How XRP Spot ETFs Became Millionaires’ Favorite Meme: The Buckle Up Story

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Once upon a time in the wild west of the financial frontier, a merry band of XRP spot ETFs-Canary, 21Shares, Grayscale, Bitwise, and Franklin Templeton-decided to crank up the volume. They smashed past the magic billion mark, all while maintaining their unbroken dance of inflows-the kind of streak that makes legendary sports dynasties look like amateur hour. Imagine that, a streak hotter than grandma’s chili. 🎯

And so, SoSoValue (the snoop of crypto secrets) reports that come December 19, these sly ETFs bagged about $1.21 billion-probably enough to buy a small island or at least a really fancy pizza. Meanwhile, cumulative net inflows climbed to a cool $1.07 billion, proving everyone loves a good comeback story. Cheers to resilience-because who needs a rollercoaster when you’ve got XRP? 🎢

Sentora, formerly known as IntoTheBlock, chirped with glee on Twitter, “spot XRP ETFs have officially surpassed $1 billion in net inflows this week.” Yeah, that’s right, they’re feeling fancy, and so should you. Because in crypto-land, surpassing a billion isn’t just a milestone-it’s a digital gold rush with a splash of sarcasm. 💸

spot XRP ETFs have officially surpassed $1 billion in net inflows this week

– Sentora (@SentoraHQ) December 20, 2025

From mid-November, these XRP ETFs have been plumbing the depths of daily net inflows-every single trading day-while Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs are busy playing out their soap operas of outflows and outbursts. Makes you wonder why Bitcoin’s having a bad hair day, huh? 🤔

While Bitcoin ETFs have been throwing fit after fit, XRP funds keep their cool, attracting steady, smaller, but more faithful flows-like a reliable old hound that never lets you down. Since launching on November 13, XRP ETFs have dazzled with 32 straight days of net inflows. That’s longer than most marriage trials! Especially fitting as the markets are trudging through a crypto winter, with prices snowballing downward since October.

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Meanwhile, on the XRP front, a shiny new toy has arrived: the XRPL Lending Protocol-a fancy on-ledger lending system that lets institutions and even the everyday XRP holder earn institutional-grade yields. Yep, you read that right-making money while you sleep, or at least while you Netflix.

Ripple’s Edward Hennis shares that this opens up a universe of possibilities-market makers borrowing XRP/RLUSD for arbitrage, PSPs pre-funding instant merchant payouts, fintech lenders snapping up short-term capital-like a digital bank heist, but legit. Expect validator voting on some amendments late January 2026-fingers crossed they don’t turn into a soap opera.

Meanwhile, XRP is doing its own bounce, rebounding from Friday’s low of $1.77 into its third day of recovery. At present, it’s tiptoeing up 0.32% in the past 24 hours-hitting $1.94. If this trend keeps up, we might see XRP eyeing the $2 mark again. The next obstacle? Resistance at $2.15 and $2.58, aligning perfectly with some fancy moving averages.

Ah, the double bottom pattern at $1.77-proof that even in crypto, low points can be a setup for an epic comeback. Keep an eye on these days-who knows? Maybe XRP is just gearing up for a moonshot. 🚀

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2025-12-21 14:41