Whale Moves 94M XRP as ETF Beats Records — What Does It Mean?

Key Takeaways

• A major whale transferred 94 million XRP, worth over $211 million, to Binance.
• The move comes just one day after Canary Capital’s record-breaking XRP ETF debut.
• Bitcoin plunged to its lowest price since May.

A day after Canary Capital’s spot XRP ETF made a record-shattering debut on Nasdaq, a blockchain-tracked transfer of 94 million XRP to Binance has drawn fresh attention.

The sizable transfer has raised questions about whether large holders are repositioning as institutional demand accelerates.

Whale Moves Over $200 Million in XRP

Data from Whale Alert showed the funds, worth more than $211 million at current prices, were moved from an unidentified wallet to Binance early on Friday.

Large transfers to exchanges are typically interpreted as preparations for selling, liquidity provision, or portfolio rebalancing.

One speculating X user wrote : “Someone knows something we don’t yet.”

Some traders suggested the whale may be preparing for increased market activity following the ETF’s launch, or getting ready to “dump.”

However, it’s possible the transfer could simply reflect routine operational movement.

XRP ETF Debut Breaks Records

Canary Capital’s newly launched spot XRP ETF recorded $58 million in first-day trading volume, according to Bloomberg data , marking the strongest debut of any exchange-traded fund to list in 2025.

The fund began trading just days after its pre-launch registration was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The scale of the inflows surprised analysts and commentators.

“Canary’s XRP ETF delivering nearly a quarter-billion dollars in inflows on day one is remarkable,” crypto commentator Nate Geraci wrote on X.

“It raises the question: who could have predicted this level of demand?”

The product’s early performance has highlighted the demand from traditional finance investors looking to increase exposure to XRP, even as the rest of the crypto industry sees losses.

Crypto Crash

The comments come as Bitcoin and the wider crypto industry faced a steep downturn on Friday, briefly dropping to $96,712, its lowest level since May.

Options analytics platform Greeks.Live claimed it was confident to say the industry had entered a bear market, warning leveraged trading was “inadvisable.”

The platform added that “Q4 of this year can be described as the worst on record.”

According to CCN analyst Valdrin Tahiri, Bitcoin could fall to a support zone between $57,600 and $70,600 if the downtrend continues.

He noted that crypto’s total market capitalization could fall to $2.92 trillion, or even $2.50 trillion, if weakness persists.