Ripple’s latest acquisition has firmly positioned the company within the heart of the US financial market, expanding its influence in the country and drawing attention to the XRP price. The new US-based spot prime brokerage firm, Ripple Prime, signals a pivotal moment not only for Ripple’s ecosystem but for the future of XRP. As analysts weigh in on this groundbreaking launch, attention is shifting to how this new development could redefine XRP’s role within institutional trading, liquidity, and settlement. 

XRP Price In Focus After Ripple Prime US Launch

In an X social media post on Monday, crypto analyst Pumpius announced that Ripple Prime is officially live in the US following the recent acquisition of Hidden Road in October. Through its newly launched Ripple Prime platform, the crypto company has formally entered Wall Street’s playing field, marking a bold step into mainstream financial markets.

By using Ripple Prime, institutional investors in the US will be able to execute Over-the-Counter (OTC) Spot transactions across major digital assets and stablecoins, including XRP and RLUSD for the first time. Pumpius asserted that this is not a pilot program or limited rollout, but Ripple’s full-scale institutional entry into the US financial system and markets. 

Additionally, the analyst emphasized that Ripple Prime is built to serve as a regulated brokerage infrastructure, offering deep multi-asset liquidity and on-demand settlement powered by XRP and RLUSD. He explained that these features place XRP at the centre of institutional trading, settlement, and liquidity aggregation. Moreover, with this integration, the XRP price, currently trading at $2.26, could experience further upward pressure, as consistent demand beyond retail usage fuels greater institutional adoption. 

Ripple has confirmed through its official website that the new Ripple Prime will expand institutional access to not just digital assets but derivatives, swaps, fixed income instruments, and others—all under one unified system. In addition, Pumpius has stated that Ripple Prime represents the “missing piece” that connects traditional capital markets to digital finance. 

XRP Moves From Retail Coin To Institutional Asset

Crypto commentator BD also shared his thoughts on the newly launched Ripple Prime on X, highlighting that the spot brokerage firm could transform XRP’s market perception. According to him, Ripple Prime gives US institutional clients direct access to XRP through the same infrastructure used for Foreign Exchange (FX) and commodities. 

BD emphasized that with this new development, XRP is no longer just a “retail coin” but is becoming institutional money. This means that XRP could potentially attract a new layer of demand, which could support its price by creating steadier trading volumes and stronger liquidity. 

Notably, Ripple announced its Ripple Prime US launch on Monday, November 3, via X. The crypto company confirmed that the new brokerage firm will help enable cross-margining of OTC spot holdings with the rest of clients’ digital asset portfolios, including OTC swaps, Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) futures, and options. 

The cryptocurrency market has been struck by another wave of red candles, plunging 4.1% in the past 24 hours. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin have all suffered notable declines, with all large market-cap cryptocurrencies falling below support levels that held last week. 

The downturn gained momentum after claims surfaced on X suggesting that Wintermute, one of the industry’s largest market makers, was preparing to sue Binance over alleged issues linked to the October 10 crash.

Rumors Of A Lawsuit Against Binance Add To Anxiety

Market unease deepened after rumors circulated on X claiming that Wintermute, one of the industry’s leading market makers, was preparing to sue Binance over losses incurred during the October 10 crash. The speculation began when a user known as WhalePump Reborn claimed that Wintermute had lost hundreds of millions and was preparing legal action, describing the situation as “not going to be pretty.”

This was followed by another detailed post from a popular X account known as StarPlatinum, which addressed rumors that Wintermute was pursuing legal action against Binance over what it called unfair ADL executions during the massive liquidation event in early October. 

As noted by the post, Binance’s system overload during the crash led to automatic deleveraging (ADL) at extreme price points, causing an estimated $19 billion to $20 billion in liquidations in just 24 hours, the largest single-day wipeout in crypto history.

Notably, Wintermute’s portfolio across Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Solana fell by about $65 million following the crash, though no on-chain patterns indicated forced liquidations or large withdrawals. Binance, for its part, had acknowledged system overloads at the time but denied any preferential treatment or technical fault that could have led to any unfair losses.

