The XRP market has suddenly emerged from a multi-month slumber as a key political date approaches. According to CryptoQuant, futures trading volume for the token hit a 6-month high at the end of summer.
Speculative interest in derivatives has returned after a prolonged period of calm: large players (whales) have begun aggressively accumulating positions, while Binance has traditionally become the main liquidity hub — its share of the volume charts dominated by a huge margin ahead of the fateful Senate vote on September 15.
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XRP monthly futures volume hits a 6-month high in August 2026, driven by a liquidity surge on Binance. Source: CryptoQuant
This surge does not look like isolated retail speculation. The futures boom coincided with the first signs of an institutional push in the US: US spot XRP ETFs recorded a net inflow of $18.96 million. This pushed the combined assets under management (AUM) of these funds to $1.48 billion.
Charts are cooling, but large players are not leaving. The market appears to be waiting for a major move.
On the spot market charts, this fundamental shift was reflected in a tectonic change. In August, a powerful impulse broke through the prolonged downtrend that had lasted since the beginning of the year, sending the price of XRP to a peak of $1.65. By September 7, the coin had moved into a natural consolidation range of $1.34–$1.48 and was holding around $1.40.
TradingView technical indicators show that the current sideways movement is a "healthy" breather. The price has established itself above the key moving average ($1.2739), which is now acting as a rock-solid support level. Sellers have been unable to push the price below it while the market digests the new volumes.
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The return of large liquidity to futures markets always precedes volatility, and in the current environment, it directly indicates that large players are opening positions ahead of the move (front-running). The synchronized inflow of money into ETFs and the ability to hold the $1.40 level point to preparations for a powerful impulse.
The nearest task for the bulls is to break through the local resistance at $1.50, which, ahead of September 15, could pave the way for a rapid retest of the August highs.
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