Why is XRP up today?

XRP's $1.57 price, up 2.6% on the day and 13.1% on the week, reflects a clear rotation out of Bitcoin and into large-cap altcoins. BTC slipped 0.4% over 24 hours as a $15.6 billion options expiry slowed its rally, while XRP and Solana kept climbing; Bitcoin dominance has faded since the $87K rejection, with XRP, SOL, ADA, LINK and DOGE all outperforming over the week.

Demand is visible on the flows side. US crypto ETFs pulled in more than $3 billion this week, with nearly $800 million going beyond Bitcoin into Ethereum, Solana, XRP and Zcash products, and Bitwise has bought XRP three days running. On-chain trackers report whales accumulating 1.54 billion XRP in 96 hours, including a roughly $724 million cluster of purchases. The SEC's clarification of token and staking classification added to the improved regulatory backdrop.

Two security stories cut the other way: Bitget raised its hack estimate to $387.5 million, with XRP and ether dominating identified outflows and withdrawals still paused, while a D'CENT wallet exploit drained 12.4 million XRP.