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

Published on 10/20/2026 at 13:05 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

The cleanup package has 30 validator votes. The XRP price is 1.3133 USD as of October 16, 2026, up 2.38 percent.

Validator backing reaches 30 votes

Validators supported the XRPL cleanup amendment with 30 votes on October 23, 2026.
Spot XRP ETFs recorded a 1.84 million USD weekly outflow through October 16, 2026.
The XRP price stands at 1.3133 USD as of October 16, 2026, 2.38 percent above the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026.
A transfer of 82,314,668 XRP was recorded on October 19, 2026.

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XRP (XRP) is targeting a ledger cleanup upgrade on October 23, with 30 of 36 trusted validators supporting the amendment, according to Coinpaper. The XRP price is 1.3133 USD as of October 16, 2026, up 2.38 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026.

What the October 23 patch changes

The amendment, known as fixCleanup3_4_0, is designed to correct technical behavior across token permissions, automated market makers, escrow transactions and lending infrastructure. Validators, the computers that vote on ledger amendments, must keep support above 80 percent for two consecutive weeks for activation. Coinpaper reported that the amendment had 30 votes from 36 trusted validators and had reached the required supermajority on October 9, 2026.

The cleanup includes a correction for a PaymentBurn permission flaw that could allow token creation under specific conditions. It also adjusts vault calculations, loan-default rules and automated market maker clawbacks. The proposed lending amendments remained below the 29-vote threshold: LendingProtocol and LendingProtocolV1_1 had 19 supporting validators each, while SingleAssetVault had 21, according to Bitkub.

ETF flows turn negative by October 16

U.S. spot XRP ETFs recorded a 1.84 million USD net outflow for the week ending October 16, 2026, ending a 13-week run of weekly inflows. The funds held 1.47 billion USD in net assets on that date, and the weekly outflow represented 0.1 percent of that pool, according to Yahoo Finance.

On-chain activity also included a transfer of 82,314,668 XRP valued at 106.6 million USD on October 19, 2026, according to Pluang. The transfer figure describes movement between wallets and does not establish a market purchase.

XRP price data on October 16, 2026

The XRP price is 1.3133 USD as of October 16, 2026, up 2.38 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026, according to Investing.com. The daily high is 1.3204 USD and the daily low is 1.2981 USD. Market capitalization is 82.65 billion USD, ranking XRP fifth, while 24-hour volume is 1.82 billion USD. Circulating supply is 63.13 billion XRP.