XRP Price History: Looking Back at the $3.18 Breakthrough

Dear Crypto Diary, Looking at the XRP price today in late 2026 makes me feel incredibly nostalgic for the moments that defined this journey on the XRP Ledger. I am sitting here in my studio with my ballpoint pens and neon markers, looking back at one of my favorite hand-drawn pieces from the archives. It is wild to think about how far we have come since I first put ink to paper for this collection. I am currently reflecting on Crypto Diary #38, which I titled the Crypto Inauguration Day. The date was January 20, 2025. I remember the energy in the room while I was drawing it; the market was at a massive crossroads. The XRP price was sitting at exactly $3.18, and Bitcoin had just smashed through the six-figure ceiling at $104,280. It was a time of pure intensity for anyone following Ripple news or holding assets on the XRPL. What strikes me most about that specific page is the Fear and Greed reading of 58. Even with a $3.18 XRP price, the market was only slightly leaning toward greed. People were still hesitant, not realizing the massive utility and adoption that the XRP Ledger would see over the next two years. Back then, I was just a human artist with a vision to document every major swing in crypto news through raw, physical art. No AI-slop, just real sweat and ink recorded forever as an NFT. Today, the mission of BiTi Artist remains the same. I want the Crypto Diary to be the biggest and most recognized NFT collection in the world. Every time I draw a new entry, I am thinking about the collectors who value the human touch over a machine-generated image. Whether the XRP price is pumping or we are in a deep correction, these diary entries serve as a permanent record of our shared history on the blockchain. You can head over to xrp.cafe to see the full collection and grab a piece of this history for yourself. Collecting a page from the Crypto Diary means owning a specific moment in time, like that $3.18 milestone in Crypto Diary #38, preserved forever on the XRP Ledger. Let’s keep building this legacy together, one hand-drawn page at a time.