U.S. spot XRP ETFs hit one-year mark holding about 1.16 billion XRP

A year of steady accumulation

So what does the first year look like in numbers? U.Today reported that data shared by the official XRP account on X shows U.S. spot XRP ETFs have steadily expanded their holdings since launch, reaching about 1.16 billion XRP as of the report. (That's the XRP account's figure as relayed by the outlet. It isn't a LeoDex News count.)

The path wasn't flat. A chart shared by the XRP team showed holdings generally rising since November 2025, with notable increases around launch and another significant rise in August.

The products are simple in concept. According to U.Today, XRP ETFs were designed to give investors exposure to XRP through traditional means rather than buying and holding the asset directly.

Who's issuing them

U.Today listed Bitwise, Franklin Templeton, Canary Capital, 21Shares, Grayscale and REX as the asset managers issuing XRP investment products. Six issuers, one underlying asset. The report didn't say how the 1.16 billion XRP total splits across those funds, so there's no issuer-by-issuer breakdown to work from here.

Momentum has cooled

Not every number in the report points the same way.

The outlet said ETF inflow momentum has slowed significantly in recent days, and it attributed that slowdown to prolonged market volatility. It didn't attach dollar values or flow figures to the slowdown, which makes it hard to size how sharp the drop has been. U.Today also noted that XRP hasn't shown strong price growth over the period, even as fund holdings kept building through most of the year.

U.Today's own read is that the anniversary signals growing interest in XRP investment products among institutional investors. That's the publisher's interpretation, not something the holdings figure shows on its own.