As of March 13, 2026, Ripple’s native cryptocurrency has entered an uptrend, trading above $1.40 with an intraday surge of more than 3%. According to the latest market trend, XRP’s positive momentum is aligned with the broader cryptocurrency market recovery. The prominent digital assets like BTC, ETH, and SOL have all posted notable gains today. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is trading above $71K today, indicating a broader positive trend across the cryptocurrency market. XRP’s gains were reported even as U.S.-listed ETFs saw $3.9 million in outflows, with Ledger activity increasing to about 2.7 million daily transactions.
XRP is up 3.8% to $1.43 over the past 24 hours, closely associated with a broad crypto market rally. Industry experts believed that positive news flow around Ripple’s $750 million share buyback and its inclusion in Mastercard’s blockchain partner program had provided supportive fundamentals for XRP, catalyzing the positive trend. Currently, XRP is trading at $1.43 with a market capitalization of $2.86 billion and a 24-hour trading volume of $2.87 billion. Traders are closely monitoring whether XRP can hold the $1.40 support level, and they believe that if it holds, it will trigger a renewed momentum above the $1.50 resistance zone. According to them, a breakdown below $1.40 might throw the digital asset below $1.32-$1.35.
ETF launches have been a massive boost for XRP, and recently, there were a lot of rumors regarding the possibility of a BlackRock XRP ETF. BlackRock is the world’s largest asset manager, managing over $11 trillion in assets. Crypto analyst Xaif Crypto shared an update on the rumoured BlackRock XRP ETF. He said in an X post that BlackRock had hinted at the possibility of new crypto ETFs, noting in a recent interview that the firm was actively evaluating other digital assets for potential iShares exchange-traded funds as liquidity, scale, and real-world use cases continued to mature. He added that XRP was one of the few assets that fit within that framework.
Ripple CEO Predicts XRP Could Overtake Ethereum Amid Clarity Act Push
Ripple’s CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, recently made a statement regarding XRP and asserted how it is going to perform in the coming weeks. Crypto analyst page 25hoursawake reported the news and shared it through their X post. According to 25hoursawake, Brad Garlinghouse said that XRP could soon become the second-largest cryptocurrency and had the potential to overtake Ethereum in the coming weeks. He also added that XRP did not move like most crypto assets and that when it broke out, it could go parabolic, similar to its rally in 2017. He further stated that XRP could potentially surge past $100 in a single day. According to the report, an estimated $650 trillion in global assets could eventually flow through the XRP Ledger, while RealFi and its REAL token were targeting the massive global payment rewards market.
Ripple’s CEO believes there is an 80% chance that the Clarity Act will be passed by Congress before April. The Clarity Act is set to play a pivotal role in the digital asset sector, as it could establish clear, streamlined crypto regulations and pave the way for widespread adoption. Technical analyst ChartNerd also reported that, alongside Brad Garlinghouse, government officials were expecting the CLARITY Act to pass into law by the end of April.$XRP
