XRP, Institutional Funds Surge 1,220%..."It's Not Just About Bitcoin"

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Funds flowing into XRP investment products surged by 1,220% in just one week. As funds continued to flow into digital asset investment products for six consecutive weeks, the inflow into XRP-based products significantly expanded from $3 million in the previous week to $39.6 million last week. A total of $857.9 million flowed into all digital asset investment products during the same period.

NewsBTC reported on May 13 (local time), citing CoinShares' weekly fund flow data, that the inflow into XRP-based exchange-traded products increased by 1,220% in seven days. XRP's year-to-date cumulative inflow increased to $191 million, and its assets under management (AUM) rose to approximately $2.56 billion. NewsBTC stated that XRP has emerged as one of the assets showing strong momentum among cryptocurrency investment products, excluding Bitcoin (BTC), in recent reports.

Bitcoin continued to dominate the market last week with an inflow of $706.1 million. Ethereum (ETH) recorded $77.1 million, and Solana (SOL) recorded $47.6 million. However, NewsBTC noted that these figures largely reflect the differences in the market size of each asset, and in XRP's case, the change is particularly significant as investors who previously allocated only small amounts of funds suddenly increased their allocations to a much larger scale.

Regionally, the United States was identified as the key channel for last week's rebound. U.S.-based products saw an inflow of $776.6 million, representing a 1,530% recovery from $47.5 million the previous week. Germany recorded $50.6 million, Switzerland $21.1 million, and the Netherlands $5 million. While the increased XRP inflow occurred amidst a broader trend of funds entering digital asset investment products, NewsBTC pointed out that the institutional investment narrative surrounding the Ripple ecosystem played a positive role.

In particular, Ripple's successful completion of a pilot for tokenized U.S. Treasury payments on the XRP Ledger with JP Morgan, Mastercard, and Ondo Finance was cited as a factor improving investor sentiment. The redemption process was reportedly completed within 5 seconds. NewsBTC explained that as the tokenized real-world asset market grows rapidly, this case contributed to fostering bullish sentiment towards the Ripple and XRP ecosystem.

Expectations surrounding the U.S. cryptocurrency market structure bill were also mentioned as a backdrop for improved fund inflows. NewsBTC reported that the U.S. Senate Banking Committee had released a draft of the bill, with a vote scheduled for May 14. In April, the monthly inflow into U.S.-listed XRP ETF products showed the strongest trend since 2026, and last week's surge indicates that this momentum continued into the new month.

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