According to market intelligence platform Santiment, sentiment around XRP, the sixth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has dropped sharply. The Weighted Sentiment metric, which combines social volume with the ratio of positive versus negative commentary, shows XRP at its lowest level since October 2025.
Price weakness has certainly played a role, but it isn’t the only factor driving this negativity. Traders have also grown fatigued by the lack of a major catalyst, despite years of anticipation surrounding Ripple’s legal clarity and institutional adoption narratives. Many seem to have moved on or lowered expectations significantly.
Does Extreme FUD Signal a Reversal?
While XRP FUD has reached extreme levels, Santiment noted that this level of fear, uncertainty, and doubt tends to spark bull rallies. Ironically, some of XRP’s strongest rebounds have occurred when the crowd became the most disinterested. The combination of declining discussion volume and overwhelmingly negative commentary suggests that a contrarian bounce might be on the horizon.
At the time of writing, XRP was up 2.74% in the last 24 hours to $1.14 and 1.16% in the last seven days. In positive news, XRP was recognized in Fortune Magazine’s inaugural FortuneCrypto100, a ranking of the most influential projects shaping the future of blockchain.
Under the Surface: Development and Partnerships
Beneath the surface, development activity, XRP Ledger usage, tokenization initiatives, and institutional products continue advancing even as social media enthusiasm fades. Ripple recently announced an expansion of its long-standing payments partnership with Bitso. Bitso’s regulated MXN-backed stablecoin, MXNB, will be issued on the XRP Ledger and integrated into Ripple’s Payments on DEX infrastructure, supporting enterprise stablecoin settlement across Latin America.
RLUSD and MXNB together will bring regulated USD and MXN liquidity to the XRPL’s Permissioned DEX, helping to enable real-world enterprise payment flows. These developments suggest that while trader sentiment may be sour, the underlying infrastructure and use cases for XRP continue to grow.
