XRP FUD Reaches Extreme Levels, That Could Matter

According to Santiment, $XRP, now the sixth largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has seen its sentiment quietly fall off a cliff.

Citing the Weighted Sentiment metric, Santiment indicated that $XRP‘s sentiment has hit its lowest mark of 2026. According to the weighted sentiment metric, which combines social volume with the ratio of positive versus negative commentary, $XRP is now sitting at its lowest level since October 2025.

Price weakness has certainly played a role, but it isn’t the only factor. 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.

Does it really matter?

While $XRP FUD has reached extreme levels, Santiment noted that this level of FUD tends to spark bull rallies.

Ironically, some of $XRP‘s strongest rebounds have occurred when the crowd became the most disinterested, Santiment said in its analysis. The combination of declining discussion volume and overwhelmingly negative commentary suggests that many traders have already moved on or lowered expectations significantly.

Yet beneath the surface, development activity, $XRP Ledger usage, tokenization initiatives, and institutional products continue advancing even as social media enthusiasm fades.

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 has been recognized in Fortune Magazine’s inaugural FortuneCrypto100, a ranking of the most influential projects shaping the future of blockchain.

Ripple expands partnership

Ripple recently announced that it was expanding 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 XRPL’s Permissioned DEX, helping to enable real-world enterprise payment flows.