XRP News Today: XRP Price Stagnates Despite Legal Wins, Awaits Real-World Utility

Despite a series of legal victories and growing institutional interest, XRP’s price has remained relatively stable over the past few months, currently trading around $2.22. This stagnation comes despite Ripple’s ongoing legal dispute with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) appearing to be nearing resolution.

Vincent Van Code, a respected software engineer and prominent figure within the XRP community, provided insights into the lack of recent price movement. He noted that a significant legal milestone occurred in July 2023, when Judge Analisa Torres declared that XRP does not qualify as a security when exchanged in secondary markets. This ruling triggered a strong market reaction, with XRP briefly reaching $3.40 in January 2025. Van Code explained that many investors anticipated the favorable ruling and positioned themselves accordingly throughout late 2024, especially following political developments that increased confidence in a forthcoming settlement. As a result, the upward momentum that would typically follow a legal victory may have been realized prematurely, with the market already factoring in the resolution’s outcome. This explains why XRP has since fallen and remained near the $2 mark.

Van Code believes that the primary limiting factor for XRP’s price growth is the slow implementation of real-world utility. He emphasized that broader adoption of Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) service by financial institutions will be the main driver of the next price surge. Although some institutions have publicly announced partnerships with Ripple, many are still in the early or confidential stages of integrating Ripple’s technology into their operations. Enterprise deployment within regulated environments typically requires 18 to 24 months from the point of approval to full implementation. Given that many began integration processes in late 2024, Van Code suggests that the final phases of rollout are now approaching. He noted that the infrastructure necessary to support large-scale adoption is still being completed, adding that the market will likely see increased demand for XRP once these systems go live.

Van Code projected that XRP could experience its next significant rally within the next two to three months, specifically pointing to the period between August and September 2025. However, he declined to offer a specific price target for the anticipated surge, citing various market dependencies that remain uncertain. While optimism remains within the community, Van Code concluded that price appreciation is more likely to follow tangible adoption milestones rather than legal developments, which have already played out in the market’s valuation.