XRP tokens linked to Ripple have regained positive traction on social media, a trend that has historically preceded a reversal in price. The token's sentiment ratio on social media spiked into the 'FOMO zone' on April 29, hitting 3.9 on Santiment's tracker, the highest since March 19, when a similar spike was followed by a sharp decline.
When sentiment ratios exceed the FOMO line, it indicates 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 correct in 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 sparked the 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 took two weeks to fully process the implications of this integration, with sentiment gradually building before spiking this week.
Despite the social media 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 FUD zone, and the token bounced shortly after, a pattern consistent with 2026 trends, where crowd sentiment leads price movements by 24 to 72 hours, and crowd extremes often mark reversals rather than continuations. XRP has primarily traded between $1.37 and $1.60 throughout April, and a clear break of either side will determine whether the Rakuten integration marks the start of a sustained re-rating or another fleeting headline.