XRP is trading at $1.13, oversold and under pressure, but the quiet convergence of institutional developments and ecosystem expansion is building an argument for why the current weakness may be a temporary condition rather than a permanent one.
RLUSD switches to multiple chains
The latest XRP ecosystem news comes after the launch of the XRP EVM sidechain with RLUSD. Sal Gilbert, CEO of Teucrium, described the development as an important expansion of Ripple’s scope.
“This is good for Ripple overall because it means we will see adoption across a whole new set of smart contract-based ecosystems.” Gilbert said, Pointing to the multi-chain expansion of RLUSD as a sign that Ripple is no longer limited to the confines of the XRP Ledger alone. For a token whose value proposition relies heavily on utility and network usage, every new deployment context matters.
XRP is oversold: the institutional view
Gilbert also spoke about the price, saying, “I think XRP is oversold,” acknowledging that the charts could theoretically support lower numbers but framing the current selloff as a short-term retail rotation into hotter assets rather than a fundamental reassessment of XRP’s prospects.
He pointed to a pattern he hears repeatedly from institutional contacts: Investors who are currently holding onto dividends plan to return to cryptocurrencies, specifically Bitcoin and Ripple, once they decide to reduce their stock market exposure. This reallocation has not yet happened, but the intention is forming.
SpaceX shadow
Gilbert identified SpaceX’s IPO, expected to be worth nearly $2 trillion, as a major drain on available capital across all markets. When IPOs of this size hit the market, free capital is absorbed and assets that are considered more discretionary, cryptocurrencies near the top of that list, are usually the first to see outflows.
He also noted that there is a structural risk that occurs six to twelve months after any large wave of IPOs. Once the lock-up periods expire and insider shares become available for sale, the supply of shares hitting the market tends to create broader pressures. With SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI all lined up in the IPO pipeline, this dynamic could impact risk assets as late as 2026.
DTCC signal
Looking beyond the near-term hype, Gilbert pointed to DTCC’s increasing movement toward registered transactions as a development that will ultimately confirm XRP’s role in institutional finance. As the year progresses and DTCC moves more settlement activity to the distributed ledger infrastructure, the underlying demand situation for XRP strengthens regardless of what retail traders do with their portfolios in any given week.
“The foundations will come back,” Gilbert said. “The price is always right, and for whatever reason you see a rotation out of XRP right now, that’s short-term money.”
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