30%, measured from last week's $0.9862 trough to a current price near $1.29, is XRP's sharpest seven-day return since the November 2024 post-election rally that carried the Ripple-associated cryptocurrency toward a $3.65 all-time high. The $0.9862 floor matches the zone where XRP traded just before that rally. Wednesday's 10.40% session did the heaviest lifting, the sharpest single-day print since February 6, when the token also moved more than 20%. Thursday added a second leg, pushing the weekly candle to $1.32.
Bitcoin supplied the ignition. $BTC crossed $72,000 Thursday, its highest price since a June flash crash, after the U.S. Treasury said it would double long-bond buybacks to at least $4 billion per operation starting September 9. That move triggered $3 billion in short liquidations over 24 hours. Hours later, President Trump met with crypto executives from Coinbase, Ripple, and Robinhood at the White House.
$XRP outperformed what its standard Bitcoin correlation would predict. RSI on the daily chart reached 79.2, deep in overbought territory. ADX held above 29, above the 25 threshold that marks a confirmed trend regardless of direction.
What the flow picture shows
| Metric | Reading | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly gain | ~30% | reported |
| Session trough | $0.9862 | reported |
| Wednesday gain | 10.40% | largest since Feb. 6 |
| RSI, daily | 79.2 | overbought above 70 |
| ADX | above 29 | trend confirmed above 25 |
| XRP ETF inflows, rally day | $2.35M | down from $5.81M prior session |
| BTC ETF inflows, same session | $517M | largest since May |
| Futures OI change from rally peak | -11.31% | reported |
| Distance below 200-day MA | -17.5% | reported |
On the day XRP outpaced Bitcoin's gains, daily XRP ETF inflows dropped from $5.81 million to $2.35 million. Bitcoin ETFs absorbed $517 million the same session, their biggest single-day haul since May. Futures open interest has since retreated 11.31% from its rally-day level. XRP trades 17.5% below its 200-day moving average; Thursday's $1.32 high was the closest the token had been to that threshold since January.