{"id":19993,"date":"2026-05-17T17:11:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T17:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/xrp-etf-inflows-surge-as-network-activity-hits-march-highs\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T17:11:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T17:11:56","slug":"xrp-etf-inflows-surge-as-network-activity-hits-march-highs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/xrp-etf-inflows-surge-as-network-activity-hits-march-highs\/","title":{"rendered":"XRP ETF inflows surge as network activity hits March highs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/crypto-news-Ripple-XRP06.webp\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>XRP Ledger activity rose sharply after XRP briefly moved above $1.54 for the first time in two months, according to Santiment data shared on May 16.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_8e7f24c6a6984faedf057f805f0acc7e\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>XRP network activity hit two-month highs after price briefly reclaimed levels last seen in March.<\/li>\n<li>Spot XRP ETFs logged $60.50 million weekly inflows, their strongest week since late December 2025.<\/li>\n<li>ETF demand failed to hold the breakout as XRP slipped back below key resistance again.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>The analytics firm said active addresses reached 48,453, the highest level since March 30.<\/p>\n<p>Santiment also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SantimentData\/status\/2055396324976070784?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a> 3,317 new network addresses, the highest reading since March 19. The firm said part of the move came from \u201cgeneral price FOMO,\u201d but added that more transactions can support mid- and long-term growth when activity reflects real adoption.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>Spot XRP ETFs also recorded a strong inflow week. SOSoValue data showed $60.50 million in net inflows for the week, the strongest reading since the week ending Dec. 26. May inflows reached nearly $95 million, already above April\u2019s total.<\/p>\n<p>Crypto.news had already <a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/u-s-spot-xrp-etfs-post-strongest-inflow-day-in-four-months\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> a rebound in XRP ETF demand before the latest weekly data. U.S. spot XRP ETFs posted $25.8 million in daily net inflows on May 11, the strongest single-day total since Jan. 5.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>XRP breakout fails near resistance<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>XRP tried to extend its rally after ETF inflows improved and the CLARITY Act advanced in Washington. As crypto.news previously <a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/xrp-price-breaks-1-40-as-consensus-2026-opens\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>, Standard Chartered expected $4 billion to $8 billion in additional XRP ETF inflows if the CLARITY Act moved through the Senate Banking Committee before May 21.<\/p>\n<p>The move did not hold. XRP pushed into a familiar resistance zone before retreating. Crypto.news data showed Ripple\u2019s native token (<a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/price\/xrp\/\">XRP<\/a>) trading around $1.42, with a market cap near $87 billion, placing it behind BNB among major crypto assets.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the latest ETF streak follows a strong April. Crypto.news <a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/xrp-etf-april-inflows-hit-2026-record\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> that XRP ETF products pulled in $81.63 million during April, making it their best inflow month of 2026. The figure reversed March\u2019s $31.16 million monthly outflow.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<div class=\"cn-block-disclaimer\">\n<p class=\"cn-block-disclaimer__content\">\n            Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only.        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-disclaimer --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/xrp-etf-inflows-surge-as-network-activity-hits-march-highs\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>XRP Ledger activity rose sharply after XRP briefly moved above $1.54 for the first time in two months, according to Santiment data shared on May 16.\u00a0 Summary XRP network activity hit two-month highs after price briefly reclaimed levels last seen in March. Spot XRP ETFs logged $60.50 million weekly inflows, their strongest week since late [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"kronos_expire_date":[],"class_list":["post-19993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19993"},{"taxonomy":"kronos_expire_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kronos_expire_date?post=19993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}