Whale Doubling Down with $3.8 Billion, Trading Volume Surpassing Bitcoin, How High Can XRP Go?
Original Article Title: "Whale Accumulates $3.8 Billion, Will XRP Surge to $10?"
Original Source: BitpushNews
In the past 24 hours, XRP price has surpassed $3 for the first time since 2018, continuing to lead the 2025 cryptocurrency market rally. With a 15-day increase of 41%, it is outperforming the top 10 cryptocurrencies.
According to Coinmarkcap data, XRP's price is now only 17% away from its all-time high of $3.84. With a current market cap of $170 billion, the token's market cap has exceeded that of asset management giant BlackRock.
This surge has been driven by expectations of crypto-friendly policies and digital asset regulatory reforms in the United States. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple have been engaged in a years-long legal battle over XRP token sales.
Diego Cardenas, an OTC trader at digital asset platform Abra, stated in a report: "This surge has been driven by an increasing number of partnerships, the launch of the Ripple stablecoin RLUSD, and speculation about a potential spot XRP ETF."
Ripple's President, Monica Long, mentioned in an interview last week that she expects a spot ETF to be approved "soon," as the approval by the new administration would expedite the process. Additionally, Ripple's leadership has had direct engagement with the incoming U.S. government, with CEO Brad Garlinghouse and Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty recently meeting with Trump, indicating a potential cooperation to shape a regulatory environment favorable to digital assets.
Furthermore, the recent surge in XRP price aligns with continued accumulation by "whales" holding between 1 million and 10 million tokens.
Analytics firm Santiment pointed out that since November 12th, addresses holding between 1 million and 10 million tokens have accumulated 1.4 billion XRP, valued at approximately $3.8 billion, continuing accumulation even during the price consolidation period following the peak in early December 2024.
XRP Surpasses Bitcoin in Google Search Popularity

The XRP price and its holders have shown strong resilience in recent weeks. Google Trends data shows that on January 15, global Google searches for XRP surpassed those for Bitcoin. Over the past year, XRP has led Bitcoin in search volume twice, with the most recent time being in November 2024.
Analyst: XRP Rally Driven by Spot Investors
In 2024, the open interest of Bitcoin and Ethereum, among other major assets, hit a record high, highlighting the importance of the derivatives market during a bull market. However, the recent XRP rally has been mainly driven by spot investors.
Order flow analyst Dom stated that XRP's retest of $3 was entirely driven by spot buying. He pointed out that during a 15% weekly gain for XRP, the funding rate and spot buy premium did not increase significantly. Dom said, "If this was happening with Bitcoin, I would just flatly say we're about to explode higher."

At the same time, some industry insiders also pointed out that if both assets continue to rise at the same price ratio, XRP's performance may surpass Ethereum.
Jeth, co-founder of Sovrun, stated that there is "no reason" to hold Ethereum right now. Despite Ethereum having better "fundamentals," XRP has received positive regulatory support as the first crypto-friendly U.S. administration is set to take office on January 20.
From a technical perspective, XRP has shown strong growth indicators, breaking out of its bullish flag pattern at the end of 2024 after a 105% rise. However, its Relative Strength Index (RSI) is at 79.5, indicating the token is overbought, which could lead to a short-term pullback or consolidation.

Technical analyst Dark Defender highlighted a "confirmed breakout" on the XRP monthly chart on the X platform, drawing a comparison with the 2017 bull market period when XRP surged by 1022%.
The analyst believes that based on Fibonacci retracement levels from the 2017 rally, the XRP price could potentially rise to $10.23 or even $18.23 in the short term, aiming for either a "moon" or "Mars" target, both achievable by 2025.
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Mixin has launched USTD-margined perpetual contracts, bringing derivative trading into the chat scene.
The privacy-focused crypto wallet Mixin announced today the launch of its U-based perpetual contract (a derivative priced in USDT). Unlike traditional exchanges, Mixin has taken a new approach by "liberating" derivative trading from isolated matching engines and embedding it into the instant messaging environment.
Users can directly open positions within the app with leverage of up to 200x, while sharing positions, discussing strategies, and copy trading within private communities. Trading, social interaction, and asset management are integrated into the same interface.
Based on its non-custodial architecture, Mixin has eliminated friction from the traditional onboarding process, allowing users to participate in perpetual contract trading without identity verification.
The trading process has been streamlined into five steps:
· Choose the trading asset
· Select long or short
· Input position size and leverage
· Confirm order details
· Confirm and open the position
The interface provides real-time visualization of price, position, and profit and loss (PnL), allowing users to complete trades without switching between multiple modules.
Mixin has directly integrated social features into the derivative trading environment. Users can create private trading communities and interact around real-time positions:
· End-to-end encrypted private groups supporting up to 1024 members
· End-to-end encrypted voice communication
· One-click position sharing
· One-click trade copying
On the execution side, Mixin aggregates liquidity from multiple sources and accesses decentralized protocol and external market liquidity through a unified trading interface.
By combining social interaction with trade execution, Mixin enables users to collaborate, share, and execute trading strategies instantly within the same environment.
Mixin has also introduced a referral incentive system based on trading behavior:
· Users can join with an invite code
· Up to 60% of trading fees as referral rewards
· Incentive mechanism designed for long-term, sustainable earnings
This model aims to drive user-driven network expansion and organic growth.
Mixin's derivative transactions are built on top of its existing self-custody wallet infrastructure, with core features including:
· Separation of transaction account and asset storage
· User full control over assets
· Platform does not custody user funds
· Built-in privacy mechanisms to reduce data exposure
The system aims to strike a balance between transaction efficiency, asset security, and privacy protection.
Against the background of perpetual contracts becoming a mainstream trading tool, Mixin is exploring a different development direction by lowering barriers, enhancing social and privacy attributes.
The platform does not only view transactions as execution actions but positions them as a networked activity: transactions have social attributes, strategies can be shared, and relationships between individuals also become part of the financial system.
Mixin's design is based on a user-initiated, user-controlled model. The platform neither custodies assets nor executes transactions on behalf of users.
This model aligns with a statement issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 13, 2026, titled "Staff Statement on Whether Partial User Interface Used in Preparing Cryptocurrency Securities Transactions May Require Broker-Dealer Registration."
The statement indicates that, under the premise where transactions are entirely initiated and controlled by users, non-custodial service providers that offer neutral interfaces may not need to register as broker-dealers or exchanges.
Mixin is a decentralized, self-custodial privacy wallet designed to provide secure and efficient digital asset management services.
Its core capabilities include:
· Aggregation: integrating multi-chain assets and routing between different transaction paths to simplify user operations
· High liquidity access: connecting to various liquidity sources, including decentralized protocols and external markets
· Decentralization: achieving full user control over assets without relying on custodial intermediaries
· Privacy protection: safeguarding assets and data through MPC, CryptoNote, and end-to-end encrypted communication
Mixin has been in operation for over 8 years, supporting over 40 blockchains and more than 10,000 assets, with a global user base exceeding 10 million and an on-chain self-custodied asset scale of over $1 billion.

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