XRP is up 92% in the last seven days, and meme coins on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) network are experiencing even larger percentage gains as the ecosystem attracts users from other blockchains.
The charge is led by an 18-month-old meme coin, ARMY—a reference to the so-called XRP Army of enthusiastic investors and supporters—which jumped from less than a $1 million market cap on November 26 to more than $90 million on Sunday, though it has since dipped to about $47 million as of this writing.
The massive move has marked significant gains for early ARMY traders, one of which has recognized more than $100,000 in profit with $400,000 in unrealized gains, from a mere $478 purchase, just 21 days ago according to DEX Screener.
As the price of XRP surged to a fresh seven-year high mark Monday, analysts told Decrypt that the asset’s stunning ascent is being driven by a series of post-election factors, ranging from renewed regulatory hopes to the potential for XRP-centric investment products.
Since Election Day last month, the token stewarded by Ripple Labs has been one of the crypto market’s best performers, outpacing Bitcoin and Ethereum’s relative gains. Since November 5, for example, the price of XRP has more than qu...
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Other tokens, like BEAR and MAG have jumped by multiples as well, rising to join ARMY in the top 10 of XRP Ledger meme coins by market cap, each with a market cap just below $30 million as of this writing.
The substantial gains from traders have attracted the attention of crypto personalities in other major crypto ecosystems like Solana and Ethereum, with some users offering tutorials to help the crowd get started.
Such posts have pointed users to trading tools like the Telegram-based trading bot FirstLedger, XRP wallet Xaman, and Magnetic X, a decentralized exchange (DEX) on XRPL.
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Though the ecosystem and its tools are gaining greater adoption, volume on Ripple meme coins still pales in comparison to that of meme coins trading on other blockchains. For example, ARMY traded nearly $10 million in the last 24 hours, while 34 tokens each accomplished that feat on Solana, according to DEX Screener.
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The nascency of meme coin trading infrastructure on the XRP Ledger, along with skepticism about the staying power of a potentially overheated ecosystem, has led others to take a stand against the trade.
I refuse to buy meme coins on Ripple.
It’s too much, even for a degen like me… Too much!
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