XRP tokens, linked to Ripple, have regained prominence in social media discussions, signaling a potentially contrarian price indicator. The token's positive-to-negative sentiment ratio on social media spiked into the FOMO zone on April 29, peaking at 3.9 on Santiment's tracker. This reading is the highest since March 19, when a similar spike was followed by a sharp price correction.
Sentiment ratios above the FOMO line indicate overwhelmingly positive crowd commentary, which Santiment views as a contrarian signal. Historically, when social media chatter reaches these levels, the token tends to consolidate or experience a price correction in the following days as demand from buyers driving the social wave dries up. 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.
Traders are excited about the potential of the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. The Rakuten Pay integration, which went live in early April, added XRP as a payment method across the Japanese wallet application's ecosystem, enabling an estimated 44 million users to spend XRP at over 5 million merchant locations, trade it within the app, and convert their Rakuten points directly into XRP.
This development has been framed as a significant milestone for XRP. The market took two weeks to fully process the implications, with sentiment gradually building before spiking this week. Despite the social media buzz, XRP traded at $1.37 on Thursday, down 2.1% over 24 hours and 3.7% on the week.
Santiment also noted that on March 29, XRP sentiment reached the FUD zone, and the token subsequently bounced back. The pattern in 2026 has been consistent, with crowd sentiment leading price movements by 24 to 72 hours in either direction, and crowd extremes often marking reversals rather than continuations.
XRP has primarily traded between $1.37 and $1.60 throughout April, and a clean break of either side will determine whether the Rakuten integration marks the start of a sustained re-rating or another fleeting headline.