XRP (XRP)

XRP sits at $1.38, gaining 1.25% in a day but losing 3.75% over the week, caught between legal clarity and skeptical market sentiment. Its daily performance mirrors the average top-4 coin's 1.1% rise, yet it underperforms Bitcoin's 2.47% gain by half. Despite the weekly decline, XRP's average transaction cost of $0.0002 is 99% cheaper than Ethereum's $0.15 fee, cementing its niche for cross-border payments, with 1,500 active validators securing its ledger.