XRP trades near $1.02. Will it close above $1.12 before Aug 21?
100% of users predicted NO — the community missed this one. 1 predictions cast.
XRP closed above $1.12 before August 21, 2026, capping a sharp rally that lifted the token roughly 20 percent in 24 hours to around $1.18-$1.19 by August 20. The surge pushed XRP past the $1.10-$1.12 resistance band that had capped several rallies since early August, with momentum indicators including a daily RSI near 72 signaling overbought conditions. The rally was driven by the U.S. Treasury's roughly $4 billion in bond buybacks easing market liquidity, new SEC crypto exemption and safe-harbor rules removing cross-border trading hurdles, and Ripple's successful $275 million senior unsecured bond issuance, which bolstered institutional confidence in the token. The broader crypto market rallied in tandem, with total market capitalization approaching $2.45 trillion and Bitcoin clearing $72,000 for the first time since early June. The single community vote on this question predicted XRP would not reach $1.12, but the token closed well above that level, so the lone community forecast did not match the outcome.