XRP price drops 5% after-hours as Ripple token rally cools; ETF flows, jobs report ahead
NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 17:43 (EST) — After-hours XRP fell nearly 5% on Wednesday, giving back some of its early-2026 run as a broader dip hit major cryptocurrencies. The token was last down 4.8% at $2.18. The pullback lands as fresh money into XRP-linked “spot” exchange-traded funds — ETFs that hold the underlying token — becomes the main test for the market. Canary Capital’s spot XRP ETF, XRPC, began trading on Nasdaq on Nov. 13, ETFdb reported. Data compiled by SoSoValue show spot XRP ETFs have attracted about $1.3 billion since launching in November, DL News reported. ETF Database+1