XRP Ledger Weekly Data Report — Week of August 10–16, 2026
How to read this report
Every metric below carries its source and its snapshot date, and we do not publish figures we cannot trace to a public source. This edition was revised on September 14, 2026 under our fully sourced data policy: figures that had no verifiable weekly reading (futures open interest, AMM TVL) are omitted rather than estimated, and slower-moving ledger metrics carry their last verified snapshot date honestly. The result is a slightly shorter report and a more trustworthy one.
1. Market metrics
| # | Metric | Value | Context / change | Source, date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XRP price (weekly close) | $0.9925 | First weekly close below $1 since November 2024; daily closes: $0.9910 low Tue (recovered +1.03%), $0.9975 low Thu (+0.38%), $0.9874 yearly low Fri — first sub-$1 daily close since Nov 2024 | edgeX market desk, Aug 15–17 |
| 2 | Market capitalization | ~$62.4B (calculated) | $0.9925 × ~62.9B circulating (market-data basis); rank context: total crypto market $2.23T, BTC dominance 57.8% | Calculated from price × CoinGecko supply; market totals via Sensei.news, Aug 16 |
| 3 | 24h spot volume | ~$858M | Reading from the breakdown week; derivatives volume $1.49B/24h | CoinGecko via edgeX, Aug 13 |
| 4 | Distance from cycle peak | −69% | From Jan 2025 peak near $3.30 (edgeX reference); vs the $3.65 all-time high (CoinGecko, Jul 2025), −72.8% calculated | edgeX, Aug 13; CoinGecko |
| 5 | Year-to-date price change | −48% (calculated) | From ~$1.90 in January; the $1.06 shelf lost Aug 6, $1.1304 lost Jun 23 | Calculated; levels per edgeX |
The tape story of the week is the round-number failure: buyers defended $1 twice (Tuesday and Thursday dips both closed green), then capitulation on Friday produced the $0.9874 yearly low and the first sub-$1 daily close since November 2024. Weekly close $0.9925. Volume told the healthier story — spot at $858M and liquidations at just $1.85M ($1.77M of it longs) say this was exhaustion in an already-deleveraged market, not a cascade.
2. Supply & escrow
| # | Metric | Value | Context / change | Source, date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Circulating supply (market-data basis) | ~62.9B XRP | Nearest sourced reading; no independent weekly snapshot this week | CoinGecko basis, Aug |
| 7 | Circulating supply (ledger basis) | 67.53B XRP | Raw activated supply; see note below | XRPScan, Jul 26 |
| 8 | XRP in escrow | 32.445B XRP | ~32% of the original 100B; ~1B unlocks monthly, typically 60–80% re-escrowed (~300M net/month) | XRPScan (community-verified), Jul 26 |
| 9 | Total XRP burned (all-time) | 14.37M XRP | Permanent removal via fees; grows with usage | XRPScan (community-verified), Jul 26 |
| 10 | Activated accounts | 8.02M | Ledger-wide cumulative activations | XRPScan, Jul 26 |
| 11 | ETF net assets (7 funds) | ~$942M | Down from a peak above $1.25B — the flow drought's balance-sheet fingerprint | CryptoSlate via Sensei.news, Aug 16 |
Why two circulating-supply numbers: market-data aggregators apply their own methodology (Ripple's distribution API estimate) to the ledger's raw activated supply. Market caps are computed against the estimate; the ledger figure is what XRPScan reports on-chain. Both are real; they measure different things, and we label both.
3. Network activity
| # | Metric | Value | Context / change | Source, date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Avg daily active addresses (August to date) | ~35,700 | vs ~26,400 in July — +33% | Santiment via edgeX, Aug 13 |
| 13 | Daily active addresses (Aug 14, 24h) | 49,929 | Highest in over two months; ~3% above May's 48,453 (when XRP traded above $1.54); Aug 11 was the network's busiest day in six months | XRP Ledger data via Sensei.news, Aug 16 |
| 14 | Millionaire wallets (≥1M XRP) | +32 in ~3 months | Added during a 29% price decline; one owner can run multiple wallets | Santiment via edgeX, Aug 12–13 |
| 15 | New address creation | Flat | Activity growth driven by existing holders re-engaging, not new entrants | Santiment via Summa Money, Sep (August reading) |
| 16 | Settlement finality | 3–5 seconds | Protocol design constant; consensus, not mining | XRPL protocol specification |
The 12–16 block is the week's most important data. Price printed a 635-day low while every usage metric went the other way: the busiest network day in half a year, a two-month high in active addresses, and 32 new seven-figure wallets during a 29% drawdown. Utility and attention had fully decoupled — the pattern that historically resolves from the price side.
