XRP tokens, linked to Ripple, have seen a resurgence in positive discussions on social media, a phenomenon that has often preceded a contrarian price signal. The token's sentiment ratio on social media surged into the FOMO zone on April 29, reaching 3.9, the highest since March 19, when a similar spike was followed by a sharp decline. This ratio indicates that the majority of crowd commentary is overwhelmingly positive, which Santiment views as a contrarian indicator. Historically, when social media chatter reaches these levels, the token tends to consolidate or correct in the following days as the buyers driving the social wave exhaust their demand.
The recent integration of XRP with Rakuten Pay, 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 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 Rakuten Pay app, and convert their Rakuten points directly into XRP. The market has taken two weeks to fully process the implications of this announcement, with sentiment building gradually before spiking this week. Despite the social hype, 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 hit the fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) zone, and the token bounced shortly after, demonstrating a consistent pattern in 2026 where crowd sentiment leads price by 24 to 72 hours in either direction, and crowd extremes have marked 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 marks the start of a sustained re-rating or another headline that fades into the chart.