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 jumped into the FOMO zone on April 29, reaching 3.9 on Santiment's tracker.
This is the highest level since March 19, when a similar spike was followed by a sharp market correction. When sentiment ratios exceed the FOMO line, it indicates that crowd commentary is predominantly positive, which Santiment interprets as a contrarian signal. Historically, when social media chatter reaches these levels, the token tends to consolidate or correct in the subsequent days as 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. Traders are enthusiastic about the fact that the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has been added as a payment method across Rakuten's ecosystem, enabling an estimated 44 million 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 announcement was hailed by Ripple's senior ecosystem growth manager, Tatsuya Kohrogi, as one of the most significant milestones for XRP.
The market took two weeks to fully process the implications, with sentiment gradually building before spiking this week. Despite the social media frenzy, XRP traded at $1.37 on Thursday, down 2.1% over 24 hours and 3.7% on the week. Santiment also identified March 29 as a prior 'buy the dip' opportunity, when XRP sentiment hit the fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) zone and the token bounced shortly after. The pattern in 2026 has been consistent, with crowd sentiment leading price movements by 24 to 72 hours in either direction, and crowd extremes marking reversals more often than continuations.
XRP has been trading between $1.37 and $1.60 for most of April, and a clean break of either side will determine whether the Rakuten integration marks the beginning of a sustained re-rating or another headline that fades into the chart.