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XRP sits in the mid-$1.40s on Sept. 15, pinned beneath a heavy cost zone where Glassnode’s realized-cap data puts the six-to-12-month cohort at $2.02 and the one-to-two-year cohort at $2.23. Together those two bands carry $39.2 billion and $27.5 billion of realized capitalization, or 72.6% of the network’s total, while the Aug. 15 supply-by-age snapshot placed 46.22% of modeled supply in the same two age brackets.
Why it matters
The cost concentration matters because a move toward $2 would bring the largest historical holders into their modeled breakeven zone. Realized price averages the acquisition cost of each cohort from the price when its coins last moved, and the gap between XRP’s spot price and the $2.02 to $2.23 bands is the single biggest overhang on the chart. Newer cohorts are sitting much closer to profitability, with the three-to-six-month group near $1.40, the one-to-three-month band at $1.14, and the one-week-to-one-month band at $1.28, so the structure of underwater supply is heavily skewed toward older coins.
Tuesday’s scheduled Senate cloture vote on H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, gives the market an outside catalyst to test whether those older coins stay dormant. The procedural motion ripens at 2:15 p.m. ET on Sept. 15, and the bill’s sponsors say the current draft absorbed 126 substantive changes from Democrats. A March SEC interpretation already named XRP as an example of a digital commodity alongside CFTC guidance, but that interpretation created no new statutory obligations. CLARITY would put the market structure around digital-commodity trading and intermediaries into law.
Market impact
Flow data adds a second signal on top of the cost concentration. CryptoQuant contributor CryptoOnchain reported Binance took in 91.23 million XRP and sent out 113.91 million XRP on Sept. 11, both six-month highs in gross terms, while the exchange’s seven-day average XRP reserve sat 0.43% higher than a week earlier and 0.18% below its quarterly baseline. Derivatives open interest averaged $476.7 million, up 0.23% week over week.
Frequently asked questions
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What is the CLARITY Act and why does it matter for XRP?
H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, would put statutory market structure around digital-commodity trading and intermediaries into law. A March SEC interpretation already named XRP as an example of a digital commodity, but CLARITY would codify the framework rather than leave it as guidance.
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What does Glassnode’s realized-cap data show for XRP?
Glassnode’s Sept. 6 snapshot placed $39.2B in the six-to-12-month cohort and $27.5B in the one-to-two-year cohort, together representing 72.6% of XRP’s realized capitalization. The Aug. 15 supply-by-age snapshot put 46.22% of modeled supply in the same two bands.
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Where are the major XRP cost-basis cohorts priced?
Glassnode’s Sept. 11 realized-price data put the six-to-12-month cohort at $2.02 and the one-to-two-year cohort at $2.23. The three-to-six-month band sat near $1.40, the one-to-three-month band at $1.14, and the one-week-to-one-month band at $1.28.
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What did the Binance XRP flow data show on Sept. 11?
CryptoOnchain reported Binance received 91.23 million XRP and sent out 113.91 million XRP on Sept. 11, both six-month gross highs. The seven-day average reserve was 0.43% higher than a week earlier and 0.18% below the quarterly baseline, while average derivatives open interest of $476.7M was up 0.23% week over week.
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When does the Senate vote on the CLARITY Act and what is the threshold?
The cloture motion on H.R. 3633 ripens at 2:15 p.m. ET on Sept. 15. Under the Senate’s ordinary cloture rule, legislation generally needs 60 votes in a full Senate to proceed.
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