XRP tokens linked to Ripple have regained traction on social media, exhibiting a historically contrarian price signal. The token's positive-to-negative sentiment ratio on social media spiked into Santiment's 'FOMO zone' on April 29, reaching 3.9 on the firm's tracker. This reading is the highest since March 19, when a similar spike preceded a sharp correction.
Sentiment ratios above the FOMO line indicate that crowd commentary is overwhelmingly positive, which Santiment interprets as a contrarian signal. Historically, when retail 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, allowing points to be converted 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 fact that XRP, the fourth-largest market cap in crypto, can now be used as a payment method across Rakuten's ecosystem, with an estimated 44 million users able to spend XRP at over 5 million merchant locations. The 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 process the implications, 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 flagged March 29 as the prior 'buy the dip' window, when XRP sentiment hit the 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 is the start of a sustained re-rating or another headline that fades into the chart.