XRP News: Looking Back at the $2.40 Breakout Moment

Dear Crypto Diary, XRP news today always feels different when I look back at the physical ink on the pages of my collection, especially now in late 2026. I am sitting here in my studio with my ballpoint pen and neon markers, looking at a specific entry that changed everything for the XRP Ledger community. It is incredible to think about how far we have come since the days of just hoping for a breakout. I just pulled out Crypto Diary #33 from the vault. This was a legendary page hand-drawn on December 14, 2024. The energy back then was electric but also incredibly tense. People were glued to their screens for any bit of XRP news they could find. On that specific Sleepy Saturday, the market decided to wake up in a massive way. I recorded the XRP price at exactly $2.40, a level that felt like a dream for so many long-term holders on the XRPL. Looking at the neon ink on the page, I also recorded Bitcoin sitting at $101,500 and Ethereum at $3,880. The Fear and Greed index was sitting at a greedy 79. You could feel the FOMO in the air. As an artist, my mission with the Crypto Diary has always been to capture these raw, human moments in market history. Every stroke of the pen is a middle finger to the wave of low-effort AI-slop flooding the blockchain. This is real human history on the XRP Ledger, preserved forever. The evolution of Ripple and the wider utility of the XRP Ledger since that 2024 entry has been a wild ride. We have seen the AMM grow, new institutional interest, and a complete shift in how the world views Ripple XRP as a settlement layer. While the prices in my diary reflect a specific moment in time, the art reflects the soul of the community that stayed through the volatility. I am more determined than ever to make this the biggest and most recognised NFT collection in the world. You can own a piece of this journey and see the hand-drawn details for yourself by visiting the collection at xrp.cafe/collection/crypto-diary. Secure your piece of the original Crypto Diary by BiTi Artist today and help us prove that human art will always reign supreme on the blockchain.