On Oct. 4, XRP hovered close to USD 1.50, registering a 24-hour increase of 0.90% while Bitcoin climbed 0.79%. This slight upward movement came in the wake of softer-than-expected U.S. employment figures and aligned with Doppler Finance’s roadmap to grant XRP holders entry into Flare yield vaults. Furthermore, Doppler disclosed that cumulative deposits across its XRP and RLUSD offerings have surpassed USD 150 million.
XRP gains alongside the broader market
The price uptick followed the publication of the September jobs report on Oct. 2. U.S. employers generated 29,000 jobs, falling short of the 90,000 positions anticipated by economists. Consequently, equities climbed and Treasury yields declined as investors trimmed their forecasts for an October interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve.
XRP’s daily rise tracked Bitcoin’s advance closely. While the timing corresponded with a wider market rebound, available data does not confirm the exact impact the employment figures had on XRP purchases, and no distinct project announcement accounted for the daily price action.
Even with the gain, XRP recorded a weekly decline of roughly 2.8%. The digital asset fluctuated between immediate support near USD 1.49 and resistance levels spanning USD 1.51 to USD 1.54, meaning one day of positive movement left its established trading band unbroken.
These technical thresholds highlight zones where prices historically encountered support or resistance, though they do not signal a definite breakout or guarantee movement toward a targeted price point. Additional support levels being monitored include USD 1.48 and USD 1.40.
Doppler plans access to Flare yield vaults
On Oct. 3, Doppler and Flare revealed a collaborative initiative to integrate Flare’s FXRP vaults into the Doppler platform. This prospective integration would introduce externally managed products to Doppler’s existing lineup, though the companies did not specify a release date or projected yields.
According to Doppler, the alliance aims to provide XRP holders with expanded utility for their tokens through a centralized interface, framing the upcoming service as a way to convert XRP into active capital. The disclosure focused on future plans rather than an active deployment or any documented impact on market pricing.
FXRP functions as a 1:1 representation of XRP on the Flare network. Through Flare’s FAssets mechanism, users can deploy the wrapped asset across decentralized finance applications, lending platforms, and vaults, with a mechanism enabling redemption back to native XRP.
The partnership disclosure omitted specifics regarding deposit caps, withdrawal rules, or projected returns for the planned integration. Existing Flare offerings and their eventual accessibility via Doppler remain distinct until both firms release specific deployment timelines.
Deposits exceed USD 150 million as lending plans advance
In an update on Sept. 28, Doppler said that upwards of 14,000 users had deposited more than USD 150 million into its XRP and RLUSD vaults since February 2025. This metric represents total historical deposits since inception rather than current total value locked.
Because XRP lacks a built-in staking protocol, Doppler states that its vaults generate yields via trading strategies designed to minimize price volatility. Participants earn payouts in the exact cryptocurrency they contributed.
In other network news, the XRPL Batch upgrade is slated for activation as early as Oct. 9, pending sustained validator backing. A prior drop below the necessary support threshold had previously reset the countdown for its approval.
Looking ahead, Doppler has scheduled the development of its proprietary XRPL lending service for the fourth quarter of 2026, contingent on the mainnet rollout of the XLS-66 lending standard. The platform’s development roadmap also features transferrable vault deposit receipts, which would allow users to transfer balances between wallets or leverage them as collateral within external protocols.
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