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XRP funds bounce back after that brief red week 🖤 but the quiet stretches in between feel off. Spot exchange-traded funds tracking Ripple’s cross-border token took their first hit last week in over two months yet net inflows have returned. There is still an evident investment exodus that needs discussion since the financial vehicles had no reportable data for too many days.

The hidden issue 🔮

For roughly 2 months while spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs bled heavily with billions leaving both the XRP counterparts enjoyed investors’ attention by gathering fresh capital. In fact they set a 9-week green-only streak in which they attracted almost $200 million. This all changed during the second week of July when data from SoSoValue showed investors pulled out just over $7 million from the funds for the first time in over two months. Green is back on XRP’s street as the past week almost offset all the losses from the previous one. The net inflows for the 5-day trading period stand at $6.78 million. This means the cumulative total net inflow is back to its ATH levels of almost $1.5 billion.

Bitwise’s XRP ETF continues to increase the gap between itself and the first such fund to reach Wall Street with the former now holding almost $500 million in AUM while the latter sits below $470 million. Although the week as a whole stayed in the green all $6.78 million in net inflows came in just one day on July 16. The remaining 4 trading days saw no reportable action according to SoSoValue. Although the XRP ETFs have seen many such days in the past there were never 4 in the same week. Moreover 7 of the last 10 business days have seen net flows of $0.00. This is a rather concerning trend clearly showing interest and demand for the financial products have declined significantly 🌙. Perhaps a portion of the blame falls on the overall sluggish summer season in which trading volumes traditionally drop as investors wait for better times 🕸️. XRP’s sluggish price performance might also turn investors away since the asset failed to break out above the $1.10 resistance despite a few attempts. It remains down by 3% monthly with a market cap well under $70 billion 💀.

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Bitcoin is sneaking up this lazy weekend with a gentle push toward 65,000 after rebounding from 63,700 yesterday. 🦇 Most bigger alts have barely twitched in the last 24 hours so the spotlight shifts to their weekly glow where ZEC, CRO, LTC and ONDO are stealing the show. 🌑

Can BTC Snag 65K Again? 💀

Last weekend felt just as sleepy yet softly upbeat for BTC as it lingered near 64,000 for a full 48 hours even with fresh US-Iran drama heating up. The market finally noticed the rising tension Monday morning and dropped hard to 61,800. Softer than expected June CPI data dropped Tuesday and got a warm welcome pushing BTC past several thousand to hit 65,600 by Wednesday its loftiest mark in roughly three weeks. 🖤 It lost steam fast and tumbled back toward 62,000 Thursday and Friday. Bulls stepped in though and blocked any deeper fall letting BTC claw back to 64,000 yesterday before brushing almost 65,000 earlier today. It still sits just under that crucial short-term level.
Bitcoin market cap has climbed near 1.3 trillion on CG while dominance over alts has surged past 57 percent.

Who Shined This Week? 🌹

Ethereum touched nearly 1,950 early in the week and even after slipping about 100 dollars it still sits 4.2 percent higher than last Sunday. ZEC leads the larger caps with a 9 percent lift to 560. LTC, ONDO and CRO also posted solid weekly climbs reaching up to 8 percent for CRO. 🕸️ On the flip side HYPE tumbled over 9 percent yet held the 60 dollar line and hovers just above it now. BCH, CC, TAO and AAVE also posted notable weekly drops.
Total crypto market cap has grown by around 60 billion since last Sunday and now tops 2.270 trillion on CG.

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A recent report by CoinGecko found that Ripple’s cross-border token is the only cryptocurrency besides the market leader to remain among the largest 10 cryptocurrencies every year for a decade. This came despite the asset’s ups and downs some of which pushed it to new lows.

XRP Stays Strong in Top 10 💀

Before we delved deeper into the report we have a confession to make. It’s not really a new report. It actually came out over a month ago but we somehow missed it. Nevertheless we still think it’s a fun Sunday morning read so here we go. CoinGecko outlined that the cryptocurrency market has changed almost beyond recognition since 2014. Hundreds of projects entered and fell out of the spotlight as former industry heavyweights such as Peercoin Namecoin NXT Dash EOS and Litecoin all spent years among the top 10 elite before eventually falling out. This is not the case with Ripple’s XRP though. The report analyzed annual market-cap snapshots between 2014 and 2026 and found that XRP is the only cryptocurrency besides Bitcoin to remain inside the industry’s top 10 every single year. This streak spans 13 consecutive years and unless there’s a major collapse in 2026 is likely to close its 14th year soon.

