Ripple (XRP) surges 45% in 3 months… Did $300 million in spot ETF inflows ignite it?

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XRP (XRP, Ripple) attracted over $300 million in the third quarter to US spot ETFs, confirming expanded institutional demand. With accelerated inflows since July, XRP's price also rose over 45% in three months, reaching $1.51.

According to crypto media outlet Finbold on September 30 (local time), an analysis of SoSoValue data revealed that US Spot XRP ETFs recorded total net inflows of $307.87 million in the third quarter of 2026. Monthly, $27.29 million flowed in during July, increasing total net assets to $988.78 million, and in August, $159.18 million flowed in, expanding asset size to $1.45 billion.

Institutional fund inflows continued in September. Approximately $121.40 million in net inflows entered XRP spot ETFs in September, increasing the total asset size to $1.69 billion at the time of writing. Looking at monthly net inflows for the third quarter, they significantly expanded from $27.29 million in July to $159.18 million in August, followed by over $100 million in inflows in September as well.

Among individual products, Bitwise XRP ETF (Bitwise XRP ETF·XRP) led the fund inflows in the third quarter. A total of $177.94 million in net inflows entered this ETF over three months, and its assets under management increased to $618.81 million. Franklin XRP ETF (Franklin XRP ETF·XRPZ) also absorbed $90.64 million during the same period, increasing its held assets to $439.07 million.

Along with ETF fund inflows, XRP's price also showed a strong upward trend. XRP rose from approximately $1.04 on July 1 to $1.51 on September 30, increasing over 45% in the third quarter alone. The market capitalization at the time of writing was tallied at $95.2 billion.

Finbold noted that the price also rose concurrently with the $307.87 million inflow into XRP spot ETFs in the third quarter. The media assessed that the renewed expansion of XRP demand through spot ETFs supported the bullish sentiment for XRP in the third quarter.

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