XRP's Schizophrenic Week: Record Liquidation Wave Meets Institutional ETF Infusion
28.06.2026 - 19:54:38 | boerse-global.de
The XRP market is sending mixed signals that would leave any trader scratching their head. In the past seven days, long-position liquidations exploded by 832%, and open interest slumped from $1.18 billion to $1.04 billion as leveraged bulls got washed out. Yet on June 26 alone, U.S. spot XRP ETFs pulled in $15.6 million of fresh capital — a stark divergence from the bleeding seen across Bitcoin and Ether products.
The token itself remains pinned near the abyss. XRP changed hands at $1.04 on Friday, perilously close to its 52-week low of $1.01, and has cratered roughly 44% since the start of the year. The Relative Strength Index sits at 30.9, confirming an oversold condition. While speculative bets are being liquidated en masse, regulated fund flows are telling a different story — a classic case of institutional accumulation during retail despair.
Contrast that with the broader crypto ETF landscape. On the same day XRP funds saw net inflows, Bitcoin ETFs hemorrhaged $444.5 million, stretching their losing streak to seven consecutive trading sessions. Ether-focused products also suffered, shedding over $273 million on a weekly basis. The capital rotation suggests that some professional investors view XRP as a relative haven or a contrarian bet at current levels.
Should investors sell immediately? Or is it worth buying XRP?
Fundamentally, the Ripple ecosystem is humming with activity far removed from the price chart. The stablecoin RLUSD has flipped Ethereum: the supply on the XRP Ledger now stands at $810 million, compared with $760 million on Ethereum. Japan’s financial regulator officially recognized RLUSD as a payment method, and SBI VC Trade has already announced plans to list it. In Europe, Ripple secured a provisional license from Luxembourg’s CSSF, positioning the firm to operate across 30 countries under the MiCA framework starting July 1.
Ripple is also chasing the tokenized real-world asset market, where rival Stellar manages about $3 billion in value versus Ripple’s meager $330 million. Newly introduced Multi-Purpose Tokens use zero-knowledge proofs to keep transaction details private — a feature banks have long demanded for institutional-grade adoption.
But not all regulatory winds blow favorably. In the United States, the odds of passing the CLARITY Act — which would classify XRP as a digital commodity — have fallen to 42% on prediction markets. Banking lobby opposition has stalled the bill just ahead of the summer recess, leaving the token's legal status in limbo.
The XRP Ledger itself chugs along in the background, averaging block times of 3.82 seconds with modest network utilization. Roughly 32.6 billion XRP remain locked in escrow, representing nearly a third of the maximum circulating supply. That escrow cushion, combined with steady ETF buying, could provide support around the critical $1.00 psychological floor. For now, the market remains torn between a thriving protocol ecosystem and a token price that refuses to acknowledge it.
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