XRP-USD ($1.52) Coils Under a $1.55 Ceiling as Whales Add 1.6B Tokens and RLUSD Tops $2.4B — $1.60 Breakout in Focus

XRP trades at $1.52, up between 1.5% and 2.2% over 24 hours, with a session range of $1.49 to $1.53. Market value is $95.5 billion on a circulating supply of 63.09 billion tokens. Daily turnover is $1.2 billion to $1.75 billion depending on the venue.

The token has moved from $1.49 to $1.52 since the weekend and now sits just under a band of resistance at $1.54 to $1.55 that has capped every rally for more than a week. It has closed within two cents of $1.49 on each of the past three reported sessions: $1.4901 on September 30, $1.4896 on October 1 and $1.4941 on October 2. Monday's move is the first break from that cluster.

Two sets of numbers define the setup, and they point in different directions.

The first is supply leaving the market. Tracked exchange wallets hold 20.30 billion XRP, a net decline of 990.8 million tokens in a single week. Large holders bought 1.6 billion tokens over two weeks, lifting their combined balance to a record. U.S. spot ETFs hold 1.19 billion XRP. Ripple's stablecoin has grown past $2.4 billion in circulation, and stablecoin value on the XRP Ledger rose 14.6% in seven days.

The second is demand at the margin. Spot XRP ETFs took in $4.74 million last week. The week before, they took in $110.49 million, the largest of the year. Friday brought a $3.28 million outflow. ETF holders in aggregate are $133 million underwater, with $1.66 billion in assets against $1.79 billion of cumulative inflows.

So the token is being accumulated by long-horizon holders and ignored by the fast money that drives breakouts. That combination produces what the chart shows: a rising floor and a flat ceiling.

Macro conditions help modestly. Fed hike odds for October fell to 20.5% after weak U.S. payrolls, and Bitcoin trades near $86,000. Treasury yields at 5.28% and a firm dollar remain headwinds for speculative assets.

The forecast depends on $1.55. A daily close above it opens $1.60 to $1.70. Failure there keeps XRP in the $1.35 to $1.55 band it has occupied for weeks.

From $1.27 to $1.69 and Back to $1.50

XRP's recent history is a sharp recovery followed by a stall.

The token fell through the first half of 2026 with the wider crypto market and found a base in the $1.25 to $1.32 area. Its September low was near $1.27. From there it rallied 33% to a high of $1.69 in a matter of weeks, with a secondary peak at $1.6582. The third quarter ended with a gain of 48%, the best third quarter in four years.

The advance stopped in a zone between $1.61 and $1.70. Price left a long upper wick on the daily chart at that level, a sign of heavy selling, and has not returned. The $1.70 mark has now rejected XRP twice, in August and in September.

The retreat has been controlled. XRP made a series of lower highs on the four-hour chart, at $1.61, $1.58 and $1.56, while holding above $1.47. Rebounds struggled to stay above the $1.52 to $1.55 area. By the end of September the token was pinned at $1.50, where it stayed through the turn of the quarter.

Two events that could have broken it lower did not. A Senate vote on market-structure legislation failed in late September, and XRP dropped hard on the day before recovering to $1.51. On October 1, Ripple released 1 billion tokens from escrow. The closing price moved from $1.4901 to $1.4896, a change of 0.03%.

A market that absorbs a failed regulatory vote and a billion-token unlock without losing support has buyers underneath it.

The upside has been just as constrained. XRP has not sustained a move above $1.55 since the August highs. Each approach has stalled within a cent or two.

In longer context, XRP is 60% below its all-time high of $3.84. It is 20% above its September low. Against Bitcoin it trades at 0.00001761, and against ether at 0.0005563, both little changed over the past week.

The seven-day gain is 2.3%. The 30-day gain in euro terms is 9.3%, a figure flattered by the euro's own weakness.

October has historically been unkind, with an average loss of 5.14% for the token. Five days in, XRP is up 2% for the month.

The range since mid-September runs from $1.35 at the bottom, where the 200-day moving average sits, to $1.55 at the top. Price is three cents from the upper edge.

Spot XRP ETFs: From $110 Million to $4.7 Million in a Week

Fund flows have slowed sharply, and the detail matters.

