XRP ETFs post a ninth straight day of net inflows

U.S. spot XRP ETFs pulled in $23.87 million in net inflows on August 25, a ninth straight day in positive territory that pushed cumulative net inflows to about $1.6 billion, according to SoSoValue data, U.Today reported. The streak held even as the broader crypto market sold off that day.

Bitwise's XRP ETF led the pack on Tuesday with $11.02 million. Franklin Templeton's fund followed with $6.39 million, Grayscale's XRP ETF took in $4.28 million, and Canary Capital added $2.19 million. The 21Shares XRP ETF recorded no net flow for the day. The funds held $1.46 billion in net assets at the close of trading.

The nine-day run started slowly. The funds recorded no combined inflows on August 14 and 17, then turned positive with $5.81 million on August 18. From there: $2.35 million on the 19th, $13.24 million on the 20th, $18.38 million on the 21st, $13.82 million on the 24th, and $23.87 million on the 25th.

That acceleration follows a much quieter stretch. Flows were largely stagnant through the first half of August, with several consecutive days recording zero net inflows, and cumulative inflows sat flat around $1.51 billion between August 5 and 18. Whatever pulled money back in after the 18th did so decisively: the funds have added roughly $90 million to the cumulative total in the week since.

Net inflows during a sell-off are the more interesting half of this story. When crypto prices drop broadly, ETF flows often turn negative too, as investors redeem shares alongside falling spot prices. XRP ETFs did the opposite on August 25: prices fell across the market, and money kept moving into the funds rather than out of them. That divergence is usually read as a sign the buying is driven by longer-term positioning rather than short-term price-chasing. It also separates this streak from a simple rally chase, where inflows and price gains move in lockstep and unwind together the moment sentiment turns.

The pace itself has picked up sharply. The funds pulled in about $77.5 million over the last five trading sessions alone, roughly double the $39.8 million they attracted the week before that, a stretch our earlier coverage caught when XRP was stuck near $1.09 and ETF inflows had dried up entirely.

• Latest inflow: $23.87 million on Aug. 25, ninth consecutive positive day
• Cumulative net inflows: about $1.6 billion; net assets at $1.46 billion
• Leaders on Aug. 25: Bitwise $11.02M, Franklin Templeton $6.39M, Grayscale $4.28M, Canary Capital $2.19M, 21Shares flat
• Five-session pace: about $77.5 million, up from $39.8 million the prior week
• XRP price: $1.44, up 40% over the past two weeks

XRP itself is trading at $1.44, up 40% over the past two weeks, a gain that predates most of this inflow streak rather than following it. None of these nine days of inflows guarantees the tenth looks the same. But institutional money moving consistently in one direction for nine straight trading sessions, through a broader market sell-off, is not the kind of signal that shows up by accident.

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