XRP whales and retail investors have accumulated more than $1.6 billion in tokens over the past month, leading one analyst to predict a new all-time high above $6 in 2025.
XRP price is up today buoyed by Ripple’s strategic partnerships, high open interest and a market structure pointing to a parabolic rally going forward.
XRP prices have declined after Ripple co-founder’s $10 million donation to Kamala Harris’ US presidential campaign.
On-chain data shows the XRP whales have participated in a significant amount of buying recently, a potential reason behind the asset’s surge. XRP Whales Have Added 470 Million Tokens To Their Supply Recently As explained by analyst Ali Martinez in a new post on X, the XRP whales have expanded their holdings over the last 10 days. The indicator of relevance here is the “Supply Distribution” from the on-chain analytics firm Santiment, which keeps track of the total amount of tokens that a given wallet group is carrying right now. Addresses or investors are put into these groups based on their current balance. Wallets with 5 coins, for instance, fall inside the 1 to 10 coins group. In the context of the current topic, the whale entities are the addresses of interest. Related Reading: Bitcoin Breaks $66,000, But Analyst Warns Against Fresh Longs—Here’s Why This group’s range is typically defined as 100 million to 1 billion XRP. At the current exchange rate, the lower end of this range converts to around $63.1 million, while the upper one to $631 million. Generally, the influence of any entity on the network goes up the more holdings that they carry, so the whales, who have quite the humongous balance, would carry some degree of power. As such, the behavior of these investors can be worth keeping an eye on, because even if it may not directly impact the price, it can at least tell us what the sentiment among this cohort is like. Now, here is a chart that shows the trend in the Supply Distribution of the XRP whales over the past several days: As displayed in the above graph, the supply of the XRP whales has registered a notable increase recently. More specifically, these humongous investors have added more than 470 million (almost $300 million) tokens to their wallets during the last ten days or so. From the chart, it’s visible that the bulk of this buying had come while the asset had still been trading around the $0.58 mark, suggesting that the whales believed the level to be offering a profitable window into the coin. The bet of these investors has clearly paid off, as the cryptocurrency’s price has increased from below the $0.59 mark to above the $0.63 level over the past weekend. Related Reading: Shiba Inu Rallies 34%, But Will FOMO End The Rally? While things have been going well for the coin so far, the indicator could be to keep an eye on in the near future, as what this cohort would do next can end up reflecting in the asset’s price once again. Naturally, if the indicator continues to go up, it will be a bullish sign for XRP since it would imply the whales are supportive of a further surge. On the other hand, a decline could be bad news, as it would mean the whales are participating in profit-taking. XRP Price At the time of writing, XRP is trading around $0.631, up 8% over the past week. Featured image from Dall-E, Santiment.net, chart from TradingView.com
On-chain data shows Bitcoin, XRP, and other top cryptocurrencies have been witnessing notably lesser activity from the whales recently as compared to earlier in the year. Bitcoin, XRP Among Assets Observing A Decline In Whale Transactions In a new post on X, the on-chain analytics firm Santiment has discussed about how the latest trend in the Whale Transaction Count has been looking like for the various top coins in the sector. Related Reading: ‘Paper’ Bitcoin On The Decline: What It Means For BTC The “Whale Transaction Count” here refers to an on-chain metric that keeps track of the total number of transfers occurring on a given cryptocurrency network that are valued at $100,000 or more. Transactions of this scale are generally considered to have been made by the whales, so the Whale Transaction Count represents the amount of activity that these humongous entities are participating in. When the value of the indicator is high, it means the whales are making a large number of moves right now. Such a trend implies that large players have an active interest in trading the asset. On the other hand, the metric being low implies the whales may not be paying much attention to the cryptocurrency as they aren’t making too many moves on the blockchain. Now, here is a chart that shows the trend in the Whale Transaction Count for five top coins, Bitcoin (BTC), XRP (XRP), Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), and Toncoin (TON), over the last few months: As displayed in the above graph, the Whale Transaction Count had been at pretty high levels for Bitcoin and Ethereum back in March. More specifically, between the 13th and the 19th of the month, BTC and ETH had both seen around 115,000 whale transfers. This high activity from the whales had come right after Bitcoin’s all-time high (ATH) price, suggesting that these large holders may have possibly been making the moves to cash in on the rally. In the months since then, the metric has registered a rather notable drop. Bitcoin has seen 60,000 whale transactions recently, while Ethereum’s drawdown has been even more significant as the indicator has stood at just 32,000. Related Reading: Bitcoin Eyes $68,000 In September: Could This Be The Turning Point? The likes of XRP and Cardano hadn’t seen anywhere near as high whale activity in March as these top two coins, but the levels back then were still noticeably higher than today, suggesting whales across the sector have paused their trading activities. As for what this could mean for the various assets, a lack of whale activity can lead to a more stale market, as it’s the large volume from these entities that fuel volatility. Thus, Bitcoin and other coins may see their consolidation continue, as long as the whales remain still. BTC Price Bitcoin had plunged towards the $57,000 level yesterday, but the coin has seen a bounce today as it’s back around $59,000. Featured image from Dall-E, Santiment.net, chart from TradingView.com
