XRP Records Abnormal ETF Imbalance as Select US Funds Outperform Token Surge by 100%

XRP ETFs outpace the token by 100% amid an abnormal liquidity mismatch in U.S. order books during a $27.2 million trading session.

Gamza Khanzadaev · 3 Sep 2026 · 5 min read

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XRP Records Abnormal ETF Imbalance as Select US Funds Outperform Token Surge by 100%

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Gamza Khanzadaev

Thu, 3/09/2026 – 16:45

XRP ETFs outpace the token by 100% amid an abnormal liquidity mismatch in U.S. order books during a $27.2 million trading session.

XRP Records Abnormal ETF Imbalance as Select US Funds Outperform Token Surge by 100%

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A sharp price gap has emerged in the U.S. stock market: spot XRP ETFs are rising twice as fast as the token itself. While the token is posting an intraday gain of 7%–8%, shares of some regulated funds are surging by 16%–17%.

CryptoQuant analyst “Xaif_Crypto” was the first to draw attention to the anomaly. According to his post, all seven spot XRP ETFs in the U.S. entered the green during the trading session, recording an interim trading volume of $19.7 million.

*Heatmap of U.S. spot XRP ETFs trading green intraday on September 3, 2026, Source:* *TradingView*

On spot exchanges, XRP was trading around $1.44 at the time, up 7.04% over the past 24 hours, confirming a breakout from its local descending channel and a rebound from the August low of $1.00.

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While order books move into premium territory, data from SoSoValue reveals the other side of the picture: this surge in prices is taking place without any inflow of new capital. The sector even closed the previous session in negative territory, recording net outflows of $7.20 million. The entire amount came from profit-taking by large investors and was concentrated in a single fund, Bitwise. All other issuers recorded zero flows.

*Daily total net inflow and asset tracking chart for spot XRP ETFs, Source:* *SoSoValue*

In other words, this is not an influx of fresh capital but an aggressive internal repricing of ETF shares against a total daily trading volume of $27.22 million.