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The market remains risk-off today, October 17, 2025 as Bitcoin trades below $105,000 after a multi-session slide, while XRP is roughly down 20% week-over-week and includes BNB about 12%, and ADA near 25%, to cite CoinMarketCap .

Enosys has launched , a collateralized debt position (CDP) protocol that lets XRP holders mint an overcollateralized stablecoin without selling their assets. It’s the first XRP-backed stablecoin loan service live on Flare

XRP has surged to a new all-time high, posting its highest-ever weekly close around $3.45 and reclaiming its position as the third most valuable crypto asset.

A much-needed bounce is running across crypto. Daily momentum gauges have reset, buyers are stepping in, and prices are lifting off important support. The big question now is simple: does this rally top out as a lower high or do bulls punch through resistance and flip the short to medium trend back in their favor? If it stalls, a final sweep under $100,000 on Bitcoin remains in play.

The crypto market is showing strong bullish momentum, with Bitcoin leading the charge and altcoins preparing for their next leg up. After a series of consolidation phases, many digital assets are coiling.

Justin Bons, founder of investment firm Cyber Capital, reignited debate this week by calling Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Binance Coin, and Tether “mediocre projects” that fail to meet the crypto movement’s goals.

In the cryptocurrency ecosystem, XRP and Ripple are prominent members, and so is XRP Ledger (XRPL). Often, the trio is confused based on their name and functionalities. This article will provide an explanation of each of the terms and their importance in the crypto world.

XRP price could see a long-term positive impact from new DeFi and staking opportunities being introduced by Flare Network and its partners, according to a new analysis of the token’s expanding utility. These fundamental developments, which introduce yield-generating capabilities to the asset for the first time, are being closely watched by analysts for their potential to drive new demand for XRP.

Ripple USD-backed stablecoin RLUSD is now live on Bybit, expanding Ripple’s stablecoin presence with USDT, BTC, ETH, XRP, and MNT trading pairs. The listing increases liquidity, opens cross-chain support on Ethereum (ETH) and the XRP Ledger (XRPL), and builds momentum for wider adoption.

The launch of mXRP, a yield-bearing version of XRP, triggered intense demand on its first day. Strobe Finance, the XRPL-native DeFi platform behind the rollout, confirmed that the initial cap sold out in less than one hour, forcing the team to increase the supply cap to 882,000 mXRP.

Ethereum has seized control of the cryptocurrency market, soaring more than 50% since late June and leaving a consolidating Bitcoin in its wake. This is no longer just another rally; it’s a fundamental rotation of capital that signals the 2025 altcoin season is now in full swing, with ETH firmly in the driver’s seat.

A review of XRP’s price in August over the past 12 years shows that the cryptocurrency ended the month in profit only four times—2016, 2017, 2020, and 2021. Rest of the years, the token stumbled losses and the worst happened during 2023, while XRP’s price dipped by 26.6%.

BNB has overtaken XRP to become the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, following a notable rally that pushed its price above $1,290.

Bitcoin led risk appetite on October 2, pressing toward $120,000 and setting a seven-week high as traders weighed fresh seasonality and the first U.S. government shutdown since 2018 to 2019. traded near $118,500 to $119,400 during the session, with the intraday high just under $119,400.

Attorney and XRP advocate John Deaton has that refunding original investments in profitable assets through Linqto could result in the platform earning massive gains at the expense of users.

XRP, long known as a payment-focused digital asset with high liquidity and institutional use, now sees its on-chain utility expand. This shift addresses previous limitations, particularly in decentralized finance (DeFi), where most XRP holdings previously remained idle. Now, according to Jeremy Koch, a researcher at Messari, that dynamic could be shifting.

Ripple USD-backed stablecoin RLUSD is now live on Bybit, expanding Ripple’s stablecoin presence with USDT, BTC, ETH, XRP, and MNT trading pairs. The listing increases liquidity, opens cross-chain support on Ethereum (ETH) and the XRP Ledger (XRPL), and builds momentum for wider adoption.

Matt Hamilton, a former director of developer relations at Ripple Labs, has broken a deadlock between the Chainlink (LINK) and XRP armies. to Hamilton, it is meaningless to compare the value of XRP and LINK, since the former is a native coin to the XRPL ledger while the latter is used within the Chainlink protocol.

Bitcoin (BTC) price rallied 2.5% in the past 24 hours to reach a new all-time high of slightly above $112k, before retracing to trade about $111,112 on Thursday, July 10, during the early European session. The wider altcoin market- led by Ethereum (ETH), XRP, Solana (SOL), and Dogecoin (DOGE) – rallied in tandem.

The crypto market has taken a breather after a sharp but short-lived rally. Bitcoin and Ethereum both gave back some gains, while Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell hinted at possible interest rate cuts in September.