TLDR
- XRP price fear hit a 3-week high, with the bulls-bears sentiment ratio dipping to around 1.10 to 1.0 on May 25.
- Short-term XRP traders are averaging losses of nearly 47% over the past 30 days.
- The 30-day MVRV ratio has fallen below December 2020 levels, placing XRP in what Santiment calls an “extreme opportunity zone.”
- U.S. spot XRP ETFs pulled in $11.88 million on May 29 alone, with $35 million added from May 20–29.
- Bitcoin ETFs lost $1.70 billion and ether ETFs shed $309 million over the same period.
XRP has been holding near the $1.35 range even as fear among traders reached its highest point in nearly three weeks. On-chain data and ETF flow numbers tell two different stories about where the asset stands right now.
Santiment data shows the sentiment ratio for XRP dipped to around 1.10 to 1.0 on May 25. That pushed the asset into what analysts call the “FUD Zone,” a range where fear and uncertainty dominate social media chatter.
Historically, drops into this zone have been followed by price recoveries. The logic is simple — when most traders are fearful, selling pressure tends to ease and buying can pick up.
Despite the pessimism, the XRP price has not experienced a major breakdown. It has continued to hold above key support levels near $1.34.
Analyst Ali Charts pointed to that $1.34 level directly. “I’m watching the bottom of the rising channel at $1.34 as a potential buying zone for XRP,” Ali Charts said on X. “If it holds, targets sit at $1.37 and $1.40.” The comment came as traders weighed whether the current consolidation would break higher.
I’m watching the bottom of the rising channel at $1.34 as a potential buying zone for $XRP.
If it holds, targets sit at $1.37 and $1.40. pic.twitter.com/to0eq1SADA
— Ali Charts (@alicharts) May 31, 2026
Short-Term Traders Are Deep in the Red
Santiment data shows that XRP traders operating over a 30-day window are down an average of 47%. Many appear to have sold at local lows after giving back gains made in late 2024 and early 2025.
The 30-day MVRV ratio — a measure of unrealized profit or loss across the market — has now fallen below where it stood in December 2020. Santiment has labeled this an “extreme opportunity zone,” a term they use when the ratio reaches historically low levels that have preceded recoveries before.
Santiment also flagged a specific event on X. The largest XRP exchange inflow of the year hit on Thursday — over 22.80 million XRP moved onto exchanges. But in the days that followed, 25.24 million XRP moved back off exchanges. Santiment noted that this large on-exchange move happened right at a local price low, and that XRP’s trading value has risen about 5% since that capitulation point.
📊 Right after the largest $XRP exchange inflow (+22.80M XRP) of the year happened Thursday, on-chain data indicates even more coins (-25.24M) have moved back off of exchanges since.
🤦 The massive flow of coins moving on to exchanges occurred right at the local bottom for… pic.twitter.com/ntzvOIEhUn
— Santiment Intelligence (@SantimentData) May 30, 2026
XRP ETFs Continue to Attract Inflows
While fear dominates sentiment data, ETF flows have been moving in the opposite direction.
U.S.-listed spot XRP ETFs recorded $11.88 million in net inflows on May 29. Bitwise led the group at $7.36 million, followed by Canary’s XRPC at $2.38 million and Franklin’s XRPZ at $2.14 million.
JUST IN: ETF clients buy $11.88 million worth of $XRP, bringing total ETF-held net assets to $1.12 billion. pic.twitter.com/IzYIN8yaJj
— Whale Insider (@WhaleInsider) May 30, 2026
From May 20 to May 29, XRP ETFs brought in a total of $35 million. Over the same period, bitcoin ETFs lost $1.70 billion and ether ETFs shed $309 million.
Total net assets in U.S. XRP ETFs now stand near $1.12 billion, with cumulative net inflows reaching $1.42 billion.
Spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $125.31 million in outflows on May 29, marking a 10th straight day of redemptions.
An unresolved story from October 2025 also remains in the background. Bloomberg reported that Ripple Labs was leading an effort to raise at least $1 billion through a SPAC to accumulate XRP inside a treasury vehicle. CoinDesk has reached out to Ripple for confirmation, but no update has been provided.