The asset managed to remain in the top through the painful 2018 bear market the COVID-19 crash the Terra collapse the FTX bankruptcy and perhaps most impressively Ripple’s years-long battle with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. This was particularly threatening as XRP was delisted from countless exchanges after the SEC’s offensive began and it tumbled hard immediately. Meanwhile Ripple’s token recently celebrated a one-year anniversary since its all-time high of $3.65 was marked last July. However it has dumped by 70% since then.

Shifting Tides in Crypto 🖤

BTC and XRP remaining within the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap for about a decade is among the very few constants. Everything else the report said has changed to its core. For example Bitcoin’s market share accounted for roughly 87% in 2014. Now it’s under 57% on CoinGecko. Stablecoins have become a permanent fixture within the top 10 and 20 alts while exchange tokens like BNB have established themselves alongside traditional layer-1 networks. This year also marked another milestone when Hyperliquid’s HYPE became only the second DeFi project ever to enter the top 10 overtaking Dogecoin. ✨🌑🕸️🦇🕷️🌙

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It’s easy to get lost in the sea of news coming daily in the cryptocurrency world, from Bitcoin price volatility to regulatory battles in Washington and everything in between 🕷️. Sometimes interesting stories are just passed by 🌙. Here are four of the most intriguing news developments that went live in the past week and you might have missed 🦇.

North Korea Ties In MetaMask’s Ranks 💀

According to an internal script obtained by Drop Site News, Consensys the entity behind the popular Ethereum wallet MetaMask confirmed that a consultant introduced through a third-party provider was later found to have links to North Korea 🖤. The reason for concern is that the country’s authorities have long employed hackers to infiltrate popular cryptocurrency projects, find or insert vulnerabilities and later exploit them for their own benefit 🔮. The developer in question worked with MetaMask for about a month and contributed to code related to the wallet before their access was terminated. Consensys said it temporarily suspended product releases to investigate the incident but found no evidence that assets or data were stolen, malicious code was deployed or users were affected ⚰️.

Knaken Declared Bankrupt By Court 🌑

A Rotterdam court declared the local crypto exchange Knaken bankrupt after prosecutors alleged that approximately 7 million euros in customer funds were missing and could not be accounted for. Users were unable to access the platform for approximately a month since it halted operations in June 🕸️. The court concluded that Knaken did not have enough assets to repay all customers. This collapse comes at an intriguing time as the European Union just implemented its MiCA requirements and it raises questions about how effectively the new regulatory framework can protect customers from platforms operating without the required authorization.

Injective Files TA-1 With SEC 🦇

The team behind the popular blockchain project said they submitted Form TA-1 to the US SEC to register as a transfer agent. If approved Injective could maintain official ownership records for tokenized securities directly on-chain. Transfer agents traditionally record ownership changes, process transfers and help issuers maintain shareholder records. However Injective’s new approach aims to represent a practical attempt to connect public blockchains with regulated US capital markets rather than simply using unregulated stock representations.

Injective has filed its transfer agent registration with the SEC, marking a major step towards becoming a leading blockchain with a regulated pathway to issue securities onchain. This advances RWA market infrastructure in the New Internet Economy, right here in the US. pic.twitter.com/u97CMk1rBT

— Injective 🥷 (@injective) July 16, 2026

Robinhood Chain Pulls In ETH Liquidity 🖤

Robinhood Chain’s first couple of weeks of existence have been quite overwhelming especially for Ethereum. Reports emerged a few days ago that over 70 million dollars worth of the altcoin was already bridged to the newly launched chain. These significant early inflows suggest impressive interest in the new ecosystem but the real test will be whether the liquidity remains after this initial hype period and develops into sustained trading and application usage. Is this indeed demand for tokenized assets rather than short-term speculative activity?

