XRP ETFs log best weekly inflow of 2026 at $60M — but spot price lags at $1.40

Institutional demand for XRP is stacking up across three distinct signals, yet the token has shed more than 5% in 24 hours to trade around $1.40, extending a pullback that began after a brief push above $1.54 — its highest level in two months. The divergence between improving fundamentals and weak price action is the central tension traders are watching.

US-listed XRP ETFs pulled in $60 million in net inflows this week, the strongest weekly total of 2026 according to SoSoValue data, lifting cumulative inflows to $1.39 billion. Separately, CryptoQuant data show roughly 403 million XRP have been withdrawn from Binance since May 3 in transfers exceeding 1 million XRP — a threshold that filters out retail and captures whale or institutional-scale movements. On-chain, XRPL active addresses hit 48,453 in a single 24-hour window, the highest reading since March 30, alongside 3,317 new wallet…