U.S. spot XRP ETFs recorded net inflows of $4.74 million for the week of September 28 to October 2. Franklin Templeton's fund took $4.065 million, lifting its cumulative total to $505 million. Canary's fund added $780,900 for a cumulative $490 million. Bitwise's product, the largest by lifetime inflows at $677 million, lost $101,900 on the week.

The prior week was a different story. Inflows reached $110.49 million, up 177.7% from the week before and the biggest weekly total of 2026. Between September 22 and September 25 alone, the funds drew $75.6 million. September as a whole brought in $121.4 million.

October opened with $4.07 million into one fund on the first day. Then came Friday. The funds posted a net outflow of $3.28 million, all of it from the Bitwise product, while the others showed no movement. It was the first negative day after a long positive run.

The aggregate picture is solid in level and soft in trend. Total net assets stand at $1.66 billion, equal to 1.79% of XRP's market value. Cumulative inflows are $1.79 billion. The funds hold 1.19 billion XRP, after adding 8.2 million tokens in the week to October 3.

The gap between cumulative inflows and current assets is $133 million. In plain terms, the average dollar invested in these products is showing a loss of 7%. Buyers who came in during the run toward $1.69 are below their entry price.

That matters for behavior. Underwater holders tend to sell into rallies that return them to breakeven. It is one source of the supply that appears between $1.55 and $1.70.

There are constructive signs inside the data. XRP funds stayed positive on October 1, a day when Bitcoin funds lost $150 million and Ether funds lost $14 million. A large proprietary trading firm disclosed that it increased its position in one XRP ETF by more than 5,700%, which points to market-making and arbitrage interest that deepens liquidity.

For price, the comparison with supply is sobering. The week's net ETF purchase of 8.2 million XRP compares with a net escrow release of 300 million tokens on October 1. The funds absorbed under 3% of that.

ETF demand established the floor near $1.45 during September. At $4.74 million a week it is not large enough to push through a ceiling. A return to weekly inflows above $50 million would change that.

Exchange Balances Fall by 991 Million XRP

The strongest evidence for the bulls is on the ledger.

Publicly attributed exchange wallets hold 20.30 billion XRP. Over the week to October 3 that figure fell by 990.8 million tokens. At $1.52, the outflow is worth $1.5 billion. It equals 1.6% of circulating supply leaving trading venues in seven days.

Separate tracking shows large holders withdrew 301 million XRP from four exchanges in a short span. Whale addresses bought 1.6 billion tokens over two weeks, and the combined balance of that cohort reached a record. One five-day stretch saw accumulation of $724 million.

Tokens moved off exchanges are typically bound for custody, cold storage, lending protocols or treasury vehicles. They are not sitting in order books. A decline of this size reduces the supply available to meet any increase in buying.

The scale is unusual. A weekly drop of nearly a billion tokens is far larger than ETF creations of 8.2 million would explain. Other buyers are involved: corporate treasury vehicles accumulating XRP, institutions moving holdings into custody ahead of new lending products, and individuals withdrawing after an incident at one exchange.

That last point needs noting. One trading platform froze XRP withdrawals after 27 million stolen tokens began moving. Episodes of that kind prompt users elsewhere to pull funds as a precaution. Some of the outflow reflects caution and not conviction.

There is also contrary data. One major exchange's proof-of-reserves report shows its XRP balance up 33% this year. Balances are shifting between venues as well as leaving them.

On net, the direction is clear. Liquid supply on exchanges is contracting while price holds steady. Historically, that combination has preceded upward moves in XRP, with a lag of days to weeks.

The reason it has not yet produced a breakout is that reduced supply needs demand to act on. Sellers at $1.55 have been sufficient to meet the buyers who show up. With fewer tokens on exchanges, it will take less buying to clear that level than it would have a month ago.

South Korean trading adds a regional element. Volume on the country's two largest exchanges has surged, and Korean retail participation has been a feature of previous XRP rallies.

Order-book depth is thin. On the largest venue, resting orders within 2% of the price total $6.6 million above and $3.2 million below. A market with that little depth and falling exchange supply can move quickly once a level gives way.

Escrow: 300 Million Net Tokens and a 31.68 Billion Overhang

Ripple's token holdings are the permanent counterweight.

The company holds 31.68 billion XRP in on-ledger escrow, 31.7% of the fixed 100 billion supply. A further 4.74 billion sits in operational wallets. Together that is 36.4% of all tokens that will ever exist.

