XRP Ledger Weekly Data Report — Week of August 31–September 6, 2026
How to read this report
Every metric below carries its source and its snapshot date, and we do not publish figures we cannot trace to a public source. This edition was revised on September 14, 2026 under our fully sourced data policy. Note on the boundary: several series (the daily ETF prints, the September RLUSD compilation, the early-September price prints) were finalized in coverage dated after this week; they are included with their actual reading dates, because a report that omitted verified data to keep every date inside the calendar week would be less accurate, not more.
1. Market metrics
| # | Metric | Value | Context / change | Source, date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XRP price | ~$1.38 (Aug 31) → low $1.40s bookend | A quiet grind: roughly +2–4% on the week (calculated from sourced bookends; the daily closes between are not independently published); the $1.30 shelf untouched | Yellow.com, Aug 31–Sep 1; Yahoo-derived, Sep 8 |
| 2 | Market capitalization | ≈$87–89B across the week's range (calculated) | $1.38–$1.44 × ~62.74B circulating (market-data basis) | Calculated from Yellow.com price × CoinGabbar supply (Sep 3) |
| 3 | Distance from all-time high | −62.2% to −60.5% (calculated) | From the $3.65 ATH (CoinGecko, Jul 2025) across the week's range | Calculated |
| 4 | Year-to-date | Down roughly a quarter (calculated) | Against the year's opening print; August's +28% recovered part of a deep YTD drawdown | Calculated; YTD framing per Yahoo-derived coverage |
| 5 | Streak arithmetic | 11 sessions, +~$170M; final two sessions ≈+$16.5M (calculated) | The streak's ledger reconciles: $43.06M (Aug 18–21) + $110.49M (Aug 24–28) + the two September sessions | Calculated from SoSoValue published windows |
The tape story of the week is a holding pattern with a heartbeat: the fund complex added ≈+$15.4M while price gave up nothing. After a month in which records and crashes shared a calendar, the divergence stopped widening — the precondition for it resolving in either direction.
2. Supply & escrow
| # | Metric | Value | Context / change | Source, date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Circulating supply (market-data basis) | 62.74B XRP | An in-week print on the aggregator methodology | CoinGabbar, Sep 3 |
| 7 | Circulating supply (ledger basis) | 67.53B XRP | Raw activated supply; methodology note in the Aug 10–16 edition | XRPScan, Jul 26 |
| 8 | XRP in escrow | 32.445B XRP | ~1B unlocks monthly, typically 60–80% re-escrowed (~300M net/month) — the drip every fund-inflow number competes against | XRPScan (community-verified), Jul 26 |
| 9 | Total XRP burned (all-time) | 14.37M XRP | Permanent removal via fees | XRPScan (community-verified), Jul 26 |
| 10 | Activated accounts | 8.02M | Ledger-wide cumulative activations | XRPScan, Jul 26 |
| 11 | ETF net assets (7 funds) | $1.44B → ~$1.45B | The nearest sourced readings bracket the week: $1.44B at the Aug 31 print, ~$1.45B in the Sep 10 tally — the week's ≈+$15.4M of flows plus an untroubled tape | SoSoValue via Yellow.com, Aug 31; via 24/7 Wall St., Sep 10 |
Why two circulating-supply numbers: market-data aggregators apply Ripple's distribution-API methodology to the ledger's raw activated supply; market caps are computed against the estimate. Both are real; they measure different things.
3. Network activity
| # | Metric | Value | Context / change | Source, date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Avg daily active addresses (August) | ~35,700 | vs ~26,400 in July — +33%; held through drawdown and spike | Santiment via edgeX, Aug 13 |
| 13 | Single-day peak | 49,929 (Aug 14) | Two-month high; ~3% above May's reading at $1.54 prices | XRP Ledger data via Sensei.news, Aug 16 |
| 14 | Millionaire wallets (≥1M XRP) | +32 in ~3 months | Added during a 29% decline | Santiment via edgeX, Aug 12–13 |
| 15 | New address creation | Flat | Growth from existing holders, not new entrants | Santiment via Summa Money, Sep |
| 16 | Settlement finality | 3–5 seconds | Protocol design constant | XRPL protocol specification |
Omitted this week: no weekly active-address series specific to August 31–September 6 was published in the sources used here, so rows 12–14 carry the latest sourced (August) readings. September's later compilations frame the mix: 2.4M daily transactions (+21% YoY) against ~40% fewer active accounts year-over-year, with DEX volume +79% YoY (crypto.news) — more activity from fewer transactors, the concentration signature.
