The tokens have struggled since President Trump's inauguration amid fears that sticky inflation could keep interest rates elevated.

XRP gained 4.5% in early U.S. trading on Thursday after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) acknowledged multiple spot XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) filings. At the same time, asset manager Hashdex received regulatory approval from Brazil’s Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) – the country’s SEC-equivalent authority – to launch what could become the world's first spot XRP ETF,

The price of XRP surged overnight on expectations that the world’s first spot exchange-traded fund tracking the cryptocurrency could soon begin trading in Brazil. The token is up more than 5% over the past 24 hours at $2.