XRP News Today: Cardano and XRP Partnership Talks are Active Behind the Doors amid the XRP Whale Sell-Off!
The latest XRP news summarizes that large XRP holders, aka whales, have reportedly sold around $440 million in tokens (valued at around $1.25 billion) in the past month. The recent token offload has caused enough damage to XRP’s market activity, pushing it below $2.8 support level, and fueled selling pressure. Currently, XRP is trading at $2.81, 0.72% lower than yesterday’s price.
XRP has once again gained market attention after some reports indicated the reestablishment of talks between Ripple and Cardano. The reports suggest the deal is still behind closed doors, and the contents remain undisclosed. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson had previously confirmed the plan to integrate Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin into Cardano’s ecosystem. The ongoing talks further enhance the interoperability of both blockchain networks.
XRP Price Fell 3.32% and Underperformed BTC and ETH Due to Reduced Institutional Inflows and ETF Delays
XRP, the native cryptocurrency of Ripple’s XRP Ledger, has fallen to an average price of $2.82 and is displaying significant downward momentum, underperforming cryptocurrencies like BTC and ETH. The market analysts and experts claim that the delays in XRP spot ETF approval by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) due to the U.S government shutdown fears are the prime factor driving its current market slowdown.
The delay from the SEC reduced XRP’s near-term institutional interest and also dampened the institutional inflows. Binance coin (BNB) currently rules the market and has surpassed XRP and even pushed from the top three spot of the largest cryptocurrencies by market cap.
The market analysts are confident in XRP, and they strongly believe that a potential $5 upside target achievement is still possible if XRP can hold on to its $3 psychological level price point. Technical analyst ChartNerd tweeted on X that for XRP, nothing changes, the price remains within the falling channel, $5 remains the breakout target, and key support with this falling flag formation remains at the $2.60 mark, adding that much higher is inbound and advised patience.
$XRP : Nothing changes. Price remains within the falling channel. $5 remains the breakout target. Key support with this falling flag formation remains at the $2.60 mark. Much higher inbound. Paytience 💰 pic.twitter.com/1Xh2bTEuNQ
— 🇬🇧 ChartNerd 📊 (@ChartNerdTA) October 8, 2025
ADA & XRP Partnership: What are the Latest Developments?
Some mainstream crypto media have reported that XRP and ADA have re-initiated their partnership talks behind closed doors, and network users can expect seamless interoperability features once the deal is done. At the moment, there is no official confirmed partnership between Ripple and Cardano, but the media reports that the talks are in the final stage. According to the market experts, the alleged partnership between XRP and ADA could enhance network interoperability, liquidity, and investor sentiment for both networks.
Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, has already mentioned his plans to integrate XRP liquidity and RWA tokenization into Cardano’s ecosystem. He previously commented that if Cardano could offer XRP holders a way to earn passive income through decentralized finance, they could see a significant influx of liquidity and engagement. The main highlights from the meeting with Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse are a possible partnership with Chainlink to support Cardano and Bitcoin, Lace wallet’s support to XRP before the end of 2025, a proposed joint event with the XRP community, and an investment of over $23 million to back the Cardano ecosystem. The latest information suggests that the founder of Solana and officials from the U.S. Federal Reserve were also present in the meeting.
Ripple Enters the EU via Luxembourg and is Set to Create Comprehensive Digital Assets Rules
Ripple, the financial company that XRP powers, is exploring new possibilities and recently discussed with Gilles Roth, Luxembourg’s Finance Minister. The agenda of the meeting was to explore the comprehensive rules for digital assets. Stuart Alderoty, Chief Legal Officer of Ripple, tweeted on X that the EU led in creating comprehensive rules for digital assets and that nations like Luxembourg were leaning in.
The EU led in creating comprehensive rules for digital assets – and nations like Luxembourg are leaning in. Thanks to Luxembourg Finance Minister @RothGilles and his team for a great meeting last week. @Ripple is excited about our future in Luxembourg and the EU. https://t.co/8vHbPBH7R0
— Stuart Alderoty (@s_alderoty) October 9, 2025
He thanked Luxembourg Finance Minister Roth Gilles and his team for a great meeting the previous week and expressed that Ripple was excited about its future in Luxembourg and the EU.
Gilles Roth acknowledged Ripple’s initiative and replied that it was a great meeting with Ripple as they advanced toward securing their license to operate in Luxembourg. He mentioned that they discussed their ambitions in Europe and Luxembourg, and he reaffirmed their commitment to digital innovation.
B George, the Banking IT Leader focused on AI and digital assets, remarked that Ripple was staking its claim in Europe by deepening ties with Luxembourg, which signaled that crypto was shifting from frontier to regulated infrastructure.
They noted that Luxembourg’s appeal wasn’t just regulatory flexibility but also a dense financial network of banks and capital flows, enabling stablecoin reserve compliance at scale. They added that when a payments company courted regulation first, it was sending a message that the next phase of crypto was about legitimacy, not rebellion.
He added that the rails must be compliant for institutional floodgates to open and that Ripple could outpace many “crypto natives” by winning regulators’ trust first. He noted that the compliance path often became the competitive moat and remarked that they had said crypto would never play by the rules, but that was wrong; the future was permissioned and programmable.
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