XRP tokens linked to Ripple have regained traction in social media discussions, presenting a historically contrarian signal for prices. The token's positive-to-negative sentiment ratio on social media spiked into the FOMO zone on April 29, reaching 3.9 on Santiment's tracker, marking the highest level since March 19, when a similar surge was followed by a sharp decline.
When sentiment ratios exceed the FOMO threshold, indicating overwhelmingly positive crowd commentary, Santiment views this as a contrarian signal. Historically, when social media chatter reaches these levels, the token tends to consolidate or correct in subsequent days as the buyers driving the social wave exhaust their demand. The recent integration of XRP with Rakuten, allowing users to convert points into XRP, has contributed to the asset's second-highest bullish sentiment on social media in the past two years. This development has sparked excitement among traders, who are eager to leverage the #4 market cap in crypto.
The Rakuten Pay integration, which went live in early April, enables an estimated 44 million Rakuten users to spend XRP at over 5 million merchant locations, trade it within the app, and convert their Rakuten points directly into XRP. This announcement was hailed by Ripple's senior ecosystem growth manager Tatsuya Kohrogi as one of the most significant XRP milestones. The market took two weeks to fully grasp the implications, with sentiment gradually building before spiking this week. XRP traded at $1.37 on Thursday, down 2.1% over 24 hours and 3.7% on the week, despite the social media fervor.
Santiment also identified March 29 as the previous buy the dip window, when XRP sentiment hit the fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) zone, and the token bounced shortly after. The pattern through 2026 has been consistent, with crowd sentiment leading price by 24 to 72 hours in either direction, and crowd extremes marking reversals more often than continuations.
XRP has spent most of April between $1.37 and $1.60, and a clean break of either side will determine whether the Rakuten integration signals a sustained re-rating or another fleeting headline.