Brad Garlinghouse Declares He Owns Solana
XRP (XRP)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
bitcoinethereumnews.com reports that Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse issued a bombshell statement for XRP holders, declaring that he personally holds Solana tokens. He advised investors not to invest their entire portfolio in XRP, effectively ditching the idea of XRP maximalism. The outlet notes that Garlinghouse was asked why investors should sh, though the excerpt cuts off before detailing his full reasoning.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for XRP, measured when this story was written up on 25 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
XRP is trading at $1.53 with a 24-hour spot volume of $296,261,421. Buy pressure is currently building, as the 1-hour buy ratio of 60.6% and the 4-hour ratio of 54.4% both exceed the 24-hour average of 50.6%. This indicates that recent trades are skewed toward buyers, a trend supported by positive volume deltas of +$12,452,888 over the last hour and +$10,089,349 over the last four hours. The Cumulative Volume Delta for the 24-hour close stands at +$25,118,998, confirming that buying volume has outweighed selling volume throughout the day.
The latest daily buy ratio of 50.6% sits at the 83rd percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 48.5% - stronger buying than most days.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for XRP, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
This trading activity contrasts with the preceding week, where XRP saw only one day of net buying out of seven. The 7-day average buy ratio was 49.4%, meaning today's 24-hour ratio of 50.6% is slightly above the weekly norm by 1.2 points. However, trading volume is currently at 0.88x the weekly average, indicating lower participation than usual. Despite the subdued volume, the price has risen 18.4% over the past eight days, even though the total volume delta for that period was negative at -$6,113,513.