Ripple-pegged xrp tokens are back in positive social media conversations in a historically contrarian price signal.
The token’s positive-to-negative sentiment ratio on social media spiked into what Santiment calls the “FOMO zone” on April 29, hitting 3.9 on the company’s tracker, according to data shared on X. The reading is the highest since March 19, when a similar spike preceded a sharp pullback.
Sentiment indices above the FOMO line indicate that crowd feedback is overwhelmingly positive, which Santiment treats as a contrarian signal. Historically, when retail conversations reach these levels, the token tends to consolidate or correct in the following days, as buyers driving the social wave run out of new demand.
🥳 Partly due to the new XRP integration with Rakuten, which allows you to convert points into $XRPThe asset is experiencing its second highest bullish sentiment on social media in the last 2 years!
Traders are showing excitement over the fact that the No. 4 market capitalization in cryptocurrencies… pic.twitter.com/CXvfJ2KZW9
— Santiment Intelligence (@SantimentData) April 30, 2026
The trigger appears to be the Rakuten Pay integration that went live in the first week of April, which added XRP as a payment method across the ecosystem of major Japanese wallet apps. The deal estimates that 44 million Rakuten users spend
That announcement was framed by Ripple senior ecosystem growth manager Tatsuya Kohrogi as “one of XRP’s biggest milestones.” It took two weeks for the market to fully process the implications, with sentiment gradually building before skyrocketing this week.
XRP traded at $1.37 on Thursday, down 2.1% in 24 hours and 3.7% in the week, despite the social heat.
Santiment also marked March 29 as the previous “buy the dip” window, when XRP sentiment reached the FUD zone and the token rebounded shortly after. The pattern through 2026 has been consistent, as crowd sentiment leads price 24-72 hours in either direction, and crowd extremes have marked pullbacks more often than continuations.
XRP has spent most of April between $1.37 and $1.60. A clear breakup from either party resolves whether the Rakuten integration is the start of a sustained rerating or another headline that fades off the chart.
