Key takeaways:
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XRP price surged 22% over the last 24 hours, reaching a new all-time high of $3.66.
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Favorable regulatory action in the US is adding tailwinds.
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Momentum indicators suggest XRP has more room to run: bull pennant targets $14.
XRP (XRP) price set a historic milestone, rising to its highest level on Friday as major cryptocurrency bills passed the US House and traders piled in.
XRP market cap passes $200 billion milestone
The XRP market cap has surged 12% over the last 24 hours and 63% in the last 30 days, surpassing the $210 billion mark for the first time to a record high of $216 billion on Friday.
XRP’s daily trading volume has also more than doubled on the day to $22.5 billion, reinforcing the intensity of the bulls.
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The derivatives market too saw its trading volume more than double over the last 24 hours to $48.44 billion while the open interest climbed to a new record of $10.98 billion.
The price gains were partially fueled by $73.17 million in short XRP position liquidations, compared to just over $29 million in long liquidations.
New crypto regulation boosts XRP price
XRP’s rally came as three key pieces of crypto legislation passed the US House of Representatives, with the GENIUS Act set to establish a federal framework for stablecoins.
This aligns with Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin ambitions, boosting investor confidence.
🇺🇸 UPDATE: All three crypto bills have passed the House – CLARITY Act (294-134), GENIUS Act (308-122), and Anti-CBDC Act (219-210).
The GENIUS Act now heads to President Trump’s desk for signing tomorrow afternoon at the White House. pic.twitter.com/f42VfXuT59
— Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) July 17, 2025
Ripple’s application for a US banking license earlier this month, alongside a Federal Reserve master account, positioned it for deeper integration into the financial system.
However, institutional demand is already growing as companies like VivoPower and Webus plan to purchase $421 million in XRP for their corporate treasuries.
Additionally, increasing speculation around potential US spot XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) approvals, following the success of Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, is helping fuel optimism.
The odds of the US Securities and Exchange Commission approving a spot XRP ETF in 2025 were at 85% as of Friday, according to Polymarket data.
These positive fundamentals, combined with Ripple’s upcoming resolution of its SEC lawsuit, have created a bullish narrative, which is driving XRP price to new heights.
How high will XRP price go?
The moving average convergence divergence indicator (MACD) produced a bullish cross as the XRP/USD trading pair validated a bull pennant on the weekly chart.
The MACD is a trend-following momentum indicator that measures the relationship between two exponential moving averages of the price. It is used to spot potential buy or sell signals, trend reversals and gauge the strength of price movements.
The MACD has produced a “bullish cross on XRP,” said Mikybull Crypto in an X post on Friday, adding:
“The real party is set to begin.”
The weekly relative strength index (RSI), suggests that the XRP has more room to run before reaching overheated levels, such as in the 2018 and December 2024 cycle tops.
“The RSI on the weekly chart is nowhere close to 2018,” said pseudonymous analyst CryptoHado in an X post on Friday, adding:
“We are in full price discovery mode.”
The bull pennant on the weekly chart projects a 305% rally in XRP price to $14.
Numerous analysts are convinced that XRP is on its way to double-digit prices, driven by institutional demand and other bullish technical setups.
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