Cardano Jumps 30% on x402 Payment Test, XRP Rises 22%
- —ADA climbed from $0.19 on Sept. 17 to an intraday high of $0.26 on Sept. 23, a gain of about 30%
- —Daily transactions on Cardano surged 71% during the week to 33,919
- —XRP broke above $1.60, up 22%, with over 1,900 transactions above $100K — the most in a month
- —XRP Ledger already supports x402 and has logged more than 1 million agent transactions
Why it matters: The x402 integration positions ADA and XRP as settlement layers for AI-driven payments, but Cardano's mainnet deployment is still pending and much of the rally may already be priced in.
Source: Crypto Briefing