Wednesday, August 26, 2026 · XRPTRACER news
By XRPTRACER Research Team
Two big flows are pulling against each other. US spot XRP ETFs have now logged nine straight sessions of inflows, CryptoSlate reports. At the same time, CryptoQuant data shows XRP whales sent about 1.451 billion XRP to Binance over 30 days, the highest four-week total in four months, while also pulling large amounts back out.
XRP market moves
XRP opened August 26 (00:00 UTC) at about $1.43, with a market cap near $90.0B (CoinGecko daily history). It peaked near $1.52 on the August 24 snapshot; CryptoSlate notes intraday highs near $1.70 during the run. It's pulled back about 5% on the day since. CoinGecko shows about $4.1B traded in the 24 hours to today's snapshot. XRP is up about 32% in August from below $1, per CryptoSlate.
The ETF side
The streak. Spot XRP ETFs took in about $23.87M on August 25, per CryptoSlate, their biggest day since May 11 ($25.8M). That makes nine positive sessions in a row. (XRP Insights' dataset shows +$22.2M for the same day; the two trackers differ slightly.)
The totals. CryptoSlate puts August inflows at more than $80M. XRP Insights shows +$83.1M for August through August 25. Cumulative net inflows since launch are about $1.59B, and net assets were about $1.46B at Tuesday's close.
The caveat CryptoSlate raises. These funds had already gathered more than $1.47B by late June while XRP slid toward $1. ETF buying alone hasn't been enough to set a floor before.
The whale side
Deposits. Whale inflows to Binance hit about 1.451 billion XRP over 30 days, per CryptoQuant via CryptoSlate. Daily whale inflows to exchanges spiked to about 460 million XRP during the rally, the most since February.
Withdrawals. CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost reports large XRP withdrawals from Binance reached 231 million XRP by August 21, more than four times the level two days earlier and the highest in about six months. That was worth more than $330M at the time.
Question everything
"Whales send 1.45B XRP to Binance" reads like a sell signal. It isn't proof of one. Exchange deposits can be for selling, but also for collateral, trading or moving funds between accounts. And the withdrawals running at the same time cut the other way. Without net-flow and wallet-level data, nobody can honestly say whales are buying or selling here. The ETF number is cleaner: it's real net money in. The question is whether it's big enough to matter against whale supply.
What people are talking about
Bullish posts lead with the nine-day ETF streak. Bearish posts lead with the 1.45B XRP sent to Binance. Both are true, and both are being used without the other half. The pullback from the August 24 high has made the whale data louder, but the price is still well above where the rally started.
On-chain data
- XRP price: about $1.43 at 00:00 UTC (CoinGecko)
- Market cap: about $90.0B (CoinGecko)
- 24h volume: about $4.1B (CoinGecko daily data)
- Whale deposits to Binance (30d): about 1.451B XRP (CryptoQuant)
- Whale withdrawals from Binance: 231M XRP by Aug 21 (CryptoQuant / Darkfost)
- ETF net assets: about $1.46B (CryptoSlate)
Flows and macro
The ETF bid is the story of the month. August is about +$83.1M through August 25 on XRP Insights data, against roughly $29M for all of July. The broad crypto rally that started after the Treasury expanded its bond buybacks last week is still the backdrop.
What to watch next
- Streak count: does it reach ten-plus sessions?
- Binance net flows, not just gross deposits
- Price vs $1.40 after the pullback
- Daily ETF size: are inflows holding near $20M a day?
- CryptoQuant's next whale report, for a net figure rather than gross deposits and withdrawals
The XRPTRACER take
The ETF side is the clearest signal we have: steady, real buying, nine days running. The whale data is noisy and two-way, so we're not calling it distribution. We're tracking both on the Dashboard and logging the streak on the Catalyst Tracker.
Sources: CryptoSlate: XRP is up 32% this month, but whales are moving billions · CoinGecko XRP history · XRP Insights ETF flows
Price is CoinGecko's daily snapshot at 00:00 UTC on August 26, 2026. ETF flows through August 25.
Not investment advice. See our Disclaimer.
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