XRP price shows remarkable consolidation at a time when the rest of the market is suffering from sharp declines, supported by strong ETF inflows. XRP funds managed to attract $8.88 million in the last session, continuing a successful streak including $18.52 million on May 14 and $10.87 million on May 15, bringing last week’s total net inflows to $42 million.
On the other hand, Bitcoin-traded funds experienced further hemorrhaging, with an outflow of $100.9 million in the same session, after a tough run of red daily recoveries amounting to $648.6 million, $331.1 million, and $290.4 million, respectively. Ethereum was not spared from this wave either, as it lost $32.6 million during the last session.
The positive outlook is not limited to fund flows, but also to the XRP network Fourth largest daily increase in portfolio creation in 2025with 4,300 new addresses added in just 24 hours.
$XRP 4,300 new wallets were created in 24 hours, the 4th largest spike in 2026. Network growth is one of the main signals to identify reversals.
View XRP network growth and address activity levels at any time with this handy chart: pic.twitter.com/Fbo1WRKEN8
– Santiment Intelligence (@SantimentData) May 21, 2026
This stark contrast between XRP’s inflows and Bitcoin and Ethereum’s outflows indicates selective capital rotation, as both currencies struggle to stay above their key support levels.
Will XRP price manage to cross the $1.50 level this week?
XRP price is currently in a horizontal range between $1.36 and $1.38. Although the weekly picture looks less optimistic with a 7% decline over the past seven days, the current stability represents an attempt to recover from the decline and not just a continuation of the downward trend.
The $1.20 to $1.25 area can be identified as a crucial support floor, while the $1.50 to $1.60 range represents a near-term resistance zone that XRP has yet to convincingly reclaim.
Options positions around the $1.40 level indicate that this is an attractive point in the near term, suggesting that market makers could keep the price in a tight range before contracts expire in June. Although ETF flow data is encouraging, spot trading volumes remain modest, limiting the momentum behind this move.
The data confirms that the currency is in a critical zone and has not yet confirmed a complete trend reversal, so the $1.40 level should be carefully monitored in the coming period.
Bitcoin Hyper: a network with superior specifications
Despite the allure of the liquidity flow story into XRP, the currency’s success in breaking through the $1.60 level from $1.37 would represent an increase of just 17%. For traders looking to expand the Bitcoin ecosystem, institutional capital inflows and infrastructure projects without achieving massive market capitalization, early pre-sale stages offer a completely different risk-reward profile.
The Bitcoin Hyper project ($HYPER) is currently available for pre-sale on $0.0136He has already managed to raise the colossal sum of $100,000 $32 million Again. The project is positioned as the first layer 2 of Bitcoin to integrate with the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM), targeting ultimate sub-second transaction speeds and smart contract capabilities on top of Bitcoin’s security layer, with performance beyond the Solana network itself.
The project relies on a decentralized canonical bridge to process Bitcoin transfers, and the staking feature is currently active with a high annual yield (APY) of up to 36% For the first participants.
This infrastructure thesis is consistent with the capital cycle dynamics currently driving XRP; Investors are not leaving the cryptocurrency market, but are looking for assets with structural growth potential that major currencies are no longer able to provide on the same scale.
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