Ripple News: XRP Ledger Crosses 7.7 Million Holder Count as XRP Price Crosses $1.5

• XRP Ledger is growing in usage; active addresses reached a five-week high of 46,767 on Monday, and total holder count crossed 7.7 million.
• i-Payout partners with Ripple to enable fast, transparent cross-border payments into the U.S. and Canada.
• XRP price jumped more than 14% in 48 hours, amid increased XRP network activity and ecosystem partnerships.

Ripple’s XRP Ledger (XRPL) has reached a new milestone in holder count. For the first time in history, a total of 7.7 million people own active XRPL wallet addresses. The growth in XRPL holder counts aligned with the price of XRP, the Ripple-backed coin, climbing above the $1.5 level.

XRP Ledger Hit New Milestones in Network Activity

According to crypto analytics platform Santiment, XRPL has seen a large increase in the total number of its on-chain holders. For the first time since launching over 13 years ago, XRPL crossed 7.7 million unique active addresses.

Hitting a new record number of holders after such a long time shows growing adoption and real user interest. It signals increasing utility, people actually using XRP for payments, DeFi, NFTs, remittances on the ledger.

Additionally, XRP Ledger active addresses reached a five-week high of 46,767 on Monday, March 16, 2026. This means 46,767 unique wallets either sent or received transactions on that day.

XRP Ledger Holder Milestone | Source: Santiment

Active addresses measure actual network usage, not just people holding. Typically, a spike often correlates with increased trading, transfers, or decentralized application (dApp) activity.

As XRPL active addresses surged, so did the value of XRP. In just 48 hours, XRP jumped more than 14% to trade at $1.6. This links network activity directly to price momentum. More users mean higher demand, which leads to price increases and eventually more attention.

Note that the XRP Ledger is known for fast, cheap cross-border payments. The network has been seeing steady growth in real-world use cases, such as the RLUSD stablecoin, tokenized assets, and institutional adoption.

Ripple Labs Taps Partnership with i-Payout

Amid the growth in XRP Ledger usage, Ripple has announced a partnership with i-Payout, a global payments platform. i-Payout through a unified API infrastructure enables businesses to deliver fast, compliant payouts to workers, merchants, and partners worldwide.

Before partnering with Ripple, cross-border payments into North America could take days to settle. This ties up working capital and limits how quickly platforms can deliver funds to users.

Thus, by integrating with Ripple Payments, i-payout aims to enable faster, more transparent payouts into the United States and Canada. This makes cross-border payments faster, more transparent, cheaper, and more predictable.

The partnership is especially useful for freelancer payments, merchant settlements, and treasury operations for large platforms.

The i-payout Integration | Source: Ripple

Commenting on the partnership, i-Payout President Eddie Gonzalez stated, “The digital marketplace is important to the future, and Ripple is the right partner to take us there.”

Overall, the partnership demonstrates how  Ripple’s infrastructure helps traditional payment providers move from slow legacy systems to instant settlement. Ripple has heavily expanded Ripple Payments between 2025 and 2026, combining fiat rails with RLUSD and blockchain for end-to-end solutions.

XRP Price in the Mix

Notably, the current market narrative, XRPL network activity, partnerships, and overall crypto momentum have fueled a positive outlook for XRP price.

At press time, XRP is trading at $1.52, demonstrating a 3.3% increase over the past 24 hours. The daily trading volume also increased by 81.2% to $5.2 billion, suggesting increased investor attention.

XRP broke above $1.45, pushing toward $1.6. The price is now consolidating above $1.5 and the 100H SMA, showing that bulls are still in control.

Momentum is positive, but a clear break above $1.55 is key for a push above $1.6. Short-term traders should watch support zones for signs of a fresh pullback. Further weakness could test $1.410, $1.388, then $1.36.

However, upside targets show immediate resistance between $1.480 and $1.485. Beyond this level, XRP would likely jump to $1.55 in the short-term.

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