XRP Ledger Sets New Transaction Record, Driven by 20 Wallets

The XRP Ledger (XRPL) reached a new high of 3,254 transactions in a single ledger on September 13, 2026. The surge was largely driven by a batch of identical micro‑payments from a small group of accounts.

Record Ledger Details

Ledger 106,965,249 closed on Sunday with 3,254 transactions, surpassing the previous daily peaks of 2,713 and 2,768 transactions recorded earlier that day. An analysis of 7,600 consecutive ledgers (18:00 UTC Sep 13 – 02:00 UTC Sep 14) showed an average of about 84 transactions per ledger, with only 43 ledgers exceeding 2,000 transactions.

Who Generated the Bulk of the Activity?

Twenty accounts each submitted exactly 100 transactions, totaling 2,000 payments of 1 drop (the smallest XRP unit). The combined value transferred was 0.002 XRP—well under a cent at the prevailing $1.37 price. Each payment incurred a 20‑drop fee, burning roughly 0.04 XRP (about five cents) in total.

Other Transaction Types

• 458 OfferCreate orders on the built‑in decentralized exchange (DEX)
• 229 ticket creations
• 74 check cashes
• 22 trust‑line changes
• At least 890 failed transactions (tec result codes) that still consumed fees

Failed transactions mainly involved payments with exhausted paths or fill‑or‑kill orders that could not be fulfilled. Under XRPL rules, such failures still destroy the fee‑paid XRP.

Network Mechanics and Fees

The XRPL uses dynamic ledger size limits. When a ledger exceeds the soft limit, the network raises the limit; if consensus takes longer than five seconds, the limit is lowered. This self‑adjusting mechanism kept fees stable despite the record size. The open ledger fee remained at the 10‑drop minimum, and the expected ledger size early Monday was reported at 3,082 transactions.

Market Impact

XRPL activity did not affect XRP’s price, which stayed near $1.37, up 0.6 % over 24 hours. Bitcoin traded around $77,517. Daily XRPL transactions have consistently exceeded 2 million in early September, peaking at 2.572 million on September 3.