XRP prices have pumped almost 20% over the past 24 hours, propelling the asset to an all-time high of $3.64, according to CoinGecko.<\/p>\n
The massive move has also pushed the cryptocurrency\u2019s market capitalization to $214 billion, which is about the same size as fast food giant McDonald\u2019s, cementing its place as the third-largest cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n
XRP has gained<\/a> a whopping 40% over the past week, even outperforming Ethereum, which has also been on fire.<\/p>\n SMASH THE REPOST BUTTON IF YOU ARE AN #XRP<\/a> HOLDER! pic.twitter.com\/gPEFRFCmay<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 JackTheRippler \u00a9\ufe0f (@RippleXrpie) July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n The massive move has been driven by the US House passing key crypto regulations<\/a>, which could open the doors for the industry if they\u2019re signed into law.<\/p>\n \u201cThe signing of the GENIUS Act cements the US\u2019s future in being a leader in truly innovative financial technology \u2013 stablecoins,\u201d said<\/a> Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse.<\/p>\n XRP is not a stablecoin, so it is not under the purview of the GENIUS Act, but Ripple<\/a>, an American company, has launched its own such asset, RLUSD, which will be regulated.<\/p>\n A fully regulated stablecoin running on XRP Ledger will drive demand for XRP, which is used as fees for RLUSD transactions.<\/p>\n GENIUS Act XRP<\/p>\n Documented 3x. pic.twitter.com\/3dyOqTX61s<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 SMQKE (@SMQKEDQG) July 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n XRP investor Micah Paul suggested<\/a> that it may not be a true ATH because the asset spiked to $3.84 on some exchanges in January 2018. However, most crypto analytics platforms had the previous peak price at around $3.40.<\/p>\n Additionally, gains in XRP and Ethereum have pushed the total crypto market capitalization above $4 trillion for the first time ever, according<\/a> to CoinGecko. Other platforms such as CoinMarketCap and TradingView show it as a little lower, but all three were reporting record highs for the figure.<\/p>\n XRP isn\u2019t the only crypto asset surging today, though Bitcoin has been quiet.\u00a0Ethereum prices have pumped 8% propelling the asset to a six-month high of $3,616 during the Friday morning Asian trading session. It has been another record inflow day for BlackRock\u2019s ETHA spot Ether ETFs<\/a> with $546.7 million in inflows and just over $600 million in total on Thursday.<\/p>\n Dogecoin was also doing well with a 13% climb to hit $0.235 at the time of writing, while Cardano cranked 15% to hit $0.86 during the morning session.<\/p>\n Other double-digit gainers today include Chainlink up 14% to $18.70, Hedera up 24% to reach $0.28, Litecoin adding 12% to top $107, and Uniswap pumping 15% to reach $10.<\/p>\n The post XRP Surges 20% on US Stablecoin Regulation Green Light\u00a0<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" XRP prices have pumped almost 20% over the past 24 hours, propelling the asset to an all-time high of $3.64, according to CoinGecko. The massive move has also pushed the cryptocurrency\u2019s market capitalization to $214 billion, which is about the same size as fast food giant McDonald\u2019s, cementing its place as the third-largest cryptocurrency. XRP […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":81850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Regulatory Green Light<\/h2>\n
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