XRP Price Glitch Causes Temporary Surge to $126 on CNBC Broadcast

XRP’s price momentarily soared to $126 on CNBC due to a ticker error that misrepresented Solana’s price, reigniting discussions in the XRP community about possible hidden values despite being just a display mistake.

Key Takeaways

CNBC's broadcast mistakenly reported XRP at $126 due to a glitch that confused its price with Solana's.
The incorrect display represented a staggering 6,532% increase from XRP’s actual value of $1.90.
This incident feeds into ongoing speculation regarding XRP's true market value, despite being acknowledged as a mere display error by CNBC.
Misprice events like this are not uncommon in the crypto space, having historical precedents in various exchanges and instances.

CNBC ticker glitch boosts XRP to $126 quote.

This week, a technical issue during a CNBC broadcast caused XRP to incorrectly display at $126.01, causing a stir in trading communities. The glitch occurred during a segment discussing cryptocurrency market structures, blending the prices of different assets and feeding into longstanding beliefs among XRP holders about its potential value.

What Happened On Air

During a segment on January 28 that covered the Senate Agriculture Committee’s hearing on cryptocurrency regulations, CNBC’s ticker displayed Bitcoin at $89,532, down 0.39% for the week, and Ethereum at $2,996, down 0.77% week-over-week.

However, when the broadcast shifted to XRP, the ticker incorrectly showed “$126.01, -3.8% (7D),” creating a stark contrast to XRP’s actual trading price of $1.90. This misrepresentation, as noted in a report, symbolized a dramatic 6,532% rise.

This incident resonated with a segment of the XRP community that holds firm beliefs that such glitches might suggest hidden values waiting to be realized, despite clear indications from TheCryptoBasic that this was simply a mistake on CNBC’s part. Producers clarified that the segment had inadvertently swapped XRP’s price with Solana’s, which was approximately $126 at that time.

The timing of this occurrence is particularly noteworthy, as cryptocurrency prices have continued to reflect broader market sentiments. Bitcoin (BTC) is currently trading around $82,792, while Ethereum (ETH) is at roughly $2,725, accompanied by respective trading volumes in the billions. XRP itself is trading near $1.76, with a slight decrease of about 6.3% over the last day, generating roughly $5.4B in spot transactions.

A History Of XRP "Ghost Prints"

This price glitch by CNBC falls within a larger history of anomalous price spikes for XRP. For instance, in April 2023, a futures market error at Bitrue caused XRP to briefly drop to $0.0001, resulting in liquidations of long positions before prices corrected themselves.

In November 2025, Kraken experienced a glitch that showed XRP at $0.00272 during a period of low liquidity, while XRP was valued closer to $2.18 in the broader market. Even more bizarre spikes have occurred, such as a TradingView instance in May 2020, where XRP appeared "near $9,864" while actual trades were around $0.21.

There have been several other significant glitches recorded, pushing the price of XRP to absurd levels—ranging from $161 million on CoinMarketCap and Coinbase in December 2021 to $50 on Gemini in August 2023, and even $34,603 on CoinMarketCap that October. Additionally, one broadcast in March 2025 saw XRP exceeding $21,000 live on air.

These “ghost prints” may present misleading information for derivative markets, but they also highlight the rising excitement surrounding potential XRP spot ETFs. Analysts suggest that the demand for such ETFs could potentially absorb around 1% of XRP’s circulating supply, building on the momentum from December, when assets for XRP ETFs exceeded $1 billion for the first time.