XRP Ledger Hits Record Daily Payments While XRP Price Slides Toward "Number of the Beast" Zone

Recent XRP Ledger metrics show network payment throughput climbing to an all-time high of nearly 1.9 million account-to-account transactions per day, even as XRP's price extends a multi‑month downtrend. The token has broken below key support within a descending channel and briefly traded near the mid‑$1.60 area, a level some traders liken to the "number of the beast," highlighting the intensity of current selling pressure.