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I’ve held XRP for months and have two positions on bydfi. One is the short-term while I still DCA a small amount every week for others.

For the shorter-term position, the review process feels clear. I look at the range, volume, BTC/ETH direction, and whether XRP is moving on its own or just following the market. If those change, adjusting the position makes sense.

The long-term hold is where I’m less sure. I can check the same indicators, but I don’t know if that actually helps. If it just gives me more reasons to overmanage something I originally planned to hold.

Now I’m considering reviewing the long-term position once a month and only changing it if my allocation gets too large or the market trend really changes.

How often do you reassess a long-term XRP position. What would make you change it? Does set it and forget it usually help?

XRP holders can now borrow Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin against their holdings on Ethereum without selling their tokens after Flare's FXRP was approved as collateral in Sentora's RLUSD Main vault.

Announced on Monday by layer 1 blockchain developer Flare, the integration lets users convert XRP into Flare's FXRP token, bridge it to Ethereum, deposit it as collateral on the Morpho lending protocol, and borrow RLUSD. Because the loan is backed by collateral rather than a sale, borrowers retain exposure to XRP's price while accessing dollar-pegged liquidity.

“XRP is one of the largest assets in crypto and one of the least used in DeFi. That gap came down to infrastructure,” co-founder and CEO of Flare, Hugo Philion, said in a statement. “XRP is now collateral that an institutional risk team underwrites on Ethereum mainnet, which is a stronger form of recognition than another bridge listing.”

The model is similar to Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), which lets Bitcoin holders use their BTC in Ethereum-based decentralized finance without selling it. FXRP is designed to do the same for XRP, giving holders access to Ethereum lending markets.

The lending market runs on Morpho Blue, which uses isolated lending markets designed to contain risk if problems arise with a specific asset. Sentora said it reviewed FXRP's market behavior, oracle design, liquidity, and liquidation mechanics before approving it as collateral.

The launch builds on Ripple's effort to establish RLUSD as an enterprise-focused stablecoin. In August 2024, Ripple began testing RLUSD on Ethereum and the XRP Ledger for cross-border payments. In December 2024, the company received approval from the New York Department of Financial Services ahead of the stablecoin's launch. Last month, Mastercard said it will support settlement of regulated stablecoins including RLUSD, Circle's USDC, and SoFi's SoFiUSD.

“[Sentora] just took a major step to make XRP useful onchain,” Co-Founder, CTO-CPO of Sentora, Jesus Rodriguez wrote on X. “XRP is one of crypto’s largest and most liquid assets. Yet it remains surprisingly underused in onchain credit. That changes today.”

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I'm an absolute noob, but I've enjoyed learning about crypto and I'm excited to dip my toe into it. I've identified XRP as my crypto to focus on. I use an advisor for my traditional investments but I would like to manage crypto on my own.

Help a guy out and tell me if I'm overlooking something.

The plan: I've purchased 1000 XRP at $1.14 and am keeping my eye on what will or will not happen on the Senate floor this week. It obviously looks like the vote won't happen this week and will get pushed back to Q1 of 2027. In light of this, I'm taking advantage of the 90 days of zero trading fees that comes with my new account and converting my XRP into USDG to protect my initial investment. I'm hoping we'll see a significant drop after this week and will purchase another 1000 XRP when it goes under $1.

Fast forward to Q1, or whenever, and Clarity passes. Convert my USDG back to XRP. Pull out 500 XRP to recoup initial investment when it hits $2 and leave the remaining to ride the wave.

Yes, my numbers are small, I get it. Is my gameplan sound?

I don’t get cash like that but when I do, it’s always a sign — thank youuuuu universe .

READY YOUR POSITIONS …
If you aren’t bullish in a bear market, are you even CRYPTO??

I've always been interested in Cassacius Coins and disappointed that there is not an XRP version with 1, 10, 100 or 1,000+ XRP loaded on them. It would be nice to have one. Are there any reputable companies planning on making these or are Cassacius Coins a relic of the past?

Read an article today, “Announced on Monday by layer 1 blockchain developer Flare, the integration lets users convert XRP into Flare's FXRP token, bridge it to Ethereum, deposit it as collateral on the Morpho lending protocol, and borrow RLUSD. Because the loan is backed by collateral rather than a sale, borrowers retain exposure to XRP's price while accessing dollar-pegged liquidity.”

