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XRP is poised for a potentially volatile October as four major events approach: the XRP Seoul meeting with banks and Ripple, completion of the Evernorth deal, XRPN's expected Nasdaq debut and the XRPL Batch amendment. Backed by strong validator support, growing institutional interest, bullish trader positioning and deeper liquidity, the amendment could significantly increase the XRP Ledger's transaction capacity and support a potential breakout from the $1.50 consolidation range.
In particular, there are four major dates lined up in the first week of the month. First, on the 3rd of October, XRP Seoul will host the banks and Ripple.
Then, the Evernorth deal is expected to be completed on the 7th of October, while XRPN is expected to start trading on Nasdaq a day later. Finally, it ends with the XRPL Batch amendment on the 9th of October. To put this into context, said amendment already has more than 85% of validators supporting it. The key takeaway?
The amendment would empower the ledger to settle up to eight transactions atomically. Given the XRP Ledger already processes more than 200 million transactions on average per quarter, this could be a major boost to the network’s capacity, making Q4 an important period for XRPL’s on-chain activity. As institutional adoption of the XRPL grows, Evernorth will take its XRP treasury company, XRPN, public on Nasdaq with approximately 473 million XRP on its balance sheet.
As such, pre-merger shares have already jumped by 81%, creating another pillar of institutional adoption for XRP’s Q4 setup. Moreover, this bullish start to October is evident in trader positioning. Binance’s top traders are slowly but surely accumulating XRP long positions, thereby skewing the long/short ratio in favor of the bulls.
And if this inclination continues to build alongside the general flow of catalysts, it may well serve as a powerful catalyst forlens, XRP has been consolidating around the $1.50 level for over 4 weeks. If history is any guide, then such a scenario often leads to a sharp move in either direction. But with a catalyst-heavy week ahead and long positioning in place, this range could simply be traders’ positioning ahead of a breakout. The liquidity picture also points bullish.
XRP’s liquidity is distributed over eight exchanges within a ±2% range. More importantly, that liquidity constitutes $18 million in bids versus $14 million in asks. Although the total depth is about $30 million, similar to 2025 levels, the increased bid liquidity gives buyers an edge as XRP nears a key inflection point. Overall, Ripple’s broader setup seems to be complementing well with the technical pattern and on-chain action for XRP and XRPL.
With the upgrades,XRP enters October with key XRPL upgrades, institutional developments, and rising long positioning. AMBCrypto was founded in 2018 with a mission to simplify and bring the latest blockchain and cryptocurrency news to our readers. We have quickly grown into the digital news source for an emerging generation of cryptocurrency enthusiasts, reaching more than a million readers on a monthly basis, across the globe.
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