XRP’s familiarity helps push ETFs past $1B assets: Exec
XRP has a “number of reasons” that are attracting traditional investor dollars, which has helped to push XRP ETFs over $1 billion in assets, says CF Benchmarks CEO Sui Chung.
#BTCVSGOLD XRP exchange-traded funds have surpassed $1 billion in assets due to the long-standing recognition of the token among mainstream market participants, combined with its strong price performance over the past few years, according to a crypto executive.
It comes as spot Ether
ETH
$2,820
ETFs continue to post outflows, while spot Bitcoin
BTC
$85,324
ETFs have recorded choppy performance over the past week.
“Many investors are taking a position in XRP because of the familiarity. It has a long track record,” Sui Chung, the CEO of crypto price index provider CF Benchmarks, told CNBC on Wednesday.
XRP’s 3-year return not unnoticed by investors
Chung said that XRP’s multi-year performance has also played a role in attracting capital.
“Obviously, price performance has been pretty impressive over the past three or four years, so there are a number of reasons that it’s attracting investor dollars,” he said.
XRP
$1.78
is trading at $1.81 at the time of publication, and while it is up approximately 417% since 2022, it is down 22.81% since Jan. 1, according to CoinMarketCap.
Spot XRP ETF has seen $423.27 million in inflows since Nov. 14, according to CoinGlass, and recently surpassed $1 billion in assets under management, data from SoSoValue shows.
The five major XRP ETF issuers, Canary Capital, 21Shares, Grayscale Investments, Bitwise Asset Management and Franklin Templeton, currently have $1.14 billion in AUM.