Each month, 1 billion XRP is released from escrow. On October 1 the release came in four transfers of 400 million, 300 million, 200 million and 100 million tokens. Within hours Ripple returned 700 million to escrow in two transactions of 400 million and 300 million. The net release was 300 million XRP, worth $456 million at the current price.

That net figure is in line with recent months, when between 200 million and 400 million tokens have stayed out.

The market's reaction was negligible. The daily close moved three-hundredths of one percent. The event is scheduled, widely anticipated and largely priced before it occurs.

What matters is the cumulative effect. A net 300 million tokens a month is 3.6 billion a year, roughly 5.7% annual growth in circulating supply. Not all of it is sold. Ripple uses tokens for operations, partnerships and liquidity provision. Some portion does reach the market, and that steady flow has to be absorbed before price can rise.

Compare it with demand. ETFs added 8.2 million tokens last week. Exchange balances fell 991 million. If the second number reflects real accumulation, it dwarfs the escrow release. If it reflects transfers between custodians, the escrow supply is the larger force.

The overhang also shapes valuation. Market value is usually quoted on circulating supply, at $95.5 billion. On total supply of 100 billion tokens, the fully diluted value at $1.52 is $152 billion. Investors comparing XRP with assets whose supply is fully issued have to account for the difference.

Ripple's holdings do carry a stabilizing feature. The company has an interest in orderly markets and has historically adjusted its sales to conditions.

For the forecast, escrow is a constant drag of moderate size, not a trigger. It explains why XRP rallies tend to be slower and to require larger inflows than those in tokens without a comparable issuer holding. It is part of the reason $1.70 has held twice.

The next release is on November 1.

RLUSD and the Ledger: Fundamentals Are Improving

The network underneath the token is growing at a pace the price does not reflect.

Ripple's dollar stablecoin, RLUSD, has $2.409 billion in circulation by the company's latest reserve report, backed by $2.5315 billion in reserves. Reserves exceed supply by $122.5 million. A separate on-chain count puts the figure at $2.51 billion. The stablecoin has added more than $400 million since crossing $2 billion.

Roughly half of it sits on the XRP Ledger. Total stablecoin capitalization on the ledger reached $1.33 billion on October 3, up 14.6% in a week. RLUSD accounts for 93% of that, at $1.24 billion. In June the XRP Ledger overtook Ethereum as the stablecoin's largest network.

Stablecoins on a ledger generate transaction activity, liquidity for the decentralized exchange and demand for the native token to pay fees and meet reserve requirements. Each account must hold 1 XRP as a base reserve, and every transaction burns a small fee.

Tokenized real-world assets on the ledger total $278 million in distributed form. Machine-to-machine payments using a new protocol standard passed 10 million transactions, three months after reaching 1 million. Ripple has added support for XRP and RLUSD to an emerging payment standard for AI agents.

Lending is the next step. A native lending protocol will allow XRP to be used as collateral for short-term credit drawn from liquidity pools. Early markets for XRP-backed loans already exist and are highly concentrated, with 93% of outstanding debt held by three addresses. That concentration is a risk in a sell-off, since the liquidation of one large position could move price.

Ripple's president said on October 3 that moving customer transaction volume directly onto the XRP Ledger is under consideration as a company-wide objective for 2027. The firm also plans to expand a payments pilot that routes through the ledger's built-in exchange and to connect its payments business to the lending infrastructure.

If executed, that would address a long-standing criticism: that Ripple's commercial success has not translated into demand for XRP itself.

Three protocol amendments are due to activate on October 8 and 9. One allows up to eight transactions to settle together as a single unit, a feature backed by more than 85% of validators.

The caution is that stablecoin growth does not necessarily lift XRP. Institutions can use RLUSD and tokenized assets on the ledger while holding minimal XRP. The stronger case depends on whether they hold, lend and deploy the token as working capital.

For now the fundamentals support the floor. They provide a reason for long-horizon buyers to accumulate below $1.50.

Regulation and Treasury Vehicles

Policy and corporate demand are the two external variables.

Legislation to define the market structure for digital assets failed in a Senate vote in late September. XRP fell sharply on the day. The bill had been seen as the step that would let large institutions hold tokens other than Bitcoin with confidence, and Ripple had been among its most visible supporters.

The setback keeps a ceiling on institutional participation. Spot ETFs exist and are growing, which was not the case two years ago. Many pension funds, insurers and bank-affiliated asset managers still require clearer statutory treatment before allocating. Until a bill passes, that pool of capital stays largely on the sidelines.

