XRP’s ETF Saga: A Billion-Dollar Battle of Wits (and Wallets) 💸

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Oh, how the XRP dances! One moment it graces the grand ballroom of open markets, the next it’s waltzing in the shadowy parlors of ETFs, where issuers jostle like over-dressed peacocks vying for the same institutional admirers. The combined pile of this financial folly? A staggering $1.37 billion in net assets, with $1.18 billion in cumulative inflows-because nothing says “prudent investing” like throwing money at a token that once made Warren Buffett scoff. 🤡

This week’s net inflow of $43.16 million? A tempest in a teacup, really. Franklin’s XRPZ hoisted $21.76 million like a Victorian gentleman lifting his top hat, while Bitwise’s XRP followed suit with $17.27 million, as if they’d both read the same Dickens novel and decided to outdo each other. Cumulative totals? XRPZ: $252.31 million. Bitwise: $264.99 million. Let’s just say the race is on, and the finish line is wherever the next bear market begins. 🏃♂️💨

5/ XRP Spot ETFs: +$43.16M net inflow

Top inflows:
-XRPZ: +$21.76M (historical +$252M)
– XRP (Bitwise): +$17.27M (historical +$265M)

Top outflow:
XRPC -$1.18M (historical +$384M)

AUM: $1.37B | Mkt cap ratio: 1.14% | Cumulative: +$1.18B

Track: #XRP…

– SoSoValue (@SoSoValueCrypto) January 5, 2026

And then there’s XRPC, the eternal optimist. It lost $1.18 million this week but still clings to the crown of “largest asset base” with $349.24 million. How delightful! To lose and yet to lead… such is the enigma of XRPC. 😂

In the grand theater of XRP ETFs, one can be the largest room in the building and still have patrons fleeing through the fire exits. Last day alone? $27.51 million in shares traded, with prices rising like a Victorian opera singer’s hemline. Buyers, it seems, are not here to nap-they’re here to gamble. And XRP? Marching toward $2 with the swagger of a man who’s forgotten he’s on a sinking ship. 🚢💸

Battle behind headline

Allocators, those modern-day alchemists, do not seek mere exposure. No, they demand the cheapest fees (for their wallets), the best liquidity (for their egos), and the least friction (because who has time to think?). When one product suddenly outshines the rest, the others scramble like cats in a hat factory. 🐾🎩

And let us not forget the alchemy of creations. More inflows? More spot buying. More buying? More pressure on XRP’s market cap. It’s a loop so elegant, even Oscar Wilde would have called it “a masterpiece of absurdity.” 🌀

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2026-01-05 11:48