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CM Profile: XRP
Cryptominium Profile. What we have established, measured and written about XRP, and what we have not.
- Measured
- Selling $100,000 on 2 exchange order books lost between 0.03% and 0.04%, on 8 October 2026.
- Its price, recorded by us every day since 9 August 2026.
- Written, with sources
Read from our own records when this page was made. It describes what we know, and is not a view on whether to hold XRP. How each part is worked out
What changed
Week to 8 OctoberNothing we measure moved much this week: exchange depth on Kraken, trading volume, reported supply and price are all within their usual range.
From our own measurements only, each against the month before. We do not say why a price moves. How this is worked out · Every coin this week
What it actually costs to sell XRP
Selling $100,000 of XRP into each exchange’s resting bids, measured against the mid price:
| Exchange | Lost | Got back | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kraken XRP/USD | 0.03% | $99,966 | 2026-10-08 median of 30 |
| Coinbase XRP/USD | 0.04% | $99,962 | 2026-10-08 |
Exchange figures need an account there (and KYC, a permitted country, the tokens already deposited), are before trading fees, and are never averaged with the on-chain figure. Binance is not included: it refuses requests from the region our servers are in. How this is measured →
Watch this number instead of remembering it. A free account keeps XRP on a list, records where it stood the day you added it, and emails you if selling it on these exchanges gets materially harder — one message, not a series. The measurement itself stays public; the account is for being told when it moves without you looking.
What XRP is
XRP is the native asset of the XRP Ledger, a payment network that launched in 2012 and is closely associated with the company Ripple. It was built for one purpose: moving value between currencies quickly and cheaply, with transactions settling in seconds for a fraction of a cent.
The ledger does not use mining. A set of validators run by universities, exchanges and businesses agree on transaction order through a consensus protocol, which is why it is fast and uses very little energy.
Two things are worth understanding plainly. The entire supply was created at launch rather than mined, and Ripple holds a large portion in escrow, releasing it on a schedule — so supply dynamics depend heavily on one company's decisions. And in 2020 the SEC sued Ripple, alleging XRP was sold as an unregistered security; a 2023 ruling found that programmatic sales on exchanges were not securities transactions while institutional sales were, a split outcome that shaped how the whole industry now talks about token distribution.
What XRP can do
Selling $100,000 on Kraken lost 0.03% against the mid price, before trading fees. Check your own amount →
Our own measurement · measured 8 October 2026
XRP sits at an address controlled by a key, and its ledger has no way to freeze it. But an account of your own can never be emptied: it must always keep 1 XRP in reserve. Held at an exchange, your XRP sits in the exchange's account instead, so the rule does not reach you, and you depend on the exchange. What a wallet actually is →
Sources: XRP Ledger docs: freezes, XRP Ledger docs: reserves, XRP Ledger docs: hosted accounts · checked 2 October 2026
Anyone can send XRP to any address. The network agrees on each new set of payments in about 4 to 6 seconds, and no single authority runs it. Why a payment cannot be undone →
Source: XRP Ledger docs: what the ledger is · checked 2 October 2026
XRP pays nothing for being held. Its ledger pays no rewards at all, not even to the validators that run it.
Source: XRP Ledger FAQ · checked 2 October 2026
The ledger has an exchange and tokens built in. It does not run general programs; its own documentation lists that as work in progress.
Source: XRP Ledger FAQ · checked 2 October 2026
There were 100 billion XRP when the ledger was created. In 2017 the company Ripple placed 55 billion of them in escrow, and how fast that reaches the market is up to Ripple.
Source: XRP Ledger docs: what XRP is · checked 2 October 2026
What a coin can do is not a reason to buy it or to sell it. Each answer names its source and the day we read it; where we could not source one, the row is left out. How these are written · Every coin we have written up
About the asset
XRP has no token contract — it is the native asset of its own chain, not a token issued on someone else's.
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XRP data synced 4m ago from CoinGecko. Figures shown in USD. This page is market information, not financial advice — and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell XRP.