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Ripple’s XRP Ledger Surpasses 8 Million Accounts Amid Varied Price Forecasts

Overall sentiment: Positive

Open original · Kurt Robson Thu, July 16, 2026 at 2:26 PM GMT+3 5 min read

Published Jul 16, 2026 · Retrieved Jul 16, 2026

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  1. XRP Ledger exceeded 8 million activated accounts as of July 15, 2026 Newsworthy Reliable Positive
  2. More than $4 billion in real-world assets tokenized on XRP Ledger with AI agents completing over one million transactions Newsworthy Reliable Positive
  3. Daily active XRP addresses dropped to a 2026 low near 25,350, indicating slowed network activity Newsworthy Reliable Negative
  4. New wallet creation slowed to about 2,300 daily accounts since March, down from 4,800 in Q3 2025 Newsworthy Reliable Negative
  5. Motley Fool analyst Dominic Basulto lowered his XRP price target to around $3, a 173% rise from $1.10 Newsworthy Reliable Positive
  6. Basulto cautions that stablecoins like Ripple's RLUSD could limit XRP's role as a bridge asset Relevant Reliable Positive
  7. Other analysts predict much higher XRP targets: Javon Marks foresees $21 or even $152 price points Newsworthy Plausible Positive
  8. Eight million activated accounts do not equate to eight million individual users due to exchanges and multiple accounts per person Relevant Reliable Neutral
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