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By: Matt Kreiser · @KreiserMatt · Research Analyst
XRP closed Q1 2026 as the fourth largest non-stablecoin crypto asset by market cap behind BTC, ETH, and BNB.
XRP’s utility continues to grow, both directly and indirectly, as XRPL’s feature set expands, particularly for institutional DeFi use cases such as tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), stablecoins, and decentralized liquidity. For example, the XRPL’s native lending protocol will enable lending and borrowing of XRP, bringing an entirely new use for the token on the network.
Continued implementation of identity, compliance, and privacy features also drives value to XRP, as increased institutional adoption on the XRPL means more operations using XRP (reserve requirements, transaction fees, asset bridging, etc.). In Q1 2026, average daily transactions increased 35.3% QoQ from 1.83 million to 2.48 million.
U.S. spot XRP ETFs closed Q1 2026 collectively holding 775.4 million XRP (1.26% of the circulating supply), up 1.9% QoQ, with XRP held peaking at 810.2 million XRP on March 3, 2026. The quarter closed with U.S. spot XRP ETF market share relatively evenly distributed amongst four ETFs, each holding more than 100 million XRP: Canary Capital’s XRPC, Bitwise’s XRP, Franklin Templeton’s XRPZ, and 21Shares’s TOXR.
Ripple’s USD-pegged stablecoin, RLUSD, closed Q1 2026 with a market cap of $340.3 million on the XRPL (+45% QoQ), making it the network’s largest stablecoin. Additionally, the XRPL closed the quarter with an all-time high RWA market cap of $2.25 billion (+124% QoQ), making it the seventh largest network by RWA market cap. As of publication, the XRPL now ranks fourth.