XRP adds AI and privacy layer alongside Cardano and Midnight moves
XRP (XRP)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
cryptocurrency.com.tr reports that the XRP Ledger is moving toward privacy and AI-powered payments. Simultaneously, Cardano’s Midnight, Canton Network and Ondo are pushing deeper into private smart contracts and tokenized real-world assets. These developments are described as stories that could shape the next phase of institutional adoption. The outlet highlights these four major crypto stories as key drivers for the sector.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for XRP, measured when this story was written up on 5 October 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
XRP is trading at $1.52 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 52.1%, indicating short-term buying pressure. However, the 4-hour buy ratio drops to 43.0%, suggesting that this momentum is fading over a slightly longer timeframe. The 24-hour buy ratio sits at 48.5%, showing a near-even split in the broader daily flow. Volume delta reflects this divergence, with a positive $357,592 in the last hour contrasting sharply against negative figures of -$5,150,842 over 4 hours and -$2,595,919 over 24 hours. This means that while recent trades show net buying, the cumulative flow over the day remains heavily skewed toward selling.
The latest daily buy ratio of 50.6% sits at the 83rd percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 48.5% - stronger buying than most days.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for XRP, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the 7-day average buy ratio was 49.1%, making today’s 24-hour ratio of 48.5% nearly identical to the weekly norm. The current spot volume of $87,591,204 is 0.40x the weekly average, marking this as an unusually quiet day for trading activity. While the daily buy ratio is stable, the volume delta of -$2,595,919 contributes to a total 8-day volume delta of -$31,087,496. This indicates that despite the slight short-term buying interest, the coin has seen net outflows for 6 of the last 7 days. The price change over the 8-day period remains flat at +0.3%, reflecting the low volume and mixed flow signals.