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Crypto markets swung sharply over the week, after the CLARITY Act failed and Bitcoin slid to $75K as bearish sentiment built. The Federal Reserve then raised rates for the first time in three years, adding to short positioning and expectations of further downside. Momentum later flipped as a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill advanced, a crypto tax bill passed, the SEC said it will create crypto rules and approved onchain stock trading, and the CFTC sent crypto market rules to the White House for review. Bitcoin rebounded to $81K, ETH closed above $2,600 for the first time since January 2026, and total altcoin market cap reached an eight-month high.

Data show XRP whale inflows to Binance have surged to a six-month high. About 1.6B XRP has been transferred to the exchange over the past 30 days, marking the largest such inflow since March. Large shifts of assets from on-chain wallets to exchanges are often viewed as a potential signal of intent to sell and could weigh on XRP’s short-term supply-demand balance.

South Korea’s NH Investment & Securities has committed $30M in convertible note financing to XRP treasury firm Evernote. The funds are set to be provided after the SPAC merger is completed. Proceeds are earmarked for general corporate purposes, including purchases of $XRP.

On Sept. 18, 2026, Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded heavy outflows, with investors pulling nearly $600 million in a single day. The data suggest short-term sentiment has turned more cautious. Institutional money also moved sharply out of major crypto-asset ETFs, marking a relatively large one-day net outflow in the recent period.

On March 17, 2026, the SEC and CFTC jointly issued a crypto taxonomy that explicitly placed XRP in the digital commodity category. The classification follows Judge Analisa Torres’ 2023 ruling separating XRP itself from the investment-contract circumstances tied to certain Ripple sales, after Ripple and the SEC dropped their appeals in August 2025, leaving the district-court rulings in place. Evernorth CEO Asheesh Birla said the CLARITY Act would be a catalyst for institutional DeFi adoption, and the company is building an institutional DeFi ecosystem around XRP. SEC filings show Evernorth expects to hold at least 473 million XRP at closing, with David Schwartz and Brad Garlinghouse listed as strategic advisers.

Project Harmonia has opened for applications, aiming to connect traditional fund distribution platform Allfunds with the Solana blockchain. Allfunds links more than 3,300 asset managers and financial institutions and reports €1.9T in assets under administration. Under the program, tokenized funds on Solana can apply to access the Allfunds network, while funds on Allfunds will also become accessible on Solana.

XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) previously recorded cumulative inflows of $1.2 billion, but those inflows later stopped, according to 24/7 Wall St. The report examines whether the pause suggests institutional interest in Ripple and related assets may be cooling.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $450 million in net outflows after the U.S. Senate rejected the CLARITY bill, marking the biggest single-day withdrawal since June. The wave of redemptions underscores how regulatory uncertainty is weighing on investor sentiment. Crypto markets now face near-term pressure from capital leaving the sector.

A crypto company CEO withdrew ETH from Binance to post additional margin for a $51 million ZEC short position, DiarioBitcoin reported. The move was aimed at strengthening the large bearish bet and underscored a continued negative view on ZEC’s outlook. The transaction involved a large on-chain transfer, drawing market attention to potential selling pressure on ZEC.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a five-year innovation exemption for the XRP Ledger, positioning it as the first decentralized exchange cleared to trade tokenized stocks on-chain. Under the exemption, permissioned automated market makers and liquidity pools on XRPL can trade tokenized U.S. equities such as Tesla and Apple without being treated as a traditional exchange. The move is presented as paving the way for compliant securities trading features within the XRPL ecosystem.