XRP trades at $1.33, 63.5% below its all-time high of $3.65 set in July 2025, while Ethereum is at $2,403, 51.4% below its August 2025 peak of $4,946, and both fell over the past month. Reclaiming those highs would require gains of 174.4% for XRP and 105.9% for Ethereum, and the article concludes Ethereum has the edge, citing JPM Coin's integration onto its network on October 19 and a sizeable ETF asset base. XRP ETFs held $1.57 billion in net assets, but inflows slowed to $708,500 on October 21, while Ethereum's cumulative ETF net inflows fell to $12.83 billion amid outflows. Other news includes Germany's Sparkassen savings banks offering XRP trading and Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade entering the Hoodi test network on October 26.
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• NeutralEthereum
Relevance: low
| Market | Crypto |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Layer 1 |
| Market cap | $294.2B |
| Close on 10/21/2026 | 2,473.76 |
| Change that session | +1.00% |
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• NeutralXRP
Relevance: low
| Market | Crypto |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Layer 1 |
| Market cap | $81.8B |
| Close on 10/21/2026 | 1.36540 |
| Change that session | +2.22% |
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