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On Wednesday, November 25, 2026, two networks of the XRP Ledger (XRPL) will be reset: Testnet and Devnet, where developers try out new features with worthless test XRP. That is what the XRP Ledger announcement on xrpl.org from November 9 says. Mainnet, where real XRP is held and traded, keeps running as before. If you hold XRP in a wallet or on an exchange, the XRP reset requires no action from you.

The headlines sounded different. Several crypto outlets ran stories about a “major” or “comprehensive reset” for XRP on November 12 and 13, with the word Testnet only appearing further down. Because XRP fell below 1 dollar on the same weekend, many readers asked whether November 25 has anything to do with the price. This fact check separates what is documented from what only sounds alarming. For the longer view, see our XRP price prediction.

XRP reset on November 25: key facts

Date: Only Testnet and Devnet are reset on November 25, 2026. Media reports citing the operations team give a window of 5 to 6 pm Pacific time, which is 01:00 to 02:00 UTC on November 26.
Reason: Testnet relied on a single server holding the full history. It crashed and cannot be recovered without a reset.
Mainnet: In validated ledger 108,332,593 on Saturday evening, November 14, no amendment holds a majority. No rule change can therefore take effect on Mainnet on November 25.
Voting: The Lending Protocol has 22 of 35 validators in favor. It needs 28, or 80 percent, for two weeks in a row.
Price: XRP fell to about 0.91 dollars on Saturday evening, lower than on any day of the past twelve months.
ETFs: US spot XRP ETFs lost a net 19.13 million dollars in the week to November 13, the largest weekly outflow in about eight months.

XRP reset on November 25: what the announcement actually says

The announcement is short and technical. Ripple operates Testnet and Devnet so that developers and companies can test integrations without risking real money. Testnet is meant to mirror the state of Mainnet as closely as possible, while Devnet previews features that are still to come.

The trigger was an outage: Testnet relied on a single server with the full transaction history, that server crashed, and it cannot be recovered without a reset. According to the announcement, Ripple is upgrading server storage so Testnet has to be reset less often. After the reset, Testnet gets the same amendment status as Mainnet again. Network URLs, network ID and validator settings stay the same.

One point matters for context: a reset only ever affects the network being reset. Testnet and Devnet are separate networks with their own ledgers; they share only the software with Mainnet. A Testnet balance has no market value, it comes free from a so-called faucet.

What the XRP reset deletes and what it does not

All data on the two test networks will be deleted: accounts, transactions, balances, settings, offers, AMM pools and escrows. Mainnet is not affected, the announcement says so explicitly.

For developers, November 25 means work: test accounts, pools and escrows have to be set up again. Code that relies on fixed addresses can ask the faucet to fund the same address again. The announcement also repeats a rule that applies to retail holders too: never use the same keys or addresses on Mainnet and on a test network.

No amendment on November 25: what the Mainnet vote shows

Mainnet rules on the XRP Ledger only change through amendments, which means a vote by validators. An amendment only takes effect once it has support from more than 80 percent of trusted validators continuously for two weeks. Ripple runs validators on Mainnet, but it does not decide the rules on its own.

We checked the status ourselves: in validated ledger 108,332,593, queried through a public node on Saturday, November 14, at around 21:35 UTC, the amendments object has no entry at all under “Majorities”. So no amendment currently has the required majority. Even if one reached it tonight, it could take effect two weeks later at the earliest, so not before November 28. November 25 brings no rule change to Mainnet.

The vote counts come from the XRPScan amendment overview as of November 14, 2026. The Lending Protocol, which brings loans directly onto the ledger, is the upgrade many XRP holders are waiting for. With 22 votes it is six validators short.

Where the confusion about the XRP reset comes from

Three things come together. First, XRP, the XRP Ledger and Ripple are often lumped together. XRP is the cryptocurrency, the XRP Ledger is the network it runs on, and Ripple is a company that runs validators alongside many others and also operates the test networks. When a headline says “Ripple resets”, it easily reads as “XRP gets reset”.

Second, the decisive word is missing from the headlines. “XRP announces major reset” is a warning to readers without a technical background, “Testnet will be reset” would be a side note for developers. Third, the news lands in a week in which XRP posted losses almost every day. Anyone already nervous reads a reset as news about their money. The date has nothing to do with prices, though, because nothing traded on the test networks has a price.