4. RLUSD stablecoin
| # | Metric | Value | Context / change | Source, date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | RLUSD circulating supply | ~$1.87B | Nearest verified reading this window; grew from ~$250M in early 2025 | Ripple transparency page (Deloitte-attested), Aug 20; early-2025 level via KuCoin research |
| 18 | Reserves vs circulation | $1.981B vs $1.866B | Surplus buffer over circulation; monthly independent attestation | Ripple transparency page via FinanceFeeds / Printhereum, Aug 20 |
| 19 | The XRP < RLUSD print | Aug 11 | At the $0.9910 low, 1 XRP briefly traded below 1 RLUSD ($1.00 peg) | Forbes via Sensei.news, Aug 16 |
| 20 | RLUSD issuance model | Native on XRPL + Ethereum | Dual-chain issuance; additional deployments on Base, Ink, Optimism, Unichain and XRPL EVM documented later in August | Ripple documentation via printhereum.com, Aug |
Item 19 deserves its row: the moment a volatile asset trades below the stablecoin built on the same ledger is the kind of market-bottom artifact that reads as farce and ages as foreshadowing. RLUSD itself spent the week doing exactly its job — peg intact, reserves over-collateralized at the Aug 20 attestation.
5. ETF flows & derivatives
| # | Metric | Value | Context / change | Source, date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21a | ETF net inflows by month | May $131.94M → Jun $59.46M → Jul $27.29M → Aug-to-date ~$3.27M | $2.25M of the August total arrived on one day; 11 of the month's first sessions saw days with no net inflow per later coverage | SoSoValue via Sensei.news, Aug 16; Summa Money, Sep |
| 21b | ETF net assets | ~$942M | From a peak above $1.25B — flow drought plus mark-to-market | CryptoSlate via Sensei.news, Aug 16 |
| 22a | 24h liquidations | $1.85M | $1.77M (96%) from longs — leverage already flushed | CoinGlass via edgeX, Aug 13 |
| 22b | Long/short ratio | 0.92 aggregate | vs 3.02 on Binance accounts — venue-level sentiment fragmentation | CoinGlass via edgeX, Aug 13 |
Omitted this week: futures open interest and funding had no verifiable weekly reading in the sources above; by our data policy they are omitted rather than estimated. (For context: coverage later in the month showed open interest falling 15.5% between Aug 17–31 — consistent with the deleveraged tape visible in the liquidation data.)
Sentiment & the week ahead
Fear & Greed printed 34 ("Fear") with total crypto market value at $2.23T (−2.5% on the week) and Bitcoin dominance at 57.8% — the breakdown happened inside broad market beta, not against it. The week ahead carried the calendar: Ripple's three regulatory appearances (Jackson Hole forum Tuesday, White House crypto summit Wednesday, CFTC Thursday) and 26 days to the Senate's CLARITY Act cloture vote. With the ETF buyer absent and usage climbing, the setup was a market waiting for either a capitulation extension through $0.9874 or the first sign of flow re-engagement — and the next two weeks delivered the latter in record size.
Sources & further reading
- Price, weekly close, Fibonacci levels — edgeX market desk, Aug 15–17
- Volume, liquidations, long/short — CoinGecko, CoinGlass via edgeX, Aug 13
- Active addresses, millionaire wallets, new-address trend — Santiment via edgeX, Aug 12–13; Sensei.news, Aug 16; Summa Money, Sep
- Escrow, ledger supply, burn, activated accounts — XRPScan snapshot community-verified, Jul 26
- RLUSD supply, reserves, attestation — Ripple transparency page via FinanceFeeds and Printhereum, Aug 20 snapshot
- ETF monthly flows, net assets — SoSoValue via Sensei.news (Aug 16), CryptoSlate, Summa Money
- Market totals, dominance, Fear & Greed — alternative.me via Sensei.news, Aug 16
FAQ
Why do circulating supply and market cap sources disagree?
They measure different bases. CoinGecko's market-data estimate is built from Ripple's distribution API and nets out certain classified holdings; XRPScan's 67.53B is the ledger's raw activated supply as of July 26. Market caps are computed against the estimate. We publish both with dates rather than silently picking one.
Why are some figures dated July 26 in an August report?
Because that is the freshest verified reading. The escrow (32.445B), burn (14.37M) and activated-accounts (8.02M) figures come from a July 26 XRPScan snapshot that was community-verified and widely cross-reported. These metrics move slowly — escrow ~1B/month with most re-locked, burn well under a million a month — so the readings stay representative, and we date them so you can judge.
How can activity rise 33% while price falls to a yearly low?
Because they measure different populations. Santiment's read: existing holders re-engaging (transacting, repositioning, accumulating — including 32 new millionaire wallets), while new-address creation stayed flat. The retail long tail was leaving as large holders arrived. Activity measures utility; price measures attention. In August 2026 they were in full disagreement.
Why doesn't this report include open interest or AMM TVL?
Under the site's fully sourced data policy, we only publish metrics we could verify against a public source for this week. Neither had a fresh, citable weekly reading at publication. They are omitted rather than estimated, and they return when a verifiable reading exists.
Is this financial advice?
No. XRPLinsights publishes research and commentary for informational purposes. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell XRP or any other asset.