Whales buy $9M daily while XRP longs face repeated liquidations

XRP longs keep getting wiped on Binance, while whales add. Open interest jumps. Sharpe ratio flips just above zero.

XRP futures saw three sharp long liquidations in under two weeks. March 18, then March 22, and March 26. Size ran in the low millions each time. Volatility stays elevated for leveraged longs.

Whales keep buying XRP. CryptoQuant data shows steady inflows since Feb 27 and the longest uninterrupted build in months.

Binance open interest rose about 15% in the 24 hours into Mar 26. Traders added exposure into drawdowns. See the OI series on Binance XRP OI.

Risk-adjusted returns turned slightly positive. The Sharpe Ratio edged to 0.0267 on Mar 26, a move analyst Arab Chain called “gradual rebalancing.” The 30‑day average daily return sits at 0.00063 on the same read.

Spot and futures now diverge. Whales buy. Retail longs get liquidated. Signals remain mixed.