XRP rallies 43.7% as ETF desks, Korean traders, and Binance futures drive demand
XRP (XRP)
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Eugene Serbin
BeInCrypto reported that XRP gained 43.7% in the seven days to August 26, marking the strongest run in the top 10 by market cap. Three separate demand channels fed the rally: ETF desks, Korean spot traders, and Binance’s largest futures accounts all showed up at once. None of these drivers was a simple futures squeeze. BeInCrypto traced the post Why Did the XRP Price Rally Beat Every Top-10 Coin Without an Altcoin Season? appeared first on BeInCrypto .
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for XRP, measured when this story was written up on 26 August 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
XRP is trading at $1.42 with a 24-hour buy ratio of 51.9%, indicating that buyers are slightly more active than sellers over the full day. However, the 1-hour buy ratio has dipped to 51.1%, and the 4-hour ratio is lower at 48.4%, suggesting that short-term buying pressure is fading relative to the daily average. The 24-hour volume delta is positive at +$8,976,592, meaning net buying has outweighed net selling over the day. In contrast, the 1-hour volume delta is +$462,673 while the 4-hour delta is -$553,241, showing that recent momentum has shifted toward selling. The cumulative volume delta (CVD) at 24-hour close is +$34,926, reflecting modest net accumulation. Spot volume for the period was $238,596,035 across 1,648,472 trades.
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.
Twenty-four hours later
What XRP did over the 22 hours after the story broke. The market moves for its own reasons; this is what happened, not what the story caused.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for XRP, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, XRP saw a price change of +28.7% over 8 days, with a 7-day average buy ratio of 48.9%. The latest day’s buy ratio was 3.0 percentage points higher than this weekly average, but total volume was only 0.51x the average. The 8-day volume delta total was -$61,148,055, indicating that despite the price rise, net selling pressure dominated the week. This contrasts with the current 24-hour net buying of +$8,976,592. While the price surge was significant, the weekly context shows it occurred on below-average volume and net selling, making this an unusual day of net buying after a week of distribution.