and no single entity (including Ripple) controls or can change the total supply.
Third, $XRP is one of the few digital assets with clear regulatory standing in the U.S.
$XRP has a current market capitalization of $135.79 billion and ranks as the third largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin and Ethereum (excluding stablecoins).
Fifth, $XRP Ledger as a public, decentralized blockchain has 116 independent validators and 910 public nodes and is independent of Ripple as an entity. Sixth, $XRP serves as a native settlement and liquidity asset on $XRP Ledger.
Other $XRP and $XRP Ledger facts
XRPL uses proof-of-association (PoA), a consensus model with no mining, no staking, no block rewards and transaction finality in three to five seconds.
XRPL has processed 4 billion transactions, closed over 100 million ledgers, supported over 6.4 million wallets and settled $1 trillion in value since inception.
XRPL is expanding as a leading blockchain for real-world tokenization, alongside a growing stablecoin ecosystem. $XRP often serves as a liquidity pair, helping facilitate the exchange of stablecoins and other assets on the network.
$XRP now has its first institutional treasury through Evernorth, which has secured over $1 billion in commitments.