By Isaac • October 16, 2026 11:17 am •
XRP has spent years at the center of some of crypto’s biggest legal, payments and institutional-adoption stories. Its price record tells a much less dramatic story.
The fifth-largest cryptocurrency was trading near $1.33 on Thursday, still roughly 62.5% below its January 2018 peak of $3.55. Bitcoin and Ether, by contrast, have both moved well beyond their comparable early-2018 highs.
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XRP briefly broke above its old record in July 2025, but the move did not hold.
One bad week or one lawsuit cannot explain that gap. It reflects a larger mix of supply growth, weaker demand and a market that has found newer places to put its money.
CoinDesk reports that XRP’s circulating supply rose from 38.7
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