XRP pass BTC, ETH, and SOL for Q1 2025 as XRPL go dey popular, big money go dey enter, and plenty infrastructure go dey build fast-fast
For Q1 2025, na XRP be di only top-four crypto wey market cap for am increase, e jump 1.9% go $121.6 billion, while BTC, ETH, and SOL market cap join hand fall by 22%. According to Messari big report, XRP strong strong because XRPL plenty people dey use am, big companies dey show interest well well, and di network dey expand. Key XRPL network numbers show serious gain: daily active addresses fly up 142% go 134,600, average daily transactions climb 13% go 2.04 million, and new addresses enter by 12% quarter-over-quarter. Di foundation don strong, with active XRPL nodes go up 972% go 9,498. Ripple decision to buy global prime broker Hidden Road for $1.25B na big deal, because Hidden Road go carry dia post-trade services come XRPL and use Ripple RLUSD stablecoin as collateral, dis go make more companies join hand. RLUSD market cap shoot up 304% go $25.9 million. XRPL ecosystem also move forward for tech side as dem launch Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) sidechain testnet, dis one open road for Ethereum-compatible smart contracts, wey fit attract DeFi developers wey dey find fast fast system and less fee. Messari point out say all core XRPL numbers don grow for two straight quarters now, na di first time dis kain tin happen since 2023. Companies still dey adopt am, with global players like UAE Zand Bank and fintech company Mamo wey start to use Ripple Payments for Q1. Even if XRP price just small small increase for Q1 (0.5%), di way di coin plenty for circulation and di network dey used well well show say e dey get real use. Di combo of plenty XRPL activity, deeper company integration, and developers getting more access to DeFi solutions put XRP and im ecosystem for more potential gain, dis one dey signal big change for di competition among major cryptocurrencies.
Bullish
Di news dem tok say, XRP no follow di general market wey dey fall for plenty big big crypto, instead e show say market cap grow well well and network activity strong for Q1 2025, even as BTC, ETH, and SOL fall. Dem point out some good good reasons why e go up: XRPL metrics reach record growth, stablecoin and node metrics dey go up kakaraka, big big company buy am (Hidden Road), and dem do new new tech with EVM sidechain. Plenty companies dey use am now and e dey get real life uses, all dis make pipu believe for am well well. Even though XRP price no too jump for Q1, di way network dey expand, new money dey enter, and all di beta beta tin dem do, all dis show say pipu get hope say e go still go up. For past times, when tins like dis happen, traders go dey active and price go dey appreciate for medium to long term.