NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 14:11 ET — Regular session
XRP slipped 0.5% to $1.85 on Monday after CoinShares said XRP-linked investment products took in $70.2 million last week, bucking $446 million of net outflows from digital-asset funds. Bitcoin was little changed around $87,494 and ether hovered near $2,932. 1
The flow data matters because it points to selective buying of large “altcoins” — smaller tokens beyond bitcoin — even as investors continue to pull money from the wider crypto fund complex into year-end.
That split can amplify price swings in thin holiday markets, when a relatively small order can move prices quickly and traders lean more heavily on headlines and positioning than on fresh fundamentals.
“It’s a very light trading week ahead; volume is low,” said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA Research. 2
For crypto, fund flows have become a key tell. They track whether institutions and advisers are adding exposure through listed products rather than buying tokens directly on exchanges.
An exchange-traded fund, or ETF, is a listed vehicle that lets investors buy exposure to an asset through a brokerage account. When money flows into an ETF, the issuer typically has to buy the underlying exposure, which can support prices at the margin.
CoinShares said the latest weekly outflows added to withdrawals that followed an Oct. 10 “shock price decline,” bringing total post-event outflows to $3.2 billion. The asset manager said year-to-date inflows still total $46.3 billion, roughly in line with last year, even though assets under management are only up about 10% for the year. 1
XRP is the token most closely associated with payments firm Ripple. It has long traded as a high-beta proxy for shifts in crypto risk appetite, often moving more sharply than bitcoin on both rallies and pullbacks.
Monday’s tape showed that tension. XRP fell back toward the session low after briefly trading as high as $1.91, leaving the token still sensitive to incremental changes in liquidity and sentiment.
Chart watchers tend to frame the day’s low as the first “support” level — a price area where buying interest often emerges — and the earlier peak as “resistance,” where sellers have recently stepped in.
What comes next will likely hinge less on protocol news and more on positioning. Investors are watching whether ETF and fund flows keep favoring XRP into year-end, and whether broader risk markets stay steady enough to sustain demand for higher-volatility tokens.
CoinShares also flagged continued inflows into Solana-linked products, even as the heaviest redemptions concentrated in U.S.-based vehicles, a pattern that suggests crypto buyers are becoming more selective rather than broadly bullish. 1