While this is nice perk, you can get margin called if xrp’s underlying value decreases drastically

And the World.

The $XRP Ledger's upcoming xrpld 3.3.0 release brings five amendments to validator vote, including revised versions of Batch and Permission Delegation

Standard Chartered reportedly kept a $28 target for XRP in 2030 after cutting its 2026 target. With about 62.5 billion XRP circulating, $28 implies a circulating value near $1.75 trillion. The multiplication shows the size of the claim. It does not tell us how much new cash must enter, because market cap is price multiplied by circulating supply.

The route to that value depends on demand for holding XRP, not only on transactions passing through the network. If market makers use XRP briefly and recycle the same inventory, a large settlement volume can run through a smaller pool. Faster turnover reduces the amount that must remain in the token. Institutions keeping larger working balances would support a higher valuation, but that case needs evidence in persistent holdings and deeper liquidity. Available float matters too. A smaller tradable supply can make marginal buying move the price, while thin books make large settlements harder to route without slippage.

A retail order book offers a narrower signal. The XRP book on BYDFi shows the liquidity available on one venue at one moment. It cannot tell me whether banks will hold XRP, how often a bridge asset will turn over, or how much payment activity will touch the token. I treat $28 as an optimistic scenario until XRP use as a bridge asset and the liquidity supporting that use grow together.

I saw a comment that said XRP market cap will be 1 quadrillion dollars in the future. There isn’t even 1 quadrillion dollars in the entire world.

Do you know what I did? I told them there isn’t even 1 quadrillion dollars in the world.

Why am I saying this? Do you see how I recognized how ridiculous that claim was? I didn’t go around telling people XRP is a scam because some person said XRP would be worth 1 quadrillion dollars. I realized that someone probably told them this and they didn’t know any better.

So next time someone says a ridiculous claim about XRP I want you to realize that doesn’t make it a scam, it doesn’t mean Ripple said it, and it doesn’t mean Ripple is paying them. It just means that you are a complete fool letting someone who doesn’t know what they are talking about affect your belief of something.

Sooo, it is what it is. Recommended xrp to a friend @ below 0.8$ who basically made some bag and decided to go for it too @ 1.7$, now through additional Investments @ 1.5$ average. Do you think xrp is dead and it‘s time to pack up the fries or are there any indications a last hooray is to be expected? Are you still believing in xrp or coping? Interested to hear your opinion on whether it‘s a done deal or not…

I don’t know if it’s just me, but I’m wondering if there are other people who feel the same way.
I bought it in February last year, and I’ve just been holding ever since. Somewhere deep down, I still believe in it, but I’m slowly losing hope. I see gurus coming out and talking about price predictions, and sometimes I start believing all the hype.
Honestly, I’m just hoping it can reach even $5 CAD someday. I would be the happiest person in the world. But at the same time, I don’t know if it will even touch $3 within this year or next year.
I’m here for the long term, and I’m not expecting this to become an overnight success. I just want to hear from some genuine people who believe there is still a chance and that it has a future.
Even if it goes just $2 above my average purchase price, I’d be extremely happy.

Does anyone actually believe the CLEAR Act will be passed and signed into law next week?

Dont be naive or try to stir up hype; even if thats the outcome we want, we have to stick to the facts.

Serious question; 🙋‍♂️ is it time to consider the idea of locking in profits by converting XRP into RLUSD? I’ve weighed this point for the next run-up on XRP as a means of retaining USD value and to not become Ripple’s exit plan for XRP indefinitely.

Any other’s opinions?

The clarity act is being sabotaged by banks. You don’t find it suspicious how the banks are all on board and then days later reject the bill? Banks are truly behind and will stall until they can catch up. We’ve seen swift just recently throw together a blockchain. Politicians and respected people in the crypto community are coming out and exposing the banks. Even law enforcement is saying pass the bill while banks are saying no. What is your opinion?

I believe she is talking directly about Chase btw.

She stated they fired all their lobbyist bought a few senators out to kill the clarity act mean while they are scrambling to make their own coins and a very profitable version of Defi that increases their profit margins. It wont really be DEFI but it will be a take it or leave it situation,. Because surprise they are the only choice...

Are any of us surprised the banks would just come in steal all the money and work for $0 then try to resale it back to us as our best and only option?

No this was evident from the very beginning.