XRP Ledger Surpasses 8 Million Funded Accounts Amid Declining Daily Activity and Price

1. XRP Ledger reached 8 million activated, live, and funded accounts for the first time ever Newsworthy Reliable Positive
2. Each activated XRP account requires locking a minimum reserve of 1 XRP, preventing spam wallets Relevant Reliable Positive
3. Daily addition of new XRP wallets halved from about 4,800 in Q3 2025 to 2,300 since March 2026 Newsworthy Reliable Negative
4. Only about 25,000 of the 8 million activated XRP accounts were active in transactions this month Newsworthy Reliable Negative
5. XRP’s current price is roughly 70% below its $3.65 peak from last July, falling near $1 Newsworthy Reliable Very negative
6. AI agents now contribute to XRP Ledger account growth by autonomously opening and funding accounts Relevant Plausible Positive
7. Accounts funded by AI agents unlock usage independent of XRP's price, unlike human investor wallets Relevant Plausible Positive
8. Locked XRP in activated accounts totals at least 8 million XRP, about 0.01% of total supply, worth $9 million Relevant Reliable Neutral

Type: standard news · Analysis confidence: 95%

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