XRP traded at $1.38 on September 20 after gaining 2% over the past week and rebounding from a $1.29 low, while the XRP Ledger advanced two infrastructure upgrades. Ripple’s September 17 XRPL Starter Kit v1.1 connected XRP and XRPL-issued assets such as RLUSD to Stripe and Tempo’s Machine Payments Protocol, enabling software to make one-time payments for data and services without human action. Separately, Batch V1.1 entered its two-week activation window after 30 of 35 tracked validators supported it, exceeding the 80% threshold; if support remains at that level, activation could occur no earlier than September 29, 2026, at 14:06:41 UTC. The amendment can execute up to eight transactions atomically, supporting delivery-versus-payment settlement and coordinated workflows. XRP remained 54% below its 2021 peak, tested the 50-day average near $1.45, and weekly ETF flows ended approximately $9 million positive. Batch V1.1 replaces the withdrawn Batch V1.0, which was found to contain a critical signature-validation vulnerability before activation and caused no loss of funds.