While the broader crypto market sinks deeper into pessimism, XRP is emerging as a rare sentiment outlier, showing signs of resilience even as traders turn sharply bearish on Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Gold surged to a fresh all-time high of $4,739 per ounce in futures trading as investors rushed into traditional safe-haven assets amid escalating geopolitical and economic uncertainty.

XRP surged more than 12% on Monday, climbing to its highest level since mid-November and leading a broader crypto market rebound as ETF inflows, technical breakouts, and aggressive short covering combined to fuel bullish momentum.

Bitcoin’s (BTC) rebound toward $91,000 marks a decisive recovery from its recent dip to the $82,000 zone, with macro tailwinds — chiefly expectations of an imminent Federal Reserve rate cut — re-energizing market sentiment.

Khurram Dara, a former policy lawyer at cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, has formally announced his run for New York State Attorney General — positioning crypto regulation, enforcement reform and digital-asset competitiveness as the central themes of his 2026 campaign.

XRP is entering one of its most pivotal weeks of the year, positioned at the intersection of tightening technical levels and intensifying ETF speculation. After a series of market shocks, Ripple’s native token now sits at a moment where traders believe the next decisive move is imminent—either a breakout that reshapes momentum or a breakdown that sends XRP back into deeper consolidation.

After his failed attempt to defeat Sen. Elizabeth Warren for a senate seat last year, XRP lawyer John Deaton is back for another Massachusetts Senate bid—but this time, his biggest challenge may come from inside his own party.

South Korean supermodel and TV personality Han Hye-jin has lost access to her YouTube channel — and more than 860,000 subscribers — after hackers took over her account to livestream a deepfake video of Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse promoting an XRP-themed crypto scam.

Ripple’s series of major announcements failed to buoy XRP, which fell over 9% this past weekend, highlighting a widening gap between the company’s ambitious initiatives and market sentiment toward the token. Even the highly anticipated Swell conference—featuring major financial institutions such as Mastercard, Nasdaq, and Galaxy Digital—could not halt the sell-off, suggesting that market psychology outweighs headline-driven optimism.

Ripple’s U.S. dollar–backed stablecoin, Ripple USD (RLUSD) has just squeezed itself into the the top 10 rankings in the stablecoin charts less than a year after its debut in December 2024 last year, with its market capitalisation breaking the 1 billion threshold.