XRP Skyrockets to $9000 for a Few Seconds. Here’s What Happened

A jaw-dropping video clip posted on X by crypto analyst John Squire shows XRP momentarily climbing to nearly $9,868 before correcting ￰0￱ fleeting spike has stirred the community and reignited talk of a possible “hidden” ￰1￱ is this a real market move, or simply another data feed error? The Footage and Initial Reaction Squire’s clip captured a live price feed where XRP’s price streamed at almost $9,900. The episode lasted mere seconds and lacked accompanying trade prints or on-chain ￰2￱ moments, the price reverted, and no exchange confirmed a matched order at that ￰3￱ absence of verifiable trade evidence suggests the spike did not reflect genuine market ￰4￱ $XRP just showed $9,000 per coin for a few ￰5￱ glitch… or price test run? ￰6￱ — John Squire (@TheCryptoSquire) October 29, 2025 Why This Isn’t the First Time XRP has a long history of anomalous price ￰7￱ one notable instance on January 4, 2019, it was listed at $7,308 on a major ￰8￱ glitch showed it at $21,355 during a live television ￰9￱ July 2025, a tracker briefly logged XRP at $691,667.

These repeated outlier spikes point to platform or data-feed weaknesses rather than genuine market ￰10￱ Faults: What Can Go Wrong Cryptocurrency price aggregates rely on numerous real-time feeds from exchanges, liquidity pools, and intermediaries. A single mislabeled asset, a feed lag, or order-book mismatch can cascade into a visibly false ￰11￱ frequently attribute XRP’s misquotes to data-mismatch issues, thin liquidity points, or misrouted price ￰12￱ that no matching trades show up on block explorers or exchange logs, the most plausible explanation is a transient pricing error, not a bona fide ￰13￱ are on X, follow us to connect with us :- @TimesTabloid1 — TimesTabloid (@TimesTabloid1) June 15, 2025 Why Traders Should Care Even though the spike was likely erroneous, such anomalies still have an ￰14￱ systems might execute orders based on faulty price ￰15￱ traders might be misled into thinking “something big” is ￰16￱ erode confidence in market feeds and can prompt regulatory questions about data integrity in ￰17￱ one reporter wrote, “accuracy is everything” in real-time ￰18￱ Bottom Line for XRP Outlook John Squire’s video serves as a timely warning: unusual price data does not equate to actual market ￰19￱ there is verified exchange order data, on-chain settlement records, or platform confirmation, the spike should be viewed ￰20￱ now, ongoing infrastructure fragility is the more likely culprit than any sudden, massive shift in XRP ￰21￱ and observers should continue monitoring feed-accuracy, liquidity signals, and exchange disclosures rather than headline ￰22￱ the fast-moving world of crypto, such episodes remind us to question what we see as much as what we ￰23￱ : This content is meant to inform and should not be considered financial ￰24￱ views expressed in this article may include the author’s personal opinions and do not represent Times Tabloid’s ￰25￱ are urged to do in-depth research before making any investment ￰26￱ action taken by the reader is strictly at their own ￰27￱ Tabloid is not responsible for any financial ￰28￱ us on Twitter , Facebook , Telegram , and Google News