XRP rallies 43.7% on ETF inflows, Korean spot demand, and top-trader conviction
XRP (XRP)
Finance.yahoo.com reports that XRP gained 43.7% in the seven days to August 26, outperforming all other top-10 coins despite Bitcoin dominance remaining high at 59.3%. The rally was driven by three distinct demand channels: US spot ETFs recorded six consecutive positive sessions with net assets climbing to $1.46 billion, while Korean spot traders on Upbit accounted for 16.3% of won-denominated turnover. Binance's largest futures accounts showed quiet conviction, with the top-trader position ratio rising 3.8% to 2.24 even as the broader market cut long bets. Open interest fell 8.9% in 24 hours but remained 12.9% higher over the week, indicating traders unwound short-term leverage while maintaining a weekly build-up. This asset-specific strength occurred without a broad altcoin season, as the Altcoin Season Index read 40 of 100. The convergence of ETF inflows, Korean spot depth, and sustained top-trader longs suggests a robust, multi-channel support base for the price increase.
What Whalio's data showed
Binance spot order flow for XRP, measured when this story was published on 26 August 2026.
Whalio spot data for XRP shows a buy ratio of 60.1% over the last hour, which is significantly higher than the 53.2% ratio over four hours and the 49.7% ratio over 24 hours. This upward trend in buy ratios across shorter intervals indicates that buying pressure is building in the immediate term rather than fading. Volume delta reflects this shift, with positive inflows of $1,983,348 in the last hour and $2,068,950 over four hours, contrasting with the negative $2,173,359 delta recorded over the full 24 hours. The positive volume delta in the shorter timeframes suggests that recent trades are being executed aggressively by buyers, overriding the net outflow seen over the longer period. The cumulative volume delta closing at $3,942,858 confirms that net buying has outweighed selling over the day, despite the 24-hour delta showing a net outflow. This divergence between short-term positive deltas and the longer-term negative delta highlights a recent surge in buyer aggression that is currently supporting the price.