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U.S. spot XRP exchange-traded funds logged an eleventh consecutive trading session of net inflows on Tuesday, taking in another $14.38M and extending a streak that has now added roughly $170M since Aug. 18. Cumulative inflows since the funds launched last November sit near $1.68B, with Franklin Templeton's XRPZ leading Tuesday at $6.63M and Grayscale adding $4.72M.
XRP itself traded around $1.33 early Wednesday, off its late-August peak near $1.45 but well above the $1 area it sat at in mid-August, so the bid has arrived alongside, not because of, a price drawdown.
Why it matters
The institutional roster behind those flows reads differently from the headline. Goldman Sachs topped 13F disclosures as of June 30 with about $87.4M of exposure, followed by Jane Street at $16.6M and Millennium Management at $16.2M. Investment advisers accounted for roughly $120M of the $183M disclosed, with hedge funds at $25M, brokerages at $17M and banks around $14M.
That composition matters because 13F filings capture gross ETF positions and do not show whether those firms hedged the exposure with futures or other instruments. Goldman's stack, for example, is consistent with market-making, basis trading and facilitating wealth-management client orders rather than a unified corporate directional bet on XRP.
Market impact
The eleven-session streak is the cleanest signal in the data, but it is small next to bitcoin. U.S. spot bitcoin funds took in $2.26B over six late-August sessions alone, more than every XRP ETF has gathered since launch. The 13F snapshot is also stale by two months, so whether Goldman, Jane Street or Millennium still sit on the positions will not be visible until the November disclosure round.
For now the read is two-layered: a genuine, multi-week retail-and-adviser bid has lifted cumulative XRP ETF assets past the $1.68B mark, while the largest named institutional holders are best read as plumbing, not conviction.
Frequently asked questions
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How much have spot XRP ETFs taken in since launch?
Cumulative net inflows since the U.S. spot XRP ETFs launched last November sit near $1.68B, with the latest eleven-session streak alone adding roughly $170M and another $14.38M on Tuesday.
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Who are the biggest disclosed institutional holders of XRP ETFs?
Goldman Sachs led 13F disclosures as of June 30 with about $87.4M of exposure, followed by Jane Street at $16.6M and Millennium Management at $16.2M. Investment advisers as a category held roughly $120M of the $183M disclosed.
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Does Goldman's XRP ETF position mean the bank is bullish on XRP?
Not necessarily. 13F filings capture gross ETF holdings and do not show hedges. Goldman's stack is consistent with market-making, basis trading and facilitating wealth-management client orders rather than a unified corporate directional bet.
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How does the XRP ETF streak compare to spot bitcoin ETFs?
The eleven-session streak is small next to bitcoin. U.S. spot bitcoin funds took in $2.26B over six late-August sessions alone, more than every XRP ETF has gathered since launch.
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When will updated XRP ETF institutional holdings be public?
The next round of 13F filings lands in mid-November and will show positions as of Sept. 30. Until then, whether Goldman, Jane Street and Millennium still hold their June 30 positions is not publicly visible.
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