
XRP Price Prediction: Why Are ETFs Still Buying While Bitcoin Funds Bleed?
XRP ETFs are attracting fresh money while Bitcoin funds suffer outflows. Can institutional demand help XRP break $1.40 and make another run toward $2?
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XRP ETFs are attracting fresh money while Bitcoin funds suffer outflows. Can institutional demand help XRP break $1.40 and make another run toward $2?

Ripple released 1 billion XRP from escrow on Sept. 1, yet XRP avoided the selloff some traders feared.
ETH faces renewed selling pressure after its latest move above $2,600 was quickly rejected.

XRP Ledger's chief architect and Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz has acknowledged that developers made a fundamental mistake at the dawn of the crypto industry. They misjudged how the world would use the digital dollar.

Under 2026 US rules, transferred coins remain outside mandatory basis reporting even when the investor's purchase cost is unchanged.

Solana raised its transaction size limit to 4,096 bytes, giving developers more room for zero-knowledge proofs and transactions with multiple signatures.

Bitcoin holds near $77,000 as the Senate prepares for the CLARITY Act vote while rising oil prices, Treasury yields and Fed rate expectations pressure crypto.
Crypto prices barely moved today, but two events this week decide the next leg: the Senate CLARITY Act vote and a Fed meeting priced for a rate hike.

Institutional lending on XRPL could boost Ripple's ecosystem, potentially enhancing XRP's market position and attracting more institutional users. Institutional lending gains traction on XRP Ledger with RLUSD loans.

Key TakeawaysBitcoin trades at $76,869.00 down 1.3% in 24 hours while sitting just above the TCA 30-day low of $76,429.00.Total crypto market cap falls

Strive bought 469 bitcoin for about $36.6 million, taking its treasury to 25,000 BTC as SATA preferred-stock notional topped $1 billion in September.
Ark Invest dumped a significant number of shares of ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (BATS:ARKB) on Monday after the ETF's impressive run over the month. Bitcoin ETF Sold Off Ark Invest, founded by veteran investor Cathie Wood, sold 466,133 shares of ARKB through its ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (BATS: ARKW) and 1.06 million shares through ARK Blockchain & Fintech Innovation ETF (BATS:ARKF).
Ripple (XRP) extended its gains on Tuesday after rallying more than 6% during the previous session. Improving long-to-short ratios and positive funding rates indicate that derivatives traders are increasingly positioned for further price gains. However, data from CryptoQuant presents a more cautious picture, showing overheating conditions and sell-side pressure in parts of the futures market. XRP derivatives traders turn bullish CoinGlass data shows that long positions currently outnumber shorts for both cryptocurrencies. XRP's long-to-short ratio stood at 1.15 on Tuesday. A reading above 1 indicates that more traders are betting on price increases than declines. Funding rates also support the bullish outlook. XRP's funding rate turned positive on Monday and reached 0.0079% on Tuesday.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is making a last-minute appeal to U.S. senators to advance the Clarity Act..

The popular meme cryptocurrency is currently changing hands near $0.0848 following a successful defense of critical support between $0.080 and $0.082. Price action has tested the lower boundary of an ascending channel pattern on two occasions, with technical analysts identifying $0.093 as the subsequent overhead resistance zone.