XRP futures open interest fell 16% from Aug. 17 to Aug. 31 as XRP rose nearly 40%, while CME exposure increased roughly 36%.
CME's share of XRP futures open interest has risen to 17% as XRP gains nearly 40% in two weeks while overall futures exposure declines.
Ripple released 1 billion XRP from escrow on September 1, 2026, through three transactions of 100 million, 400 million, and 500 million XRP.
$1,000 invested in XRP a month ago, on August 2, 2026, has attracted more than $250 in profits as of September 1, following the strong token's rebound from its potential bear market bottom.
Ripple is no longer treating quantum risk as a theoretical footnote.
XRP holds near $1.37 as its rebound loses momentum, while Bitwise's spot XRP ETF surpasses $507 million in assets under management.
XRP gave back 8% this week after a violent August melt-up. Here is what really drove that rally, what the chart says now, and what buying here depends on.
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The number of payments on the XRP Ledger is surpassing the 650,000 mark as multiple network indicators rise concurrently, indicating yet another significant increase in activity.
Five major US spot XRP products held XRP with a combined fair value $746.1 million below accounting cost at the end of June, but investors kept buying anyway. According to SEC filings, Bitwise, Canary Capital, Franklin Templeton, 21Shares, and Grayscale recorded roughly $629.9 million in primary-market share creations against $309.
XRP rallied 70% in August on ETF inflows and wallet turnover, but seasonal history and a large short position leave September's direction uncertain.
Cryptocurrency markets operate around the clock, but large volumes of capital are concentrated around the trading schedules of traditional exchanges. Analysts at the Japanese arm of financial company Evernorth, after studying on-chain data from the XRP Ledger (XRPL) via Dune Analytics, identified a major shift in the market structure — XRP has developed a clear "rush hour," while the share of trading during these key hours has nearly doubled over the past year.