XRP recovered to $1.51 within days of the vote. The speed of that rebound suggests the market had not priced a high probability of passage. Any revival of the legislation would be a positive surprise.

Enforcement actions continue elsewhere in the sector. The Treasury announced measures on Monday targeting a fundraising network that used digital assets. Such headlines have little direct bearing on XRP and reinforce the cautious tone among compliance departments.

Corporate treasury vehicles are a newer source of demand. Several listed companies have been formed to hold XRP, following the model established for Bitcoin and ether. The largest is in the process of completing a merger with a blank-check company. Its shares trade at $24, near book value.

The timing matters this week. Shareholders of the blank-check vehicle can redeem their shares for cash before the deal closes. Heavy redemptions would reduce the cash available to buy XRP. A stock trading at book value gives holders little incentive to stay, so redemptions could be substantial. The outcome will determine whether this vehicle is a meaningful buyer in the fourth quarter.

Bitcoin and ether treasuries have shown the pattern. They provide strong demand when their shares trade at a premium to holdings, allowing them to issue stock and buy tokens. At or below book, that mechanism stalls.

Credit products are expanding. One lender is promoting loans against XRP at zero interest for qualifying borrowers, which lets holders raise stablecoins without selling.

One commentator has laid out a case in which a widely cited $2.38 price target masks a downside scenario of $1.18. The reasoning is that the same leverage and concentration that could amplify a rally would amplify a decline.

The week has been described as holding four significant dates for XRP, between the protocol amendments, the treasury vehicle's redemption deadline and macro releases.

For the forecast, regulation is a medium-term catalyst with no near-term date, and treasury demand is uncertain until the redemption figures are known.

Macro and Bitcoin: Supportive, With Limits

XRP does not trade in isolation. Its direction over days is set largely by Bitcoin and by risk appetite.

Bitcoin trades near $86,000 after a short squeeze took it to $86,999 on Monday. It has failed four times at the $87,100 to $87,400 band. A break there would target a cluster of short liquidations at $90,000 and would lift the entire market. XRP's best rallies in this cycle have come during such moves.

The macro shift that helped Bitcoin also helps XRP. U.S. payrolls rose by 29,000 in September against 84,000 expected, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The probability of a Federal Reserve hike on October 28 fell from 70% a week ago to 20.5%. Softer rate expectations favor assets with no yield.

The constraint is the bond market. The 10-year Treasury yield is at 5.28% and the 30-year at 5.63%. Those levels raise the return on safe assets and weigh on speculative ones. Crypto reversed its payrolls gains on Friday afternoon as yields recovered.

The dollar index is firm at 102.17, supported by a sell-off in French government bonds that sent the euro to a 17-month low. A strong dollar is typically a headwind for tokens.

Brent crude above $101 keeps inflation risk alive and limits how far yields can fall.

Capital within crypto has been rotating toward Bitcoin. Bitcoin ETFs took in $241 million last week. Ether funds lost $138 million. XRP funds gained $4.74 million. On a relative basis XRP held up better than ether and worse than Bitcoin.

Historically Bitcoin has led in fourth quarters, with alternative tokens following later if at all. That argues for patience.

There is a scenario in which XRP outperforms. Its order books have been skewed toward bids, exchange supply is falling and it has a distinct set of catalysts in the ledger upgrades and stablecoin growth. A Bitcoin breakout combined with those factors could produce a larger percentage move in XRP than in the leader.

Scheduled events this week include the minutes of the September Fed meeting on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. ET, per the Federal Reserve's calendar, jobless claims on Thursday and consumer sentiment on Friday. Mid-month brings consumer price data.

A hawkish reading of the minutes would pressure all risk assets. For XRP that would mean a test of $1.48 and possibly $1.45.

Total crypto market value is $2.93 trillion. XRP ranks fifth, with 3.3% of the total.

The macro picture leaves the door open for a breakout without supplying the force. That has to come from Bitcoin or from XRP's own flows.

Technical Structure: Higher Lows Into Flat Resistance

The chart shows an ascending triangle within a broader recovery.

On the daily timeframe, XRP remains above both its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. The 200-day sits near $1.35. That keeps the larger trend from the September low intact. The recovery carried price from the $1.25 to $1.32 support zone into resistance at $1.61 to $1.70, where a long upper wick marked heavy selling.

