Spot XRP ETFs Post Zero Inflows, Snapping an Eight-Week Run

Spot XRP exchange-traded funds saw no net inflows on Monday, July 13, data cited by Invezz showed, ending an eight-week streak that had built $1.48 billion in cumulative net inflows since the products launched in November 2025. The momentum had already been fading. The group logged just $107,000 of inflows on Friday, July 11, after a $7.29 million one-day outflow on July 8 that marked the sharpest point of the turn. Market observers say the stall is broader than a single slow session for ETF flows. Key demand gauges tracked by traders—institutional flow, retail derivatives activity and sentiment—moved in the same risk-off direction. The streak had supported a narrative of steady, self-reinforcing institutional appetite for regulated XRP exposure, with each positive week reinforcing the next. That dynamic weakened after XRP failed at the $1.15 resistance area in early July, according to CoinStats data, and the ETF complex posted its first down week in more than two months. As of July 9, the seven U.S. spot XRP ETFs held about $988 million in assets under management and roughly 970.9 million XRP in custody, per FinanceFeeds. That is down from a peak above $1 billion earlier in 2026. Compared with $1.48 billion in cumulative net inflows, the AUM figure underscores how XRP price declines have reduced the market value of accumulated positions even as net flows stayed nominally positive through much of the run. The focus has shifted from whether inflows can extend for weeks to whether the current demand mix—more retail-weighted, more sensitive to short-term resistance, and lacking the deep institutional allocation expected at launch—can absorb additional selling pressure. On Tuesday, XRP extended its pullback for a fourth straight session, trading in a descending channel and below its major exponential moving averages: the 50-day EMA at $1.16, the 100-day EMA at $1.26 and the 200-day EMA at $1.47. The Relative Strength Index hovered near 39, signaling sellers still control momentum. Near-term support sits at $1.04; a sustained break below that level could open a move toward $0.78, the lower boundary of the bearish channel. Separately, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said at the University of Kansas School of Business that the company had seriously considered dissolving and distributing its XRP holdings to shareholders rather than fighting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit filed in 2020. Ripple and the SEC reached a settlement in May 2025. Judge Analisa Torres had previously ruled that XRP itself is not a security, a decision that cleared the path for subsequent spot ETF approvals. The gap between the $1.48 billion cumulative inflow total and JPMorgan's first-year forecast remains a key reference point for assessing the true scale of institutional demand. Past episodes of outflows have also suggested XRP ETF flows may be more reactive to near-term price rejection than the original launch narrative implied.