During the first quarter of 2025, XRP stood out by recording a 1.9% growth in market capitalization to $121.6 billion.
This performance beat BTC, ETH, and SOL’s total market caps, which dipped by 22% over the same period.
In the first quarter of 2025, XRP defied broader market trends, showing signs of resilience even as other top cryptocurrencies stumbled. A report from crypto research firm Messari, titled “State of the XRP Ledger 2025,” digs into the numbers and paints a clear picture of growth, not just in XRP’s market cap, but across the XRP Ledger ecosystem.
XRPL was created by David Schwartz, Jed McCaleb, and Arthur Britto in 2012. It was built to make cross-border transactions faster and cheaper than traditional blockchain networks. It is also designed with energy efficiency to move away from Bitcoin’s heavy environmental footprint intentionally.
XRP finished Q1 2025 as the fourth-largest cryptocurrency in the world, with a market cap of $121.6 billion. What is spe
