XRP Ledger upgrade set for October 23: What it means for the XRP price

Published on 10/19/2026 at 08:56 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Spot XRP ETFs lost 1.84 million USD for the week ended October 16. The XRP price stood at 1.30 USD as of October 16, 2026, down 0.23 percent.

ETF flows and network changes

The XRP Ledger has an amendment scheduled for October 23, 2026, with a focus on permission delegation.
Spot XRP ETFs recorded a 1.84 million USD outflow for the week ended October 16, 2026.
The XRP price stands at 1.30 USD as of October 16, 2026, 0.23 percent below the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026.
Ripple's combined Swell, Apex and UBRI Connect event is scheduled for October 27 to October 29, 2026.

XRP, XCCRYPTOXRP0, Illustration mit AI erstellt.

XRP (XRP) is set to receive the fixCleanup3_4_0 amendment on October 23, 2026, a scheduled protocol update covering several ledger functions and permission controls, according to U.Today. The XRP price stood at 1.30 USD as of October 16, 2026, 0.23 percent below the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026.

The October 23 amendment targets permission delegation

The fixCleanup3_4_0 amendment is scheduled for mainnet activation on October 23, 2026, according to U.Today. The report describes the update as a collection of fixes for Single Asset Vaults, the Lending Protocol, automated market makers, the permissioned decentralized exchange, trust lines, non-fungible tokens, escrow and transaction signing. It also addresses permission delegation, including the ability to delegate the PaymentBurn granular permission. Validator support must remain above 80 percent throughout the activation process, according to the same report.

The amendment is a network-level change rather than a new XRP issuance event. XRP has a maximum supply of 100 billion tokens under the protocol rules, while 63.13 billion XRP are circulating according to the market data available for October 16, 2026.

Spot XRP ETFs record a 1.84 million USD outflow

U.S. spot XRP ETFs recorded a combined 1.84 million USD outflow for the week ended October 16, 2026, according to SoSoValue data cited by 24/7 Wall St.. The report said the outflow ended a 13-week streak of weekly inflows. The funds recorded an inflow of 740,000 USD on October 14, 2026, followed by an outflow of 105,000 USD on October 15, 2026, and outflows of 2.47 million USD on October 16, 2026, according to the same data.

Ripple's combined Swell, Apex and UBRI Connect event is scheduled for October 27 to October 29, 2026, according to Ripple. The agenda brings together institutional, developer and academic sessions, with topics including digital asset access, tokenized collateral and stablecoins.

XRP trades at 1.30 USD on October 16

According to Investing.com, XRP trades at 1.30 USD as of October 16, 2026, 0.23 percent below the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026. The daily high is 1.30 USD and the daily low is 1.29 USD for the UTC day. Market capitalization is 81.78 billion USD, ranking XRP fifth, while 24-hour volume is 1.13 billion USD. Circulating supply is 63.13 billion XRP.