Wall Street Scoops Up XRP as Retail Investors Turn Away... Is Institutional Altcoin Competition Shaking Up the Market?

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XRP is attracting Wall Street's attention across three institutional indicators: stablecoins, real-world asset tokenization, and ETF accumulation, contrary to the cold gaze of individual investors.

According to U.Today on May 27 (local time), the XRP Ledger (XRPL) ecosystem is showing exceptionally rapid growth in institutional-related metrics despite sluggish individual investor sentiment. On-chain analytics platforms Artemis and RWA.xyz data indicate that the Ripple network is expanding its presence in inter-company clearing and real-world asset tokenization.

The first signal is that the Ripple network's stablecoin volume has exceeded $1 billion. In the public XRP Ledger environment, the stablecoin market capitalization increased by 63.72% over the last 30 days, reaching $823.24 million. U.Today explained that Ripple's own stablecoin RLUSD launch and Ondo Finance's integration of a short-term US Treasury fund were key factors driving liquidity inflow. Ondo Finance's fund holds over $294 million based on network balances.

The second signal appeared in the private enterprise sector. U.Today analyzed that while most blockchains compete over the number of active users, the core transaction volume of the XRP Ledger comes from large institutions utilizing it as an isolated infrastructure for balance adjustments and accounting. Private enterprise asset metrics increased by 13.77% in one month, exceeding a total of $4 billion. This volume is distributed across 85 large addresses, and the number of such addresses surged by 193% in one month.

Real-world asset tokenization was also presented as a reason for Wall Street's interest in the XRP Ledger. U.Today reported that in addition to Guggenheim's $40.3 million in US Treasuries and OpenEden's $39.6 million in assets, Dubai tokenized real estate transactions are also being processed on the network. Dubai real estate transactions are said to be carried out under the supervision of the Emirates Land Department.

The third signal is the resumption of buying of US XRP spot ETFs. After a stagnation in the first quarter, investment funds began repurchasing circulating XRP in the open market, accumulating 1% to 1.25% of the total market supply. U.Today reported that the depth of institutional XRP accumulation through ETF wrappers has officially surpassed figures comparable to the Solana (SOL) blockchain.

U.Today analyzed that large investors prefer XRP due to its clear legal status and direct technical integration with the banking sector. However, XRP's price is still reacting weakly to ecosystem performance, and when the large corporate base will be reflected in the price remains a key market variable.

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