XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) bucked declines in other large-cap cryptocurrencies this year, surging an impressive 17% year-to-date.
What happened: The coin, now worth over $142 billion in market capitalization, was the only cryptocurrency in the top 10 list to have recorded net gains since 2025 began.
In contrast, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), and Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) were down 6.62%, 38.38%, and 39%, respectively, this year.
XRP overtook Tether (CRYPTO: USDT) earlier this month to become the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. It was ranked fourth as of this writing, and another 6-7% move at the current supply could again catapult it to the third position.
According to on-chain analytics firm Santiment, the overall number of XRP holders has climbed by more than 8% year to date, amounting to a net addition of 490,000.
Additionally, the daily active addresses have skyrocketed from 56,261 on Jan. 1 to a high of 612,340 recorded last week.
Whale accumulation has also surged, indicated by a steady rise in addresses holding between 1,000 and 100,000 XRP tokens.
The SEC originally sought nearly $2 billion in civil penalties and interest from Ripple. The final $50 million retained represented a tiny fraction of that amount.
Price Action: At the time of writing, XRP was exchanging hands at $2.43, up 1.10% in the last 24 hours, according to data from Benzinga Pro.
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