XRP below 1 dollar: price and levels this weekend

On Sunday, November 15, at around 12:05 UTC, XRP trades at about 0.963 dollars according to CoinGecko, staying below the 1 dollar mark. On Saturday evening at around 21:36 UTC, XRP traded at about 0.91 dollars according to CoinGecko, 9.4 percent below Friday evening. That put the price below the previous lowest daily value of the past twelve months, 0.99 dollars on August 17, 2026. The high over the same period is 2.35 dollars on January 6.

The slide came in steps. At the start of the month, on November 1, XRP still stood at 1.25 dollars, on November 7 at 1.18 dollars and on November 13 at 1.04 dollars, each at the UTC day change. The 50-day average sits at about 1.25 dollars and the 200-day average at about 1.33 dollars; XRP has clearly broken below both. The drop also pushed XRP out of the five largest cryptocurrencies, as our report on XRP falling out of the top 5 explains.

The reset is not the cause. The whole market is falling: Bitcoin lost 5.4 percent in 24 hours on Saturday to about 64,500 dollars, and the Fear and Greed Index stood at 13, deep in extreme fear. Why XRP fell below 1 dollar for the first time since August and what role liquidations played is covered in our analysis from Friday evening.

XRP ETFs: 19.13 million dollars of outflows in the week to November 13

What is documented is that the XRP ETFs are losing money. US spot XRP ETFs lost a net 19.13 million dollars in the week from November 9 to 13, the largest weekly outflow in about eight months. The daily figures come from the SoSoValue ETF dashboard.

In relative terms that is small: since launch a year ago, a net 1.79 billion dollars has flowed into the funds, which together manage 1.15 billion dollars, or 1.77 percent of XRP’s market value. For comparison, US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net outflows of 1.07 billion dollars in the same week according to Farside Investors. The signal is still clear: without new ETF buying, XRP lacks the block of demand that supported the price after the funds launched.

What XRP holders can do about the XRP reset now

For XRP on Mainnet there is nothing to do. It is still worth taking November 25 as a reason for three checks:

Do not trust any message that asks you for something because of the reset. Neither Ripple nor any exchange needs your seed phrase, a “migration” of your coins or a confirmation via link because of a Testnet reset. Whoever sends something like that is after your money.
Keep keys separate. If you have experimented with Testnet yourself, never use the keys of your real wallet there. The reset announcement says so explicitly.
Check your custody. Long-term holders stay independent of any exchange with their own wallet. Which devices support XRP is shown in our hardware wallet comparison. If you trade on an exchange, look for a regulated provider; you will find them in our comparison of regulated crypto exchanges.

Our view: the XRP reset is not price news, the ETF outflows are

In our editorial view, the reset on November 25 is a maintenance date, nothing more. It does reveal a weakness worth naming: a test network that depended on a single server is not great advertising for a network courting banks and payment providers. Ripple is responding with more storage, and the effort for developers is manageable.

Anyone watching XRP should therefore focus on two other numbers. The first is ETF flows: as long as the funds lose money week after week, the buyer that supported XRP after the ETF launch is missing. The second is the vote on the Lending Protocol. Loans directly on the ledger would be a genuinely new use case, and with 22 of the 28 required votes it is closer than many think, just not on November 25.

XRP reset fact check: the verdict

If you received a message about the XRP reset claiming something else, the same rule applies as in our fact check on the November 17 cyber attack rumor: read the primary source first, then act.

Note: This article is not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell cryptocurrencies. Prices and data are as of November 14 and 15, 2026 and may change at any time.

FAQ: the XRP reset on November 25

On November 25, 2026, the XRP Ledger Testnet and Devnet are reset. All accounts, transactions, balances, AMM pools and escrows on these two test networks are deleted. Mainnet with real XRP keeps running unchanged. The reason is the crash of the only server holding Testnet's full history.

No. Only balances on Testnet and Devnet are deleted, and their test XRP has no market value. XRP in a wallet or on an exchange sits on Mainnet and is not affected by the reset. Anyone asking for your seed phrase because of the reset is after your money.

The announcement on xrpl.org names Wednesday, November 25, 2026. Media reports quote the operations team with a window of 5 to 6 pm Pacific time, which is 01:00 to 02:00 UTC on November 26.

As of November 14, no. No amendment on Mainnet has the required majority of 80 percent of validators. Because that majority has to hold for two weeks without interruption, a change could take effect on November 28 at the earliest.

US spot XRP ETFs lost a net 19.13 million dollars in the week from November 9 to 13, the largest weekly outflow in about eight months according to SoSoValue data. Since launch, a net 1.79 billion dollars has flowed in, and the funds manage 1.15 billion dollars.

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