Wintermute Founder Refutes Claims Of Lawsuit

As panic spread through the market, Wintermute’s founder, Evgeny Gaevoy, took to X to dispel the rumors entirely. Quoting an earlier post from October 11, Gaevoy reiterated that Wintermute had never planned to sue Binance and saw no reason to do so in the future. 

“We never had plans to sue Binance, nor see any reason to do it in future,” Gaevoy said on X. “I should probably ask to make a note of all the people spreading baseless rumors, but most of people believing these have goldfish memory capacity, so I wont,” he added. He also described the circulating claims as complete bullshit in a direct response to the WhalePump Reborn post. 

The Wintermute rumors are part of various factors that are causing the price of cryptocurrencies to crash. Another factor could be the Fed Chair Jerome Powell hinting that the central bank may not pursue additional rate cuts anytime soon. Adding to the selling pressure were outflows from spot Bitcoin ETFs. According to data from Farside Investors, Spot Bitcoin ETFs started November with outflows on Monday, bringing the trend to four consecutive days of outflows.

At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at $104,502, down by 2.8% in the past 24 hours. Ethereum is trading at $3,490, down 6.0% in 24 hours. Dogecoin is trading at $0.1618, down 6.8% in 24 hours.

The belief that XRP could someday trade between $10,000 and $50,000 continues to circulate across social media, often justified by claims that the token will underpin the global financial system. However, not everyone in the crypto space is buying into that dream. A respected market analyst known as ChartNerd has pushed back strongly against such projections, calling them “nonsense.” This comment, as expected, led to a wave of reactions among members of the XRP community, especially those who are really locked in firmly into such ultra-bullish projections.

Analyst Says $10,000-$50,000 Target Is Nonsense

Talk of four- and five-figure valuations for XRP flared again after an X user with the name Mitchell Lion Heart proposed that XRP isn’t just another crypto but the money processor for a coming overhaul in the global payments system. He claimed XRP has been chosen, tied it to a global currency reset backed by gold, and insisted that $10,000 per coin, at a minimum, would arrive sooner than people think. 

He also shared an image asserting that once XRP achieves full global institutional adoption across rails such as SWIFT, DTCC, CBDCs, RWA tokenization, commodities, and value transfer on the XRPL, a sustainable price range for the cryptocurrency would need to be between $10,000 and $50,000 per XRP.

ChartNerd, a market analyst known for sticking to price structure and cycle context, shot the claim down in plain language. As noted by the analyst, XRP is not heading to $10,000 or $50,000 per coin. Such a price target is nonsensical and not realistic. 

As seen in some of his previous comments, ChartNerd’s position is that those kinds of targets ignore the realities of XRP’s supply, liquidity, and market cap. He has consistently pointed out that XRP’s price trajectory must align with adoption metrics and market structure.

An example of this is when he explained that prices between $13 and $27 represent a rational peak upside for XRP this cycle. This price target is even contingent on XRP receiving billions in possible ETF inflows and improving overall crypto market sentiment. 

Supporters Double Down On The Chosen Asset Perspective

“Mitchell Lion Heart” dismissed the analyst’s response and insisted that many traders were overlooking XRP’s true value and purpose. According to the XRP enthusiast, traders that don’t  agree with XRP’s price at $10,000 to $50,000 happening do not have a clue about what XRP truly is. 

Some other commentators also noted that Bitcoin is currently above $110,000, and its use cases pale in comparison to XRP. Therefore, XRP has the potential to trade at values comparable to Bitcoin when its utility is finally being taken advantage of in the global payments network.

Others sided with ChartNerd, saying that such extreme price targets distort public understanding and damage the credibility of legitimate analysis surrounding XRP’s fundamentals. The back-and-forth shows the growing rift between two schools of thought on XRP’s price future.

At the time of writing, XRP is trading at $2.41, having been rejected at an intraday high of $2.54.