{"id":83595,"date":"2026-04-20T16:01:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=83595"},"modified":"2026-04-20T16:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:01:32","slug":"xrp-bulls-long-term-target-is-8-heres-whats-needed-to-make-it-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=83595","title":{"rendered":"XRP Bulls&#8217; Long-Term Target Is $8: Here&#8217;s What&#8217;s Needed To Make It Real"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>XRP<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"XRP\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/XRP-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/xrp\/usd\">XRP<\/a>) bulls are eyeing an $8 target as SBI Ripple Asia secured regulatory approval to issue prepaid payment tokens on the XRP Ledger, targeting Japan\u2019s $200 billion prepaid market.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>SBI\u2019s Tokyo Approval<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>SBI Ripple Asia, the Tokyo joint venture <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/digital-assets\/2026\/04\/19\/taking-over-sbis-200b-tokyo-move-has-xrp-bulls-eyeing-8-breakout\/\">between<\/a> Ripple and Japanese banking giant SBI Holdings, became a registered third-party prepaid payment instrument issuer under Japan\u2019s Payment Services Act on March 26. The platform went live in early April.<\/p>\n<p>The platform turns prepaid balances into blockchain tokens issued on the XRP Ledger and backed by Japanese yen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Tobu Top Tours, a major travel arm of Tobu Railway, will issue tourism payment tokens that travelers can load and spend across hotels, transport, and attractions.<\/p>\n<p>Japan\u2019s prepaid payment instruments handle around 30 trillion yen, roughly $200 billion, in annual volume.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Goldman\u2019s $154 Million Position<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Goldman Sachs<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/GS\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"GS\" data-exchange=\"NYSE\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/GS\">GS<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/ripple.com\/insights\/xrp-etfs-the-institutional-era-has-begun\/\">disclosed<\/a> a $153.8 million position in spot XRP ETFs through its Q4 2025 13F &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/04\/51918489\/xrp-bulls-long-term-target-is-8-heres-whats-needed-to-make-it-real?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"XRP\" bulls long-term target is here what needed to make it real>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) bulls are eyeing an $8 target as SBI Ripple Asia secured regulatory approval to issue prepaid payment tokens on the XRP Ledger, targeting Japan\u2019s $200 billion prepaid market. SBI\u2019s Tokyo Approval SBI Ripple Asia, the Tokyo joint venture between Ripple and Japanese banking giant SBI Holdings, became a registered third-party prepaid payment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-83595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}