US spot XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded their first web outflow day since launch, with about $40.8 million exiting the merchandise on Wednesday, ending a multi-week streak of uninterrupted inflows.
SoSoValue knowledge shows that the pullback marked the primary day by day reversal after XRP (XRP) ETFs had steadily accrued belongings since mid-November 2025. The outflow day additionally adopted a robust begin to the yr, with the funds logging consecutive influx days, pushing their cumulative web inflows to $1.2 billion.
The purple day coincided with heavy promoting strain throughout main crypto-linked ETFs. Farside Buyers knowledge shows that spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs posted $486 million in outflows on Wednesday, their greatest web outflow day since November. Spot Ether (ETH) ETFs additionally flipped detrimental on Wednesday, recording $98 million in web outflows.
Regardless of its first outflow day, XRP ETFs stay among the strongest-performing crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs), with complete web belongings nonetheless hovering above $1.5 billion.
Crypto ETF flows flip combined at begin of 2026
Throughout the opening buying and selling days of the yr, ETF flows have diverged sharply by asset class. Spot BTC ETFs began January with sizable inflows of $471 million on Friday and $697 million on Monday earlier than the reversals of $243 million in outflows on Tuesday and the heftier $486 million drawdown on Wednesday.
Spot ETH ETFs recorded the same sample. The funds posted inflows of $174 million on Friday, $168 million on Monday, and $114 million on Tuesday earlier than Wednesday’s $98 million in outflows.
Smaller crypto ETFs have carried out higher. Spot Solana (SOL) ETFs continued to draw capital, recording modest however constant inflows in the course of the first buying and selling days of January.
Chainlink (LINK) ETFs shifted to flat flows on Wednesday after a number of days of modest inflows starting from $822,000 to $2.2 million.
In the meantime, Dogecoin (DOGE) ETFs recorded no web motion on Tuesday and Wednesday after beginning the yr sturdy with $2.3 million and $1.6 million in inflows on Friday and on Monday.
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From one-way inflows to normalization
The Wednesday outflow follows weeks of sturdy demand for XRP-linked ETF merchandise. The ETFs additionally topped $1 billion in assets under management, which was attributed to investor familiarity with the token and its efficiency. On Dec. 19, CF Benchmarks CEO Sui Chung mentioned XRP’s lengthy observe file made it simpler to draw conventional traders.
XRP ETF momentum persisted through December. By Dec. 30, spot XRP ETFs had a consecutive influx streak of 29 days, at the same time as different crypto ETF merchandise confirmed sharp month-to-month outflows as merchants carried out year-end repositioning.
XRP entered 2026 as one of many best-performing main currencies, supported by its ETF inflows, bullish sentiment and declining trade balances. Nonetheless, analysts warned that ETF inflows and sentiment do not guarantee sustained price appreciation.
The primary outflow day could also be a mirrored image of this transition. On the time of writing, XRP is trading at $2.12, down 7% over the past 24 hours.
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