On shorter timeframes the token trades inside a rising channel on the two-hour chart, with a demand zone at $1.44 to $1.46 forming the lower boundary. Lows have been rising: $1.40 in mid-September, $1.47 at month-end and $1.49 over the weekend.

Against those higher lows, resistance has been flat at $1.54 to $1.55. Rising support meeting horizontal resistance is the definition of an ascending triangle, a pattern that breaks upward more often than not.

The pattern's height at its widest point is roughly 15 cents. Projected from a breakout at $1.55, it targets $1.70, which coincides with the level that rejected price twice.

Momentum is neutral with a positive lean. The relative strength index has been in the mid-50s to low 60s through the consolidation, above the midpoint and well below overbought. That leaves room for an advance.

Volume is the weak spot. On-balance volume showed a falling trend during the September rally, a divergence that warned of the stall. Turnover has been subdued during the consolidation at $1.1 billion to $1.75 billion a day, compared with $3.8 billion on September 30 when price swung between $1.47 and $1.56.

A breakout needs volume expansion to be trusted. A push through $1.55 on turnover below $2 billion would be suspect.

The sequence of lower highs on the four-hour chart, at $1.61, $1.58 and $1.56, has not yet been broken. A move above $1.56 to $1.58 would end it and confirm that sellers have lost control of the short-term trend.

A larger pattern sits above. The $1.60 level has been described as the neckline of a formation that, if cleared, would point toward $2.00.

Bollinger Bands have narrowed on the daily chart as volatility contracted. Three closes within half a cent of each other is as tight as this market gets.

The technical conclusion is that the structure is constructive and unconfirmed. Trend, moving averages and pattern favor higher prices. Volume and the unbroken series of lower highs argue for waiting on a close above $1.55 before treating the move as real.

A daily close below $1.44 would break the rising channel and negate the triangle.

The Level Map

Resistance is layered every few cents.

The first barrier is $1.52 to $1.53, where price trades now and where short-term pivot calculations cluster. The key zone is $1.54 to $1.55. A daily close above $1.55 is the breakout trigger.

Above it, $1.56 to $1.58 marks the recent highs that must be cleared to end the series of lower highs. The $1.60 to $1.62 area is the next major test and the neckline of the larger pattern. Beyond that stand $1.65, the secondary peak at $1.6582, and the $1.69 to $1.70 zone that has rejected price twice.

A sustained move through $1.70 would open $1.83 to $1.86 and then $2.00.

Support begins at $1.48 to $1.50, the zone that held through the escrow release and the failed Senate vote. Below it, $1.46 to $1.47 marks the recent lows and the top of the demand zone. The $1.43 to $1.45 band is the structurally important floor. A close under $1.44 would be the first sign of a breakdown.

Further down, $1.40 is round-number support, $1.38 a secondary level, and $1.35 the 200-day moving average. The major zone is $1.25 to $1.32, with the September low at $1.27.

From $1.52, the breakout trigger is 2.0% above. The $1.60 level is 5.3% above and $1.70 is 11.8% above. On the downside, $1.45 is 4.6% below, $1.40 is 7.9% below and $1.35 is 11.2% below.

The asymmetry modestly favors buyers. Upside to the main target and downside to the 200-day average are similar in size. The path higher has one hard barrier at $1.55 and then several softer ones. The path lower has support every three to five cents.

For trade construction, a long at $1.52 with a stop below $1.44 risks 5.3% for 11.8% to $1.70. A long on a dip to $1.47 with the same stop risks 2% for 15.6%. A breakout entry on a close above $1.55 with a stop at $1.48 risks 4.5% for 9.7% to $1.70 and 29% to $2.00.

Shorts have a narrower case. Selling $1.55 with a stop above $1.58 risks 2% for 5% to $1.47, a range trade that works until the range breaks.

For holders of the listed XRP funds, shares trade near $15.60 to $16.00 and track the token one for one in percentage terms.

The range that has held for weeks is $1.35 to $1.55. Price is at the 85th percentile of it.

Scenarios: Three Paths From $1.52

The bullish path starts with a daily close above $1.55 on volume above $2 billion. Bitcoin clearing $87,400 would be the most likely trigger. ETF inflows returning to $20 million or more per day would confirm it. Exchange balances continuing to fall while price rises would show buyers taking tokens off the market into strength. In that case XRP tests $1.60 to $1.62 within days and $1.70 within one to three weeks. A close above $1.70, a level that has failed twice, would open $1.86 and then $2.00. A revival of market-structure legislation or a strong outcome for the treasury vehicle's merger would add fuel.

