Daily successful $XRP payments have crossed the 2.6 million mark for the first time in four months.
Despite the long downtrend that has kept $XRP at lower price levels for months, activity on the $XRP Ledger (XRPL) has recently picked up.
Data from XRPScan, a leading XRPL block explorer, shows that daily successful $XRP payments crossed 2.6 million for the first time in four months. The increase comes after months of weaker activity across the network.
Specifically, on Aug. 5, 2026, daily successful $XRP payments reached 2,634,440, the highest level recorded since early April. This is notable because successful payments had generally declined as overall on-chain activity weakened.
The decline has occurred during a broader crypto market downturn that has persisted since October 2025. Notably, $XRP currently trades at $1.03, down 71.8% from its $3.66 all-time high reached in July 2025. The token has also lost nearly 44% in 2026.
$XRP Payments Rebound After Sharp Decline
XRPScan data shows just how much successful payments had fallen before the recent recovery. The metric reached a yearly high of 4.569 million successful payments on April 8, 2026.
From there, it started recording a gradual collapse. By late April, daily successful payments had dropped to 2.22 million, with the figure falling below 2 million in early May.
The decline continued through the following months. By early July, daily successful $XRP payments had fallen to 1.3 million, before dropping to 1.1 million toward late July. On Aug. 1, 2026, the figure reached just 902,309 payments, dropping below the 1 million level.
From here, daily successful payments picked up, climbing to 2.634 million on August 5, 2026. This was the first time the metric had crossed 2.6 million since the 4.569 million peak recorded in April. However, the recovery did not last for long at this level.
After reaching 2.634 million on August 5, daily successful payments fell to 2.181 million on August 7 and then dropped further to 1.27 million on August 8. The metric recovered again on August 9, when successful payments reached 1.494 million.
Other XRPL Activity Metrics Improve
The recovery has not been limited to successful payments. The XRPL also recorded a rise in daily active users after the metric fell to 103,474 in mid-July. By Aug. 7, daily active users had climbed to 208,406, representing a 101% increase from the mid-July level.
The increase pushed daily active users above 200,000 for the first time since June 2026. Activity eased afterward, with the number of daily active users falling to 181,903 on Aug. 9. However, the figure remained above the network’s recent daily average, suggesting that user activity had improved from the levels seen in July.
The average number of transactions per ledger also recorded an observable increase. On Aug. 5, the same day successful $XRP payments reached their four-month high, the average number of transactions per ledger climbed to 149. This marked a three-month high for the metric.
The move to 149 transactions per ledger represented a 188% increase from the recent low of 51.7 recorded in mid-July. It also marked the first return to that level since early May.
The rise in successful payments, daily active users, and transactions per ledger suggests that activity across the XRPL has started to recover after several months of weakness.
