CNBC is bullish on XRP because it is targeting banks and cross-border payments

Wall Street media CNBC TV is calling XRP the standout crypto trade of 2026, saying its ahead of Bitcoin and Ether in recent market focus. During a segment after the bell last night, MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC’s finance and techn correspondent, pointed out that the Ripple-backed token surged more than 20% in one week, overtook BNB, and became the third-largest crypto by market value, as Cryptopolitan previously reported. MacKenzie said XRP’s rally was not sudden, as the asset had outperformed quietly for months. Even on days when the crypto market was crashing, and it really was, she said it held steady. CNBC is bullish on XRP because it is targeting banks and cross-border payments MacKenzie said the main use case for XRP is payments, specifically cross-border settlement because Ripple designed the token to be a bridge asset. MacKenzie said the XRP pitch differs from Bitcoin’s digital gold story and stablecoins tokenized...

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