XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) bucked declines in other large-cap cryptocurrencies this year, surging an impressive 17% year-to-date.
What happened: The coin, now worth over $142 billion in market capitalization, was the only cryptocurrency in the top 10 list to have recorded net gains since 2025 began.
In contrast, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), and Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) were down 6.62%, 38.38%, and 39%, respectively, this year.
XRP overtook Tether (CRYPTO: USDT) earlier this month to become the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. It was ranked fourth as of this writing, and another 6-7% move at the current supply could again catapult it to the third position.
According to on-chain analytics firm Santiment, the overall …
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