Interest in the XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) has reignited after widely followed investor Paul Barron revealed that “big news” could emerge this week.
His comments spread throughout the XRP community, raising expectations that another update or launch might be imminent.
Strong ETF flows in cryptocurrencies
The new attention comes with a breakdown of business results shared by Nate Geraci, president of NovaDius Wealth. He highlighted the top performing ETFs and their year-to-date inflows. While Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs dominated the list, XRP also made a notable appearance.
Among the most notable was BlackRock’s IBIT Bitcoin ETF, which recorded its largest inflow since the beginning of the year at $25 billion. Grayscale’s Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF followed with $1.11 billion. Bitcoin ETFs continued to lead inflows, with other Bitcoin ETFs including Fidelity ($477 million) and VanEck ($305 million).
BlackRock’s Ethereum ETF also led the ETH sector with $9.12 billion. Other Ethereum ETFs from BlackRock, Grayscale, and Fidelity also ranked high, albeit with lower volume. Bitwise’s Solana Staking ETF also showed solid traction, with $839 million in inflows.
Meanwhile, for XRP holders, Canary XRP ETF (XRPC) has recorded inflows of $384.33 million since the beginning of the year. This ranks at the top of all ETFs even though it was only launched in November.
The XRP ETF landscape continues to expand
Besides Canary’s product, several other XRP ETFs have already been published, but they were not included in the top performers list. These include:
- 21Shares: Approximately $250 million in assets under management
- Bit: Approximately $227 million
- Grayscale: Approximately $244.23 million
- Franklin: approximately $206.9 million
All XRP Spot ETFs were launched in November and December. Currently, the combined assets under management of both companies are approximately $1.24 billion, and cumulative inflows are $1.14 billion. For a newly launched ETF category, these numbers highlight strong early demand.
Some industry commentators, such as Teucrium CEO Sal Gilbertie, say that while the current numbers are impressive, they could have been higher without the bearish sentiment that has dominated the market since last month. Still, the XRP ETF has shown impressive performance, generating over $1 billion in just 21 days of sustained inflows.
As Barron’s tweet suggested, all eyes are now on what will happen.
What does “big news” mean?
Many are interpreting Baron’s comments as a potential update regarding another XRP ETF. One of the products the community has been eyeing is the WisdomTree XRP ETF, which is one of the pending ETFs scheduled to be launched next.
Next is WisdomTree pic.twitter.com/5hKrdYU02E
— XRP🅧 Army (@chachakobe4er) December 29, 2025
At the same time, speculation surrounding the BlackRock XRP ETF continues to grow. However, at this time there are no XRP product applications or pending approvals related to BlackRock, and such expectations are premature.
This could have a noticeable impact on market sentiment as multiple XRP ETFs have already attracted significant inflows and at least one more set is expected to be launched soon.
