Ripple Returns to Korea as Major XRP Company Awaits Nasdaq Listing

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">XRP trades at just a nod above $1.40 as Ripple ecosystem builds toward a Korean stage while one of its own veterans eyes Wall Street. The token is stuck in a tight band, and today&#8217;s news out of Seoul raises a question worth asking: Does event buzz actually move price?</p><p class="wp-block-paragraph">XRPL Korea, organizer of <a href="https://twitter.com/XRPSEOUL/" data-type="link" data-id="https://twitter.com/XRPSEOUL/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">XRP Seoul 2026</a>, unveiled its second speaker lineup today, adding names from Doppler Finance, Flare, t54 Labs, Variational, Evernorth, and Squid. The standout: Evernorth CEO Ashish Birla, an early Ripple team member whose firm is pursuing a Nasdaq listing via SPAC merger with a stated goal of building a $1 billion XRP reserve. </p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Please welcome <a href="https://x.com/ashgoblue?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ashgoblue</a>, CEO of <a href="https://x.com/evernorthxrp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@evernorthxrp</a>.<br><br>Asheesh leads Evernorth&#39;s vision and strategy. A 25+ year Silicon Valley veteran, he helped scale Ripple from a startup to 1,000+ employees.<br><br><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f4c5.png" alt="📅" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Oct 3, 2026 |<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f4cd.png" alt="📍" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />Grand Hyatt Seoul<br><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f39f.png" alt="🎟" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> <a href="https://t.co/tkFQwpiGRQ">https://t.co/tkFQwpiGRQ</a><br><br><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f399.png" alt="🎙" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> Apply to speak:… <a href="https://t.co/f93AYdwawO">pic.twitter.com/f93AYdwawO</a></p>&mdash; XRP SEOUL 2026 <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f1f0-1f1f7.png" alt="🇰🇷" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> (@XRPSEOUL) <a href="https://x.com/XRPSEOUL/status/2095762983968542964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div></figure><p class="wp-block-paragraph">Meanwhile, Flare co-founder Hugo Philion will also speak on smart-contract functionality for XRP and Bitcoin in DeFi. This is a detail that <a href="https://cryptonews.com/news/ripple-news-xrp-price-prediction-bis-xrpl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">fits the institutional narrative</a> Ripple has been building around the XRP Ledger.</p><p class="wp-block-paragraph">None of this has translated into buying pressure yet. Volume sits elevated near $1.4–$1.8 billion in 24 hours, but that&#8217;s indecision, not conviction. The setup below explains why.</p><p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><u><a href="https://cryptonews.com/cryptocurrency/best-crypto-presales/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow">Discover: The Best Token Presales</a></u></strong></p><h2 class="wp-block-heading">Can Ripple XRP Price Hit $1.80 This Week?</h2><span class="replacer"></span><p class="wp-block-paragraph">At $1.41, Ripple sits just below its recent range ceiling, with resistance clustered at $1.43–$1.46 and support at $1.39–$1.40. RSI reads 41, neutral, not oversold, while MACD stays bearish, and declining volume on recent upticks hints at a ceiling forming rather than a breakout brewing. </p><p class="wp-block-paragraph">XRP remains above both its 50-day moving average ($1.19) and 200-day moving average ($1.28), which keeps the medium-term trend technically intact even as short-term momentum stalls.</p><div class="cpp-crypto-chart cpp-crypto-chart-xrp" data-coin-symbol="xrp" data-price-usd="XRP Price (USD)" data-main-color="#7a2197" data-watermark-image="https://cimg.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/20161447/logologo_white.png" data-chart-style="cryptonews"><div class="cpp-chart-header-wrapper"><div class="cpp-chart-header"><img decoding="async" class="cpp-chart-header-logo" src="https://cimg.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/05094533/xrp-xrp-logo.svg" alt="xrp logo"><div class="cpp-chart-coin-info"><div class="cpp-chart-coin-name">Xrp (XRP)</div><div class="cpp-chart-price-row"><span class="cpp-chart-price"></span><span class="cpp-chart-change"></span></div></div></div><div class="cpp-chart-selectors"><span class="cpp-chart-selector" data-period="24h">24h</span><span class="cpp-chart-selector" data-period="7d">7d</span><span class="cpp-chart-selector" data-period="30d">30d</span><span class="cpp-chart-selector" data-period="1y">1y</span><span class="cpp-chart-selector" data-period="all_time">All time</span></div></div><canvas id="cpp-chart-6a9ea0694f1ea" class="cpp-chart-container"></canvas></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph">The scenarios are straightforward. The best one is a clean break above $1.43 that opens a retest of $1.50, and consolidation above that level could extend toward $1.60–$1.68, with a more aggressive $1.80 target still in play off the $1.32 bounce. Or we could see a continued chop between $1.39 and $1.43 while the market waits for confirmation. </p><p class="wp-block-paragraph">The last scenario is what holders don&#8217;t want to see, a failure to hold $1.35 sends XRP toward $1.28, with $1.22 as the next stop if that breaks. 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