$XRP 1. XRP/USD: You’re trading XRP against US Dollars.

If the pair is XRP/USD, you're buying XRP using USD, or selling XRP for USD.

2. XRP/BTC: You’re trading XRP against Bitcoin.

Here, the price shows how much BTC one XRP is worth. You can exchange XRP for BTC and vice versa.

3. Base and Quote Currencies:

In a pair like XRP/ETH, XRP is the base currency, and ETH is the quote currency.

The pair tells you how much of the quote currency is needed to buy 1 unit of the base currency.