XRPL transaction volume rose 65% over the past twelve months, increasing from 43 million to 71 million and marking a new record. Evernorth, an XRP-focused digital asset treasury, said the pattern looks steady and business-linked rather than bursty speculative activity, and pointed to institutions such as exchanges and stablecoin activity as key contributors.

Spot XRP ETFs recorded more than $25 million of inflows over the past 24 hours, marking their strongest day since the start of the year. XRP has gained about 3% over the past week, while analysts highlighted $1.45 and $1.49 as key levels that could open a move toward $1.80–$1.82.

XRP is hovering around $1.48 and pressing a breakout area near $1.50, with improved demand signals including $39.6 million of weekly inflows and reduced whale deposits to exchanges. The next move is closely tied to Bitcoin holding $80,000 as traders brace for the April CPI release on May 12 at 8:30 a.m. ET. Derivatives positioning is elevated, with open interest above $3B and 24-hour futures volume at $4.9B versus $871.7M in spot volume.

A circulating XRP thesis ahead of the Senate markup of the CLARITY Act on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at 10:30 AM ET argues that clearer rules could shift XRPL liquidity from a speculative story into institutional market structure. Developer and XRP community member Vincent Van Code says a legal safe harbor may enable major banks and payment networks to use XRPL liquidity pools at production scale. XRP was trading at $1.46 at press time.

Grayscale Investments submitted Amendment No. 2 to its Form S-1 with the U.S. SEC on May 11, 2026, moving forward with a proposed ETF tied to Hyperliquid's HYPE token. The filing adds staking-related language that could allow the fund to earn from staking HYPE if regulators approve the setup, and it outlines an ETF design meant to provide direct HYPE exposure without self-custody.

On May 12, 2026, XRP traded at $1.4579 as its 30-day Binance volume Z-Score rose to 2.22, the highest level since early February. The report also noted RSI at 58.89 and a return of taker-buy dominance, while average order sizes shifted from “Big” whale flow back to “Normal,” suggesting the accumulation phase had ended.

U.S. spot XRP ETFs took in about $25.80 million of net new cash on May 11, marking their biggest daily inflow since Jan. 5, 2026. The products held tokens worth roughly $1.18 billion at the time of publication, while Franklin's XRPZ led the day with $13.62 million in inflows and $286.82 million in assets.

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