On February 20, 2026, Santiment reported that XRP's 30-day MVRV stood at -4.1%, indicating the asset was slightly undervalued while many large-cap cryptocurrencies also appeared discounted. XRP was trading around $1.44 with volatility near prior 2024 cycle lows, and traders were watching a compression setup between $1.39 support and $1.44 resistance that could pave the way for a move toward $1.50 to $1.62. At the same time, Evernorth CEO Asheesh Birla pointed to rising RWA tokenization, RLUSD issuance above $1 billion and growing DEX activity on XRPL as signs of increasing institutional and on-chain participation.

This week, the Shiba Inu team launched the Shib Owes You (SOU) recovery framework on Ethereum to help users affected by the Shibarium exploit in September. K9 Finance, which says it is the largest impacted community, claims it was left out of the SOU NFT claim and has urged affected users to contact the SHIB team. As the program rolls out alongside K9's planned sunset of its Shibarium products on Feb. 25, 2026, Shiba Inu contributors have also warned about fake SOU portals seeking to drain user wallets.

Cardano is preparing an intra-era hard fork to protocol version 11, with targeted upgrades to Plutus performance, ledger consistency, and node security. On Feb. 21, the X account Cardano Updates announced the Plutus 1.58.0.0 release, while Intersect confirmed the van Rossem hard fork naming on Feb. 19.

x402 has gone live on the XRP Ledger, enabling AI agents to pay for services directly in XRP and RLUSD without using API keys or traditional accounts. Payments are handled per request using the x402 HTTP 402 "Payment Required" standard, with settlement occurring on-chain. Separately, phase two of Dubai's Real Estate Tokenization Project on the XRP Ledger has started, adding controlled secondary market trading for tokenized properties.

On Feb. 13, Bitcoin saw its largest short‑liquidation spike since September 2024, with 10,700 BTC shorts cleared as price rebounded from $65,799 to $69,434. It later hit $70,941 on Feb. 15 before easing to $69,333, while traders prepared for Fed minutes and the core PCE inflation report.

XRP Ledger validator Vet has highlighted upcoming confidential transfers for Multi-Purpose Tokens, which are expected to activate institutional-grade privacy on the XRPL in Q1 2026. These upgrades will encrypt balances and transaction amounts for XRP-issued assets while enabling selective disclosure for auditors, potentially boosting institutional use. Developer Wietse Wind has meanwhile warned of an uptick in XRPL-targeted scams, urging users to stay vigilant and avoid signing untrusted transactions.

XRP has printed a golden cross on its hourly chart as its price has climbed 17% over several days. The token rebounded from $1.34 to as high as $1.67, with trading volume and derivatives open interest both recording strong increases. Additional developments around the RLUSD stablecoin on XRP Ledger and exchange integrations have coincided with this short‑term bullish move.

DOGE extended its rebound from the Feb. 12 low of $0.09, climbing from $0.096 to $0.113 on Saturday and hitting $0.117 on Sunday. According to CoinMarketCap, 24‑hour trading volume rose 191% to $2.87 billion, while CoinGlass shows open interest up 25% to $1.31 billion.

Over the next three days, a permissioned DEX amendment is scheduled to activate on the XRP Ledger mainnet, enabling regulated institutions to trade while preserving compliance. XRP validator Vet recently highlighted XRP’s role as a bridge asset between pairs like EUROP/RLUSD via autobridging, and the new feature is expected to extend this function in FX and remittance flows. As XRP’s institutional roadmap expands around settlement, FX, collateral and on-chain credit, the token has also rebounded in price, gaining 13% in one day amid a broader market rally.