XRP Ledger 📒 Plumbing: The Overlooked 2026 Story Powering XRP’s Institutional Explosion

🪙 XRP Network Quiet: Adoption & Activity Plunge From 2024 Peak Data shows the XRP blockchain has seen a steep drop in metrics related to activity and adoption, indicating that the earlier speculative wave has faded. 🔸 XRP New Addresses & Active Supply Have Both Plummeted In a new post on X, on-chain analytics firm Glassnode has talked about the latest trends in the new addresses and monthly active supply of XRP. The former metric is a measure of the daily total number of wallets coming online on the blockchain for the first time, while the latter tracks the amount of the cryptocurrency’s supply that became involved in at least one transaction over the past month. First, here is a chart that shows how the number of new addresses has fluctuated on the XRP network over the last few years: As displayed in the above graph, the 7-day average number of new addresses popping up on the XRP network shot up to a peak in late 2024. This massive spike in the metric appeared alongside a sharp bull rally for the cryptocurrency. Thus, it would appear that the bullish momentum was accompanied by a surge in adoption. From the chart, it’s visible that what followed the explosive influx of new investors was a significant cooldown in the metric during 2025. Adoption still saw some spikes, but they were of a notably lower level than the December 2024 high. In 2026, the decline in the indicator has only furthered. Today, there are just 2,700 new addresses joining the network every day. This reflects a drop of 85% compared to the December 2024 peak, when the metric reached a value of 18,000. Adoption isn’t the only metric that has slowed down for XRP. As the data of the other indicator shared by Glassnode shows, the 7-day average value of the monthly active supply has also plummeted. Activity on the network also witnessed a major spike alongside the bullish price action of late 2024, with 7.45 billion tokens becoming part of the 1-month active supply. #XRP | #Ripple | $XRP {spot}(XRPUSDT)

Based on the 4H chart for XRP/USDT, the market structure has shifted back to a **bullish continuation** after a successful retest of the $1.3778 low. We are seeing a series of **Higher Highs (HH)** and **Higher Lows (HL)** following that correction. Price is currently trading above the MA(7), MA(25), and MA(99), signaling strong bullish momentum. The "Golden Cross" formation of the shorter-term averages over the MA(99) confirms a directional bias toward the upside. Resistance at $1.4573 remains the immediate target, while $1.41 serves as a high-liquidity support zone. **Spot Entry Setup:** Enter at **$1.4280** (near current levels/retest of MA(25)). Technical reasoning: Aligning with the bullish trend following the local breakout above the $1.4117 resistance-turned-support. **Stop Loss:** **$1.3700** (placed below the recent structural low and the MA(99) for invalidation). TP1: $1.4570 TP2: $1.5200 TP3: $1.6000 Not Financial Advice — Do Your Own Research. $XRP