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Ripple just secured a $200 million asset-based debt facility from funds managed by Neuberger Specialty Finance, the dedicated asset-based investment arm of Neuberger Berman.
Announced May 11, the flexible credit line supports Ripple Prime, the company’s institutional multi-asset prime brokerage platform acquired via Hidden Road in 2025.
The facility lets Ripple Prime draw up to the full $200 million as client demand grows, expanding margin financing and liquidity for institutions trading equities, fixed income, and cryptocurrencies.
It explicitly positions XRP and other digital assets as eligible collateral alongside traditional instruments, enhancing capital efficiency in a regulated prime brokerage environment. Since the acquisition, Ripple Prime has tripled its revenue year over year amid surging institutional interest.
That’s not noise, that’s institutional infrastructure being built in real time.
The broader XRP news cycle is flashing bullish signals ahead of the Senate Banking Committee Markup on May 14.
Bitcoin hovering near $81,000 provides broader market support, though Middle East-driven volatility briefly dragged XRP below $1.50 this week, a reminder that macro risk doesn’t clock out.
XRP Price Analysis: Can XRP Price Hit $1.70 This Week?
XRP is sitting at $1.466 on the daily chart, and the macro structure here is a coin that peaked near $3.80 in August and has been in a relentless downtrend since, grinding lower through a series of lower highs all the way down to the February low around $1.10.
The base building since that February low is the most encouraging thing on this chart, with price holding above $1.20 for 3 months now and gradually pushing higher, currently sitting near the $1.50 level, which has been the ceiling capping every recovery attempt since March.
That $1.50 zone is the immediate decision point. Price has tested it multiple times and keeps getting rejected just below it, and a clean daily close above $1.50 would be the first real signal that the downtrend structure is starting to crack.
Above $1.50, the next resistance sits around $1.60 to $1.65, and above that, $2.00 is the major level where prior support turned into resistance during the December breakdown, and that is the zone that would need to flip for the recovery narrative to gain real credibility.
On the downside, $1.20 is the floor that has held consistently since February and needs to continue holding, with $1.10 being the absolute base low that cannot break without the setup fully collapsing.
Three months of base building below $1.50, with the price now making another push at that level, is the most constructive setup XRP has shown since the downtrend began, but the burden of proof is still on the bulls until $1.50 actually flips.
Why Smart Money Eyeing Bitcoin Hyper Instead of XRP
XRP’s consolidation between $1.44 and $1.54 captures the fundamental tension of trading established large caps mid-cycle: the infrastructure narrative is genuinely compelling, but with a $91.31 billion market cap, a 10x from here would require roughly $900 billion in new capital.
That math is worth sitting with. Resistance levels suggest the path to $2+ remains contested. Early-stage infrastructure plays, by contrast, offer asymmetric exposure if the underlying thesis lands.
Bitcoin Hyper (HYPER) is making a credible case in that category. It’s the first Bitcoin Layer 2 integrating the Solana Virtual Machine, targeting sub-second finality and low-cost smart contract execution while inheriting Bitcoin’s security guarantees, a combination that doesn’t currently exist on-chain.
The presale has raised $32,669,629.07 at a current price of $0.0136799, with staking rewards live and a decentralized, canonical BTC bridge already in place. Momentum in the rise has been consistent even through broader market volatility.
Presales carry meaningful risk, no liquidity, no price discovery, and token unlocks can suppress early price action.
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