Will XRP Price Reach $1.80 in May 2026 Amid Rakuten Integration?
XRP price might be headed for a bullish May because of a partnership that happened two weeks back. Because of this, positive sentiment is at its highest in two years. Now that April has ended, traders are watching May to see if it will bring new possibilities for XRP, and whether a pattern that has been there for some time now is going to play out. Rakuten Integration Drives Bullish Sentiment to 2-Year High On April 13, the senior ecosystem growth manager at Ripple, Tatsuya Kohrogi, made one of the most bullish announcements for XRP holders. He said that Rakuten will now have XRP available to its users. The best part is that Rakuten is behind the biggest loyalty platform in Japan. It has a staggering 44 million users. All of these people have alternative options for their points other than just redeeming them. They can use them to buy XRP. This is not the only big thing that has happened to XRP price in April 2026, but it is the thing that has the biggest impact. Santiment notes this by saying the bullish sentiment on XRP is at the second-highest point it has ever been in two years. It says that this rise