XRPL Dodges the Developer Exodus: 10% Growth While Rest of Crypto Sells

$XRP Ledger has recorded 10% year-on-year growth and a 92% increase over two years in the total number of developers. Crypto researcher Eri Carpe Diem noted this growth occurred at a time when the total number of new developers entering crypto dropped significantly since October 2025. Meanwhile, everywhere else in the space looks like a ghost town at 3 AM on a Tuesday—except apparently the XRPL office is still open for business.

Despite the broader industry slowdown, the XRPL ecosystem has seen growth in the total number of developers. When compared to last year, the developer count recorded an uptick of 10%, while it almost doubled since 2024 with a 92% spike. Monthly active developers have reached 288 with 84 full-time equivalents. For context, that's basically a packed crypto conference in 2026—minus the free schwag and existential dread about market timing.

The expansion on $XRP Ledger may be due to the ecosystem's responsiveness to issues spotted by users. In February 2026, the XRPL Foundation responded to a Bug Bounty program report, assuring the community that $XRP Ledger was not affected by the bug and remains safe. Such responsiveness might have boosted developers' confidence on the chain. In an industry where most projects ghost you faster than a DEX rug pull, actually answering bug reports? Revolutionary behavior. Almost like they give a damn or something.

As of this writing, $XRP is changing hands at $1.34, representing a 0.37% increase in the last 24 hours. In the last seven days, $XRP has recorded 2.66% growth in price. However, trading volume is still lagging behind and is down by 29.46% at $1.67 billion. So the price is doing that slow creep upward while volume takes a nap—classic "accumulation phase" or "nobody's paying attention," depending on which tribe you ask.

A new release candidate of Bitcoin Core, v31.0rc4, is available for testing. Bitcoin Core continues its noble mission of making sure your node stays up to date, because apparently we needed more reasons to stress about sync times.