XRP’s Crazy August Is Almost Over – September Could Be Even Bigger

With the eighth month of the year almost behind us, it’s worth exploring what really took place as it turned out to be among the most eventful ones, especially when it comes to price pumps.

Ripple’s XRP was no exception as it rode the mid-month wave hard, surging from $1.00 to $1.70 within days before it was eventually stopped. History didn’t see this coming, but what does it say about September?

Great August

CryptoPotato reported at the start of the month that August was not a particularly optimistic period for XRP. After July, which is actually quite bullish for the token, it entered August having closed all four previous editions in the red. Some of the losses, as in 2022 and 2023, were in the double digits.

As such, there were no high hopes for the 2026 edition. Its start was quite sluggish. XRP kept losing value and eventually dipped below $1.00 on a couple of occasions for the first time in almost two years.

However, the bulls reacted in a remarkable manner. Fueled by the overall market resurgence, the return of ETF inflows, and reaccumulating whales, XRP bounced hard from that key psychological level and skyrocketed by 70% within less than 72 hours between August 19 and August 22 to a multi-month peak of $1.70.

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