XRP Ledger Forces Node Upgrade by May 27 — $10 in Sight?

The XRP Ledger is approaching a hard deadline: the rippled 3.1.3 amendment activates on May 27, and any node that fails to upgrade before then becomes amendment-blocked — stripped of its ability to validate the ledger entirely. XRPL co-creator and Ripple CTO Joel Katz confirmed the cutoff, making Tuesday a critical date for network participants.

Amendment-blocked nodes don't just lag behind — they go dark, unable to participate in consensus. That creates a strong technical incentive for rapid compliance across the validator set, which historically has preceded periods of network stability and renewed market attention.

Analysts are eyeing the upgrade as a potential catalyst for XRP price action, with some predictions pointing toward the $10 level if the update triggers a clean network transition and broader bullish momentum holds.