Weakening demand across multiple market indicators is raising questions about whether the XRP Ledger's expanding institutional pipeline can sustain investor and network activity. US spot XRP exchange-traded funds saw roughly $7.2 million in net outflows during the week ending July 10, according to SoSoValue, ending a nine-week streak of inflows. At the same time, open interest in XRP futures contracts declined by about $700 million, signaling that traders are unwinding leveraged positions and reducing exposure to the token. The pullback contrasts with efforts to build out a roughly $4 billion institutional pipeline on the XRP Ledger, which aims to attract enterprise and financial-sector adoption. The divergence highlights a broader test for XRP: whether long-term infrastructure development and institutional interest can offset near-term declines in speculative trading activity and short-term investor sentiment.
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