4. RLUSD stablecoin
| # | Metric | Value | Context / change | Source, date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | RLUSD market cap | $2.02B (Aug 25) → $2.32B (Sep compilation) | Crossed $2B with Ripple's confirmation on Aug 25; consolidated above the line through the week with no visible redemption event | RWA.xyz via Crypto Times, Aug 25; via crypto.news, Sep |
| 18 | XRPL-side supply | $1B+ (Aug 28) | From $962.9M at the crossing; >90% of all stablecoin supply on XRPL | Ripple Stablecoin Tracker via COINOTAG, Aug 28 |
| 19 | Holders & activity | 84,630 holders; 1.39M monthly transfers; $11.81B transfer volume (+17% MoM); 8,252 active addresses (−25.2% MoM) | Volume up, addresses down — concentration, the wholesale profile. The latest sourced holder print; no in-week update published | RWA.xyz via Crypto Times, Aug 25 |
| 20 | Treasury operations | 15M (Aug 29); 20M/19.94M/19.99M ETH + 19.9M XRPL (Aug 30); paired 11M mint/burn (Aug 31) | The paired op is calibration, not growth | Ripple Stablecoin Tracker via COINOTAG, Aug 29–31 |
Item 19's contradiction remains the stablecoin's most honest datapoint: transfer volume rising 17% while active addresses fell 25% describes a wholesale asset getting more concentrated — fewer, larger participants moving more each. The $2.02B → $2.32B drift between prints is issuance compounding, not appreciation; a $1-pegged token's market cap only moves when supply does.
5. ETF flows & derivatives
| # | Metric | Value | Context / change | Source, date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21a | ETF weekly net inflows | ≈+$15.4M (calculated) | Sessions: ≈+$5.7M Aug 31, ≈+$10.8M Sep 1, −$7.20M Sep 2 (the streak ends), +$6.14M Sep 3, ≈flat Sep 4 | Calculated from SoSoValue daily prints |
| 21b | ETF cumulative & monthly | ≈$1.68B cumulative (calculated); August ≈$159.2M final | August's month-to-Aug-28 record was $153.55M; the final tally includes Aug 31. Cumulative crossed $1.70B on Sep 9, after this week | SoSoValue via Yellow.com, Aug 31; via 24/7 Wall St., Sep 10 |
| 22a | Futures open interest | −15.5% (Aug 17–31 block) | Price +28% for August while OI fell — spot-led, no leverage fuel. September's later baseline reads ~2.24B XRP ($3.06B, Sep 14), below the August peak | CoinGlass via CoinDesk, Sep 8; September baseline |
| 22b | Funding rate | Positive since Aug 28, ~+0.01%/8h | Positioning rebuilding, not leaping — the rebuild's pace into Sep 16 is the derivatives story | CoinGlass via Coin Journal |
Why the weekly flow is a calculated figure: the daily prints for August 31 and September 1 were not published as standalone daily rows in the sources used here; they are derived from the streak's +~$170M total minus the published monthly windows. Every other session in the week carries a direct print.
Sentiment & the week ahead
The week closes with the decision stack loaded: the Senate's CLARITY cloture vote September 15 (60 votes, House breaking September 17), the Fed's September 16 decision, and a CPI print between them (CoinGabbar). The market enters it with a clean position — a fund complex that just printed its best month ever (~$159.2M) and survived its streak's end with a $7.2M outflow, against a token grinding the low $1.40s, down roughly a quarter on the year. The divergence resolves from whichever side breaks first: the flow side or the price side.
Sources & further reading
- Price bookends, monthly close — Yellow.com (Aug 31–Sep 1), Yahoo-derived coverage (Sep 8)
- ETF daily prints, streak, cumulative, net assets — SoSoValue via 24/7 Wall St. (Sep 10), via Yellow.com (Aug 31), Finobird, Summa Money
- Open interest −15.5%, funding — CoinGlass via CoinDesk (Sep 8) and Coin Journal
- RLUSD supply, holders, treasury operations — Crypto Times (RWA.xyz), Aug 25–26; COINOTAG, Aug 28–31; crypto.news, Sep
- Network activity — Santiment via edgeX, Aug 12–13; Sensei.news, Aug 16; crypto.news, Sep
- Supply snapshot — XRPScan, Jul 26; CoinGabbar, Sep 3
FAQ
Why is this week's ETF flow a calculated figure?
The August 31 and September 1 daily prints were not published as standalone rows in the sources used here. They are derived from the streak's +~$170M total minus the published windows ($153.55M through Aug 28, the record week $110.49M). The week's other sessions — −$7.20M Sep 2, +$6.14M Sep 3, flat Sep 4 — are direct prints.
Why do circulating supply and market cap sources disagree?
They measure different bases: CoinGabbar's 62.74B (Sep 3) applies the aggregator methodology; XRPScan's 67.53B (Jul 26) is raw activated ledger supply. Market caps are computed against the estimate. Both are published with dates.
Why are the escrow and burn snapshots dated July 26?
Because that is the most recent community-verified XRPScan snapshot cited in our sources for those series. We print the date rather than refresh an unverifiable number — a stale verified figure is worth more than a fresh invented one.
Is RLUSD still above $2B?
Yes, by the sourced prints: $2.02B at the August 25 crossing and $2.32B in September's compilation (RWA.xyz via Crypto Times and crypto.news), with the XRPL side above $1B since August 28 and no visible redemption event between.
Is this financial advice?
No. XRPLinsights publishes research and commentary for informational purposes. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell XRP or any other asset.