XRP hit $1.60 on record 7.7M holders, and 46,767 active addresses, but charts warn a drop to $0.80 looms if $1.80 resistance holds firm
XRP cleared $1.60 this week. The XRP Ledger now counts more than 7.7 million holders for the first time in its 13-year history. That number matters.
According to Santiment on X, Monday closed with a five-week high of 46,767 active addresses as XRP’s price jumped 14% in a 48-hour span, breaching $1.60. The on-chain picture looks clean. Network participation is expanding. Still, the chart story runs a different direction entirely.
👫 XRP Ledger now has more than 7.7M holders (non-empty wallets) for the first time in its 13+ year history, as its usage continues to grow.
📈 Additionally, Monday closed with a 5-week high of 46,767 active addresses as $XRP's price jumped +14% in 48-hour span, breaching $1.60. pic.twitter.com/SKTO5L4W6o
— Santiment (@santimentfeed) March 17, 2026
Source: santimentfeed
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7.7 Million Wallets, One Big Wall
The holder milestone signals genuine organic growth. Seven point seven million non-empty wallets is not noise. It reflects years of accumulation, adoption, and network stickiness building quietly in the background.
But price and participation can diverge. Hard.
As ChartNerdTA posted on X, the potential for XRP dropping to $0.80 or $0.70 still exists until key resistance levels at $1.80, $2, and $2.40 are reclaimed. Three walls stand between current price and any genuine bullish confirmation. None have broken yet.
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$1.80 Is Where It Gets Ugly
Santiment’s data shows the 46,767 active address figure as a five-week high. Activity at this level typically precedes either a breakout or an exhaustion point. Which one lands here depends entirely on what happens at $1.80.
XRP failed to close above that level. The rejection zone sits heavy overhead. Until price works through $1.80 convincingly, the downside scenario ChartNerdTA outlined stays live. A drop toward 80 cents is not guaranteed. But it is not off the table either.
The $1.60 breach pulled attention from across the market. Fourteen percent in two days draws eyes. What it does not do is confirm a trend reversal. That comes only with $2 and $2.40 flipping to support.
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Active Addresses Paint a Complicated Picture
On-chain metrics and technical charts are pulling in different directions here. Record holders. Five-week address highs. Fourteen percent price jump. All of it looks like momentum is building.
Then the resistance levels. ChartNerdTA’s warning on X is direct: those three levels at $1.80, $2, and $2.40 need to flip. Until they do, the $0.80 scenario remains structurally possible. The gap between 7.7 million holders and a 50% price collapse is not as wide as it seems on paper.
XRP has been in this position before. Strong participation data, incomplete technical recovery, and a market watching two competing narratives at the same time.
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The 13-year holder record means something. So does an unbroken resistance cluster sitting directly above the price. Both things are true right now.
