The XRP Ledger — the blockchain network whose native asset is XRP — has reached a record 8.24 million non-empty wallets, according to data from Santiment, extending a steady increase that continued through months of price volatility. A non-empty wallet is an address holding a balance, a measure analysts commonly use as a proxy for the size of a network’s holder base.

Daily network growth also accelerated, with 4,772 new wallets created in a single day. Santiment said the figure represents the fifth-largest one-day spike recorded since March. New-wallet creation is widely tracked as an adoption gauge because it counts fresh addresses appearing on the ledger rather than price movement. XRP was trading near $1.36 at the time of the report, leaving market participants watching whether price action will confirm the increase in network users.

Santiment Reports Continued Wallet Growth

Santiment Intelligence shared the data in a post on X, stating that XRP holder growth remains on an upward trend. The analytics platform’s measure of network growth tracks the number of new wallets appearing on the ledger each day.

That measure reached 4,772 wallets in one day, which Santiment identified as the fifth-largest daily increase since March. The firm said fresh participation in the network is accelerating again.

XRP Holder Count Hits Record As Network Growth Accelerates XRP Ledger now has a record 8.24M non-empty wallets, extending a steady climb that has continued through months of price volatility. Holder growth is still moving higher with $XRP trading near $1.36. Network… pic.twitter.com/IUpjoF5LQl — Santiment Intelligence (@SantimentData) October 22, 2026

Santiment said the trend would strengthen the bullish case if price continues to confirm the rise in users. Its assessment linked the outlook to both XRP’s price action and the number of wallets created each day. In that framework, price serves as confirmation of the user-growth data rather than as a standalone measure — an approach that treats on-chain activity and price as two separate signals read side by side.

The increase in wallet count has continued across months of price swings on the XRP Ledger. The volatility during that period did not reverse the trend in wallet growth, while XRP remained near $1.36 when Santiment published its report. That persistence through price swings is one reason adoption metrics are often read separately from short-term market movement.

The Santiment post is available on X: https://x.com/SantimentData/status/2113309995462774975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Price Levels Highlighted in Short-Term Views

Santiment identified $1.40 as the first level to watch and said the next move would depend on a sustained break above that price. It also said network growth would need to remain near or above 4,000 wallets per day for a quick return to $1.50 to become more plausible. Read together, the conditions give observers two parallel data streams to follow: the $1.40 price threshold and the daily wallet-creation rate.

On the downside, Santiment pointed to $1.30. If XRP falls below that level while new-wallet creation drops back under roughly 3,000 per day, the adoption signal would appear less convincing. The firm described this assessment as applying to the short term.

Separately, CryptoBusy posted a four-hour chart view of XRP on X. The 4H timeframe measures price movement in four-hour candles. According to the post, XRP was testing a major descending resistance trendline after recovering from $1.26 toward $1.40. The token briefly moved above the trendline but encountered selling pressure before pulling back toward $1.34.

$XRP is testing a major descending resistance trendline on the 4H chart after recovering from $1.26 toward $1.40. Price briefly broke above the trendline but faced selling pressure, pulling back toward $1.34. A confirmed above $1.38-$1.40 could open the door toward… pic.twitter.com/ApW8aoQB1b — CryptoBusy (@CryptoBusy) October 22, 2026

CryptoBusy said a confirmed breakout above the $1.38-$1.40 range could open the way toward $1.45-$1.50. Conversely, failure to hold $1.33 could send XRP back toward $1.30 and potentially $1.26.

The CryptoBusy post is available on X: https://x.com/CryptoBusy/status/2113193652973416723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

The technical view remains focused on whether XRP can break above and hold the resistance area. Until that occurs, CryptoBusy said the broader downtrend remains intact. At the same time, data cited by Santiment shows that the XRP holder count continues to rise. For observers, the immediate checkpoints are the price levels flagged in these short-term views — $1.40 on the upside and $1.30 on the downside — along with the pace of new-wallet creation on the ledger.

Source: https://blockonomi.com/xrp-holder-count-hits-record-8-24m-as-network-growth-accelerates/