The XRP price has seen a sharp rally of over 39% in the past week as on-chain data shows the sharks and whales have been busy accumulating. XRP Sharks & Whales Now Carry Over 85% Of The Entire Supply According to data from the on-chain analytics firm Santiment, large XRP investors have been participating in buying for a while now. The indicator of relevance here is the “Supply Distribution,” which keeps track of the total amount of supply that a particular wallet group is currently holding. Related Reading: Bitcoin Bullish Signal: NVT Golden Cross Suggests BTC Oversold The addresses or investors are divided into these cohorts based on the number of tokens they carry in their balance. For instance, the 1 to 10 coins group includes all holders who own between 1 and 10 XRP. In the context of the current topic, the combined group of sharks and whales is of interest. The sharks and whales are the two largest cohorts in the sector, so their behavior can be worth keeping an eye on, as it may cause ripples in the market. Naturally, the whales are the more influential of the two groups. Santiment defines the lower bound for the combined sharks and whales group as 100,000 tokens. At the current exchange rate of the cryptocurrency, this is worth around $61,200. Below is a chart that shows the trend in the XRP Supply Distribution for these sharks and whales over the past few months: The above graph shows that the XRP sharks and whales have seen their supply rise over the last few months. These large investors now hold around 51.59 billion XRP, equivalent to around 85% of the entire circulating supply of the cryptocurrency. In terms of the pure balance, the supply of this combined cohort has managed to set a new all-time high (ATH) with the latest increase, while in terms of the percentage, the metric is sitting at an 11-month high. The accumulation from the sharks and whales has persisted in this period regardless of whether the cryptocurrency’s price has been rallying or plunging. This conviction from these key investors is naturally an optimistic sign for the asset. While the coin seems bullish in the long term due to this, another development can be a bearish predictor in the short term. As Santiment has pointed out in another X post, investors have shown hype toward XRP on social media. As the chart shows, the sentiment towards the asset has shot up into positive territory following its recovery rally. Historically, cryptocurrencies have tended to move opposite to the majority’s expectations, so this FOMO can end up as an obstacle to the surge. Related Reading: Bitcoin Hasn’t Reached Bull Cycle Top Yet, Quant Explains Why The analytics firm has also attached the data for the sentiment around Cardano (ADA) in the graph. This altcoin appears to be seeing highly negative sentiment, which could be a bullish sign for it. XRP Price XRP has broken past the $0.61 level after witnessing a more than 41% rally over the past week. Featured image from Dall-E, Santiment.net, chart from TradingView.com
On-chain data shows that XRP and Cardano whales have been accumulating recently, which can be bullish for the prices of these altcoins. XRP & Cardano Whales Have Gone On A Buying Spree Recently As analyst Ali explained in a new post on X, XRP whales have seen their holdings go up over the last couple of weeks. The indicator of relevance here is the “Supply Distribution” from the on-chain analytics firm Santiment, which tells us about the total amount of assets the different market groups hold. Related Reading: Bitcoin Not Out Of Danger Yet, NVT Golden Cross Warns The whale cohort is of interest in the current discussion. These investors hold between 1 million and 10 million XRP in their balance. At the current exchange rate, these amounts are worth around $0.52 million and $5.2 million, respectively. Clearly, these are pretty significant holdings, which is why whales are considered influential in the market. Now, here is a chart that shows how the Supply Distribution of the entities belonging to this XRP group has looked like recently: The graph shows that while the XRP price has been stuck in consolidation during the last couple of weeks, the whales have been viewing the opportunity as a buying one. These humongous investors have scooped up over 110 million cryptocurrency tokens (equivalent to almost $57 million) inside this window. This buying scale isn’t particularly massive, but the fact that these investors have been backing the coin through this poor period should be an optimistic sign. It would also appear that XRP isn’t the only one on the large holders’ radar recently. Market intelligence platform IntoTheBlock revealed in an X post that Cardano has also seen a significant buying push. In the above chart, IntoTheBlock displays the holdings of the Cardano investors, which are between 100 million and 1 billion ADA. This range’s bounds convert to about $45.3 million and $453 million, respectively, so these whales would be much more massive than the XRP ones just discussed. As is apparent from the graph, these ADA entities have expanded their holdings over the past month. More particularly, their supply has grown by 11% in this period, which, when considering the scale of the total holdings of this group, is an enormous increase. According to the analytics firm, these Cardano whales now control 6.71% of the entire circulating supply of the cryptocurrency all by themselves. Related Reading: Bitcoin Hash Ribbons Form Capitulation Signal: What It Means This latest buying push towards XRP and ADA from the whales simultaneously could be a potential sign that these large entities are expecting an altcoin rally soon. Given that Cardano has seen it happen at a much more significant scale, the coin could likely see better returns than XRP if a surge does happen. XRP Price XRP has displayed stale price action recently, as its price has continued to move sideways around the $0.52 level. Featured image from Kanchanara on Unsplash.com, IntoTheBlock.com, chart from TradingView.com