In XRP news, the asset is moving faster than it has since August. The token passed $1.38 on CoinGecko after a +2% gain over the past week. Ripple linked XRP to Stripe’s payment tools on September 17, and the coin still trades -54% below its 2021 peak.
However, Ripple is down -3% over the past 24 hours after losing the key $1.40 support level, but trading volume has picked up to $2.8Bn, indicating strong investor demand for the token.
News of Ripple connecting its XRPL to the Machine Payments Protocol, which lets AI agents pay for data and services with XRP and RLUSD, has generated fresh buzz around the project.
XRP News: What Is Driving the Ripple Price Higher This Week?
Ripple shipped version 1.1 of its XRPL Starter Kit on September 17 (CoinCodex). The update connects XRP to the Machine Payments Protocol built by Stripe and Tempo.
Starter Kit v1.1 adds two pieces of infrastructure: MPP support and the Open Wallet Standard, which lets software manage wallets across multiple blockchains through one interface.
One-time payments already work with XRP and XRPL-issued assets such as RLUSD, following the standard request-price-authorize-deliver flow.
Programs can now pay for data and services in XRP with no person clicking a button (Benzinga). That is a new kind of demand that did not exist last month.
Stripe moves billions in volume each year. Even a thin slice of that flowing through XRP changes the math fast. The token also gained a new title in March when the CFTC named XRP as one of 18 digital commodities.
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What Is the XRP Price Prediction for Next Week?
$XRP has now lost both channel and RSI support on the 1hr. Potentially signalling a bearish divergence breakdown, where a retrace to the mid $1.30's may now be on the cards short-term https://t.co/F0lnpzVo7U pic.twitter.com/I1RUrtXZjy
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XRP trades at $1.38 on September 20 after bouncing from the $1.29 low this week. The token now tests the 50-day average near $1.45. A close above that level opens the path to $1.55, the August high.
Analysts at crypto.news placed the bull case near $3.00 by year-end, and the Stripe deal adds a use case that didn’t exist seven days ago. XRP still sits 54% below its 2021 all-time peak.
A clean break above $1.55 would be the first higher high since May and could quickly bring volume back. ETF flows are still in good shape, with this week closing around +$9M in positive flows.
XRP news highlights the Ripple-Stripe deal, showing big money is building in crypto right now. That kind of news lifts every coin with live tools behind it. A move above $1.55 would be the first higher high since May and could quickly bring volume back.
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