XRP ETF Inflows Hit $64M in Final Week of 2025 as Price Stays Under $2

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Well, well, well! It appears that XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have wrapped up the final full week of 2025 with a flourish-$64 million in net inflows, no less! How positively charming, wouldn’t you agree? All this while the token itself has decided to play hide-and-seek below the $2 mark. Oh, the drama! 🎭

To put on my best Noël Coward voice, one might say: “Darling, the XRP spot ETFs are simply the belle of the ball, raking in more cash than the Ethereum counterparts, which, bless their hearts, suffered a rather tragic $102 million in net outflows. Solana, meanwhile, managed to attract a mere $13.14 million. Quite the uneven dance card, wouldn’t you say?” 💃

And yet, amidst this financial frolic, the lingering query remains-if investors are so keen to throw money into XRP ETFs, why oh why isn’t the price climbing the social ladder? It’s a puzzler, darling! 🤔

Why ETF Inflows Don’t Always Mean Instant Price Gains

Now, dear readers, let us turn our attention to the well-coiffed Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise. He’s here to enlighten us on the curious workings behind the ETF curtain. You see, when an XRP ETF collects its handsome inflows, fund managers don’t dash to public exchanges like eager shoppers at a clearance sale. No, no! They procure XRP over the counter from the likes of Jane Street and Goldman Sachs-how terribly exclusive! 🕴️

These market makers are engaged in a delightful little game of price tag tug-of-war, always vying to offer the most tantalizingly low prices for those large orders. Once a deal is struck, off they go into the wild market to source the XRP before delivering it to the ETF’s custodian. It’s a process as complex as a French farce! 😂

In simplest terms, while this buying does impact the spot market, it’s all very indirect and gradual-not the instant fireworks show one might hope for. Even during these bustling inflow periods, one might find themselves wondering where the sudden price spikes have scampered off to. 🧨

Technical Pressure Still Weighs on XRP

Despite the enthusiastic ETF demand, technical analysts are wagging their fingers and warning us that the price action is sending mixed signals. XRP is flirting dangerously close to what could be its first monthly close below a critical support level this year. Oh, how scandalous! Analysts suggest a closing price above $2.08 by month-end is crucial to maintaining a bullish facade. 🥂

“If in doubt… Zoom out. This will be the first monthly close below this year’s support. $XRP needs a close above $2.08 by the end of the month to remain positive.

If you’re bullish, you need to reevaluate.

Price action is KING.”

– BLOCK BULL (@TheBlockBull) December 28, 2025

One analyst, ever the sage, proclaimed, “If in doubt, zoom out.” Wise words indeed, as price action remains the ultimate arbiter of market strength. Let the games begin! 🎉

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2025-12-30 21:59