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Ripple’s plan to become a fully regulated national bank has reached an advanced stage, leading to discussions about how it could impact the $XRP price.
Recently, market analyst Chart Nerd highlighted regulatory documents on Ripple’s national bank charter application. For context, the documents build on a process that began in July 2025 and is now close to completion.
Notably, the paperwork ties to Ripple’s original filing from mid-2025, which received conditional approval in December 2025. According to him, Ripple’s move toward operating as a federally regulated national trust bank now stands on firm ground. To him, the opposition no longer has the power to derail the process.
Details of Ripple’s Filing
Specifically, the documents show that Ripple chose a national bank charter rather than a state-level license. This decision puts the company under federal oversight and allows it to operate under a single set of rules across the United States, instead of dealing with different state regulations.
Moreover, the proposed bank appears in the application as Ripple National Trust Bank. Ripple selected a trust designation under the “Special Focus” section, indicating it would focus on custody, asset protection, and fiduciary services.
The filing also lists the bank as a Federal Reserve member institution. For the uninitiated, this status would allow Ripple’s bank to access Federal Reserve services and connect directly to the U.S. financial system. The proposed address for Ripple National Trust Bank is 111–119 West 19th Street, Floor 6, New York, New York.
With conditional approval already granted in December 2025, market pundits have begun assessing how the completion of the process could impact the $XRP price. Notably, $XRP currently trades at $2.38 amid a recovery push that started at the start of the new year.
However, while most analysts expect Ripple’s bank launch to influence $XRP’s value, the scale of that impact remains unclear. To assess this, we asked Google Gemini to assess potential price outcomes once Ripple completes the bank charter process.
$XRP Price 1 Year After Ripple Launches Its National Bank
In response, Gemini pointed out that Ripple intends to use the bank mainly to manage reserves for its RLUSD stablecoin and to provide custody services for institutional clients. It stressed that markets often view a national bank charter as a strong regulatory endorsement.
According to Gemini, the positive case for $XRP depends on real utility rather than hype. Notably, a federally regulated Ripple bank could make it easier for other financial institutions to use $XRP for liquidity. This could expand $XRP’s utility in institutional settlements.
Considering this, Gemini presented a hypothetical scenario one year after the bank becomes fully operational. In this case, increased institutional use and steady demand against a fixed supply could lead to higher prices. Based on utility-driven models, Gemini suggested a possible $XRP price range of $10 to $15 by January 2027.
Notably, reaching $10 would mean roughly a fourfold increase from current levels and place $XRP’s market value near $600 billion. Gemini noted that much higher price targets would require $XRP to replace a large share of global banking liquidity, a shift that would likely take far longer to achieve.