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Story: $XRP ETFs Pull $60 Million in a Week While the Token Can’t Hold $1.50

By Jean-Luc Maracon

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Bitwise Pulls Ahead of Canary Capital. There's a new leader among XRP funds. Bitwise's XRP product now tops Canary Capital's XRPC in…

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XRP Price Tells a Different Story. Here's the uncomfortable part. While the ETFs are pulling in cash, XRP itself can't seem to hold a…

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Ripple ETFs just had their best week since December. More than $60 million landed in net inflows last week alone — and that's not a small number for a product category that was…

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May has basically flipped the script on what looked like a rough year for XRP-focused funds. Cumulative net inflows for the month hit nearly $95 million, clearing April's $81.

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There's a new leader among XRP funds. Bitwise's XRP product now tops Canary Capital's XRPC in total net inflows — $460 million versus $444 million.

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Part of what's driving renewed interest, at least on paper, is the U.S. Senate's progress on the CLARITY Act.

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Mid-week, the token climbed to $1.55 — its highest level since March. That got people excited. Briefly. It didn't last. XRP fell back to just under $1.

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Analyst account EGRAG CRYPTO flagged the key resistance levels XRP needs to clear if it wants to kick off a real bull run and push toward new all-time highs.

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Read also: $XRP Stuck at $1.46 as Meta AI Eyes $5 Target and LiquidChain Grabs Attention

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The broader story here is probably about what ETF inflows actually mean for the underlying asset.

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Earlier in 2026, the picture was worse. By March, outflows were outpacing inflows as global uncertainty and a falling XRP price pushed investors toward the exits.

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The $1.55 ceiling is the obvious one to watch. EGRAG CRYPTO's analysis put it front and center, and the market's reaction to that level mid-week was basically a stress test that…

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And the BNB situation stings a bit. Losing fourth in market cap isn't catastrophic, but it's the kind of ranking shift that gets attention and probably adds some pressure on the…

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See also: $BTC Spot ETFs Bleed $1 Billion in a Week as Investors Chase AI Stocks

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For now, the ETF side of the Ripple story looks strong. Cumulative inflows at $1.39 billion, May already past April's total, and Bitwise leading the pack at $460 million.

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