XRP Is Splitting in Two — And the Data Tells a Very Specific Story



 XRP is sitting quietly near $1.34. Nothing dramatic on the surface. But underneath, two completely different markets are forming around the same token.

On one side, spot buyers are accumulating. On the other, Binance perpetual futures traders are selling at a pace that just set a record negative reading. The gap between those two forces has not been this wide in months.

In the last week alone, Binance and Bybit combined added nearly 79.6 million XRP in open interest in a single session. That is the strongest derivatives expansion since mid-March. But CryptoQuant data shows Binance perpetual CVD sitting at negative $641.9 million, a record low, meaning the people opening those positions are overwhelmingly selling, not buying.

At the same time, XRP Ledger transaction counts spiked in April 2026 in a pattern that looks nearly identical to what happened before the 2021 rally and before the 2024-2025 run to $3.17. Network activity moved first. Price followed. Not immediately, but it did follow.

Then there is the sentiment picture. Santiment data published May 25 shows the positive-to-negative comment ratio on XRP dropping to 1.1:1, the lowest in three weeks. Historically, readings like this on XRP have preceded rebounds. Fear peaks, then buyers who were waiting step in.

None of this guarantees a move higher. Binance perp sellers could be right. The transaction count spike could fail to repeat history. Sentiment can stay fearful. But the combination of these three data points in the same window is not something that shows up regularly.

The full breakdown, including the liquidation data showing long positions absorbing most of the pain since February, and the macro projection based on the XRPL cycle history, is in the complete analysis over at CryptoNewsLive.org.

Read the full article here: XRP Spot Buyers and Perp Sellers Are Pulling Hard in Opposite Directions

CryptoNewsLive.org covers crypto market structure, on-chain data, and derivatives analysis with a focus on what the numbers actually show, not what the crowd expects them to show.

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