XRP Price Jumps as XRP Ledger Security Upgrade Goes Live and Whale Wallets Hit a 2026 High

TLDR XRP rose 4% to $1.31 on Wednesday. A security upgrade on the XRP Ledger went live. Wallets holding 1 million or more XRP reached 2,147, a 2026 high. Whale net outflows from exchanges climbed to 696 million XRP. Resistance sits at $1.32 to $1.34, with support near $1.23. XRP rose 4% to $1.31 on Wednesday. The gain followed the activation of a security upgrade on the XRP Ledger. Whale wallet counts also reached a yearly high. The upgrade was described as critical for the network. It went live as buyers returned to the market. XRP had traded near $1.25 earlier in the week. The wider market gave XRP some help. Bitcoin held above $78,000 after a hack at Binance pushed it to a six-week low near $76,000.

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