Probably those who want to stay loyal, praying that Ripple can turn things around with this SEC issue so they could brag about it in the future in case it does happen.
Most people buy XRP, of course they want to get a profit and hope that the XRP problem can be resolved quickly, but I don't think it's possible, maybe there are whales who are playing the market, because I see the price of XRP still going up even though there are still problems