XRP has shown a significant rise on social media in recent days. In particular, Japanese financial and shopping giant Rakuten’s announcement of integration with XRP in its payment application has led to new optimism among investors. Although this increase in interest in crypto money was not fully reflected in the price movement, it drew the attention of market analysts to the resistance areas at this point.
In the last 30 days, the rate of positive views towards XRP on social media platforms increased by 240 percent, and this value reached the highest levels in the last two years. This rise has led to a return to early 2024 levels, according to social monitoring platform Santiment’s positive/negative sentiment indicator. Analysts stated that the expansion of XRP’s concrete usage areas was especially effective in this development.
Rakuten Pay integration and market impacts
Rakuten stands out as one of Japan’s largest payment and loyalty program platforms, with approximately 44 million users. Thanks to a new partnership with Rakuten Wallet, users can convert loyalty points directly into XRP and exchange this asset within the app. In addition, XRP obtained through Rakuten Pay can be used for shopping at more than 5 million physical and digital businesses across Japan.
Ripple management noted that this integration is the largest-scale real-world use of XRP ever seen on a global scale. In the statement, it was emphasized that “Rakuten brings together the world of loyalty programs, payment and crypto” and that this signals a new era in the market.
Santiment, on the other hand, stated that with the data he shared, XRP social media sensitivity has now reached the second highest level in the last 2 years. In the company’s sentiment index, XRP’s score was recorded as 3.9; This value is 240 percent above the value immediately after the price decline at the end of March, which exceeded 20 percent.
Price action and resistance levels
Despite the positive news flow of XRP, the upward movement of the price is stuck at a certain level. The XRP/USD parity rose 2 percent in the last 24 hours, but it is still 62 percent behind the record level of $ 3.66 reached in July 2025.
The price, which dropped to $1.27 at the beginning of April, gained 18 percent from there and returned to $1.48. The price seems to be stuck especially in the $1.40-1.45 band. Analysts state that this area forms a very strong resistance, where the upper limit of the triangle formation and the 50- and 100-day moving averages coincide.
According to Glassnode data, approximately 2 billion XRP is held in this region at an average price of 1.40-1.45 dollars. Therefore, it is considered that if the price exceeds this threshold, a significant number of investors may start selling at the break-even point. This may cause the rise to weaken in the short term.
Analysts’ expectations and the possibility of upward movement
Some market analysts think that if XRP breaks the strong resistance above $1.40, a rapid upside potential could occur. When technical indicators are examined, it seems possible that the price can move up to $2.10 if there is a permanent exit from the triangle formation; This level is approximately 50 percent above the current price.
Analyst ChartNerd argued in his assessment on Friday that a major move could be triggered if the price rises permanently above the $1.40 level. The analysis by Cointelegraph also points out that a new uptrend may begin if the XRP/USD pair maintains the $1.27 support point and climbs above the moving averages.
“This collaboration brought the loyalty program world together with crypto payments and expanded the real-world use of XRP on a large scale,” Ripple said.