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2026 has been quite interesting and unexpected in terms of investments. Gold and silver started the year strong with massive gains and new all-time highs, while BTC has been mostly trading downward. While Bitcoin’s correction intensified after the January rejection at $95,000, the two largest precious metals tumbled as well. Perhaps a large portion of gold’s losses could be attributed to how investors turned on the largest ETF tracking its performance.

Will GLD Stage a Comeback? 🦇

Data provided by the analysts at the Kobeissi Letter indicated that the world’s largest gold-backed ETF, World Gold Council’s GLD, has seen a substantial investor exodus that began in March this year. In the span of just the third month of the year, the financial vehicle lost a whopping $8.5 billion. This became the largest monthly withdrawal in GLD’s 22-year history. This worrying trend eased to an extent in the following months, but red continued to dominate. Investors pulled out $1.7 billion in April, a more modest $872 million in May, and $3.2 billion in June. The mid-month data for July shows that the withdrawals have dropped to under $50 million, prompting the analysts to speculate whether the gold market is “setting up for a comeback.”

BREAKING: The largest US gold-backed ETF, $GLD, has recorded -$14.4 billion in outflows since March 1st.

This is 50% more than the -$9.6 billion in outflows seen across all Bitcoin ETFs since the October peak.

In March alone, investors withdrew -$8.5 billion from $GLD, the… pic.twitter.com/0Wvwlqxpxi

— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) July 16, 2026

These net outflows coincided with gold’s price collapse. The bullion peaked at $5,600/oz in late January, but it has lost nearly 30% of its value since then, declining to $4,000/oz as of Friday’s close.

BTC ETFs Bleed Too 🌑

With roughly $130 billion in AuM, GLD is more than twice as big as all spot Bitcoin ETFs combined. As such, it’s rather difficult to compare the respective net outflows. Nevertheless, the ongoing narrative is that investors have turned on BTC, which is supported by the recent negative streak that began in May. In the span of approximately two months, investors pulled out just over $8 billion from all BTC ETFs, pushing the cumulative total net inflows down to $51.22 billion from $59.34 billion. June was the worst month, with over $4.5 billion leaving the funds, which was more than GLD’s exodus. Perhaps it’s no surprise that the underlying asset’s price performance has been quite painful within this timeframe. BTC was rejected at $83,000 when the withdrawal wave began in mid-May, and plunged to a multi-year low of $57,700 on July 1. Although it has recovered some ground since then, the ETFs’ behavior remains highly uncertain to support a more profound rally. 🖤 🕸️ 🌙 💀 👁️ 🩸 🦇

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Bitcoin dipped on Friday like clockwork yet clawed back fast and now stares down 64000 once more 🖤. Most bigger altcoins idled sideways daily while Eth Xrp and Sol inched up slightly with Ada claiming the biggest lift from that pack 🌙.

Btc Snaps Back Aiming At 64K 🦇

The week kicked off with the usual plunge for the top coin sliding from near 64000 down below 62000 on Middle East tensions 🕷️. No fresh buys or sells from strategy left things calm while eyes fixed on Tuesday’s US CPI print. Inflation landed cooler than the 3.8 to 3.9 percent guesses at just 3.5 percent so price shot from that low straight to a three week high of 65500 by Wednesday before rejection hit 💀. The same Friday drop pattern repeated with a few grand shaved off yet bulls stepped in at 62400 and halted further slides. Instead it bounced to 64400 earlier today and now battles for 64000 amid chatter of big volatility ahead 🩸. Market cap stays over 1280 trillion while dominance lingers at 56.5 percent.

Pi And Cro Stir While Others Linger 🕯️

Larger alts mostly hold steady today with Eth Xrp Sol Hype Doge Zec and Xlm showing tiny greens whereas Bnb Trx and Rain posted minor dips. Ada’s token climbed past 4.5 percent now trading above 0.165. Cro extends its run after that fresh 400 million dollar funding and sits over 5 percent higher 🕸️. Pi network keeps swinging wild after fresh all time lows this week yet it rebounded off the 0.07 support and now sits above 0.08 following an 8 percent daily gain 💉. Total crypto market cap added around 30 billion overnight and stands above 2.270 trillion.

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