The base case is continued consolidation between $1.45 and $1.55. ETF flows stay small, Bitcoin remains in its range, and XRP oscillates around $1.50 while the triangle narrows. The ledger amendments on October 8 and 9 pass without price impact, as the escrow release did. This could persist until mid-month inflation data or a decisive move in Bitcoin. It is the most probable path for the next several sessions.

The bearish path begins with a rejection at $1.55 and a close below $1.44. Triggers would include hawkish Fed minutes, a Bitcoin failure that takes it under $85,000, heavy redemptions at the treasury vehicle, or a liquidation among the three addresses that hold 93% of XRP-backed debt. Price would test $1.40 and $1.38 quickly in thin books and then the 200-day average at $1.35. A break there exposes $1.27 to $1.32. October's historical tendency toward a 5% loss would be consistent with this outcome.

Weighing them, the base case leads near term and the bullish path has the edge over the bearish one beyond that. The reasons are the rising floor, the scale of exchange outflows and whale accumulation, and the token's resilience to two negative events in two weeks.

The reason the edge is modest is demand. Weekly ETF inflows fell 96%. The legislation that would unlock institutional capital failed. Underwater ETF holders will sell into strength. And $1.70 has a record of stopping rallies.

Four indicators will signal which path is unfolding: Bitcoin at $87,400, daily XRP ETF flows, exchange balance changes and whether volume expands on any test of $1.55.

The triangle has limited room left. With lows rising toward $1.49 and resistance at $1.55, the pattern resolves within one to two weeks.

A move in either direction is likely to be sharp. Narrow bands, thin depth and falling exchange supply mean that once a level gives, there is little to slow price until the next one.

Verdict: Neutral With a Bullish Lean, Buy a Close Above $1.55 or a Dip to $1.45, Target $1.70

The forecast for XRP-USD is neutral for the coming days and bullish into November.

The supportive evidence is on-chain. Exchange balances fell by 990.8 million tokens in a week. Large holders bought 1.6 billion in two weeks and hold a record amount. ETFs own 1.19 billion XRP. The stablecoin built on the ledger has passed $2.4 billion, and stablecoin value on the network rose 14.6% in seven days. Price sits above its 50-day and 200-day averages and has made three successive higher lows. It absorbed a failed Senate vote and a billion-token escrow unlock without breaking $1.47.

The limiting evidence is in flows and history. Weekly ETF inflows dropped from $110.49 million to $4.74 million. Funds are $133 million below their cost basis. Net escrow releases of 300 million tokens a month outweigh ETF buying many times over. XRP has not held above $1.55 since August, and $1.70 has rejected it twice. October averages a 5.14% loss.

Those facts describe accumulation without a trigger. The call is to hold existing positions and to add on one of two signals.

The first is a daily close above $1.55 with volume above $2 billion. That entry carries a stop at $1.48 and targets $1.62 and then $1.70.

The second is a pullback to $1.45 to $1.47, the demand zone that has contained every dip since mid-September. That entry carries a stop on a close below $1.42 and the same targets.

At $1.52, directly under resistance, the token is not an attractive purchase. The risk to the stop is as large as the reward to the first target.

The primary objective is $1.70, a gain of 11.8%, with a time frame of mid-November. Clearing it would require either institutional inflows at September's pace or a broad market rally led by Bitcoin, and would open $1.86 to $2.00.

The bullish view is invalidated by a daily close below $1.44. That would break the rising channel and shift the outlook to bearish toward $1.35, with $1.27 as the lower bound.

The bear case is invalidated by a close above $1.58, which would end the sequence of lower highs.

Position size should reflect the concentration risks: a small number of addresses hold most of the XRP-backed debt, order books are thin, and Ripple controls more than a third of total supply.

Compared with Bitcoin and ether, XRP has the most favorable supply trend on exchanges and the weakest institutional flow. It is a holding for those willing to wait for the two to align.

The rating is hold at $1.52, buy on a close above $1.55 or a dip to $1.45, with $1.70 as the target. Bitcoin's attempt on $87,400 and this week's ETF flow figures will determine which entry comes first.

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