Price returned XRP To trade at the $1.40 level with a company… Ripple By relocking 700 million codes XRP In the monthly escrow system, which led to its withdrawal from circulation. Ripple released 1 billion tokens yesterday morning, then re-locked 70% of them, resulting in a net issuance of only 300 million tokens to the market.
RIPPLE LOCKS 700 MILLION XRP BACK IN ESCROW@Ripple returned 700 million $XRP tokens to be deposited after releasing 1 billion at the start of the month, keeping 300 million in circulation for operational use.
The total amount of the hold is worth approximately $974 million. Ripple’s escrow… pic.twitter.com/UDdIebMbVA– BSCN (@BSCNews) May 2, 2026
The relock, valued at approximately $974 million at current prices, was confirmed via multiple payments on the blockchain. XRP Ledger. This timing coincided with the conclusion of the conference XRP Las Vegas 2026where it was presented XRP As the future global reserve currency, this pushed the price to increase by 2-4%, outperforming the alternative currency market, which has been in a state of relative stagnation.
XRP is having a real moment. @OKX I just joined forces with @Ripple to list RLUSD this week and is now launching XRP buying rounds for new US users. Buy daily for 5 days, earn up to $100 in XRP. timed on XRP Las Vegas. The ecosystem is moving. pic.twitter.com/AFb3EVaAFr
– EYES OPEN XRP (@EyeOpenXr_p) May 1, 2026
Ripple stablecoin listed at Las Vegas event RLUSD Synchronously on the platform OKX On over 280 spot trading pairs, adding bridge asset functionality to the bullish thesis. It is clear that Ripple is seeing a strong movement, but the question remains: the price… XRP Who can follow this momentum?
Will XRP hit $1.50 soon?
Transgression XRP The breakout level is at $1.39 and is now consolidating above the 100 hourly simple moving average with the uptrend line remaining intact on the hourly chart. The 7-day Relative Strength Index (RSI) is sitting just below 40, indicating an oversold condition that leaves plenty of room for growth before coin holders generally begin to take profits.
Trading volume fell 25-32% to the $1.68-$2.98 billion range, and buying at key resistance levels is generally not considered a strong positive signal. Although the C-wave correction and RSI bullish crossover are over, there are warnings that conference-led rallies often lack continuity once the event’s media momentum ends.
It is likely that it will stabilize XRP Between $1.38 and $1.45, while waiting for institutional trading volumes to confirm the breakout. It can provide accreditation RLUSD On a platform OKX The next demand catalyst, but again the focus is on Ripple as a company more than… XRP As currency.
Bitcoin Hyper eyes early growth as XRP tests breakout levels
This is a situation XRP $1.40 is a positive setup, but even bullish targets of $1.55 or even $2.00 represent 10-40% upside potential for an asset with a $73 billion market cap. While this is a significant movement, it falls far short of the opportunities at the infrastructure level, where the true power of this cycle tends to emerge.
Create a project Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) establishes itself as a major infrastructure player, being the first Bitcoin Layer 2 to integrate with the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM), delivering superior terminal speed and low smart contract execution costs while leveraging Bitcoin’s security layer.
The project addresses the three fundamental limitations of Bitcoin, solving… Hyper Issues with slow transactions, high fees, lack of programmability via a decentralized canonical bridge for native BTC transfers, and high-speed processing via SVM.
The project’s initial sale raised over $32.5 million at the current price of $0.0136, with staking returns of up to 36% per year available to early participants.
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