XRP Eyes $1.50 Breakout With $39.6M in Weekly Inflows — But Bitcoin's $80K Floor Is the Real Trigger!

XRP is testing a breakout at $1.50 with a notably clean demand stack behind it: CoinShares logged $39.6 million in weekly XRP product inflows, SoSoValue's spot ETF tracker confirmed $34.21 million in US XRP ETF net inflows over the same period, and CryptoQuant data shows whale deposits to Binance fell to their lowest level since November 2021 — a four-year low in exchange-side sell pressure arriving alongside fresh institutional buying.

The derivatives picture adds urgency. CoinGlass shows XRP near $1.48 with over $3 billion in open interest and $4.9 billion in 24-hour futures volume against $871.7 million in spot — a futures-to-spot ratio of roughly 5.6x. That leverage loading means a macro catalyst can accelerate a move toward $1.60 and $1.75–$1.80 just as fast as it can flush open longs toward $1.44 and $1.40.

The macro catalyst arrives May 12: April CPI at 8:30 a.m. ET. Bank of…