Independent Research XRP Ledger Ripple RLUSD

Data, news & research for the XRP Ledger ecosystem

We track the XRP Ledger and Ripple ecosystem the way a serious analyst would: weekly news reviews with sourced commentary, on-chain and market data reports, RLUSD stablecoin monitoring, and long-form deep dives on the stories that actually move XRP. Five columns, one deep report each week.

Latest Analysis

This week's report in each of our five weekly columns.

Weekly News Review · Aug 10–16

XRP & Ripple Weekly News Review — August 10–16, 2026

Sixteen sourced stories from the week — ETF options chatter, RLUSD at $1.28B, LatAm corridors, an XRPL amendment milestone, state reserve bills — each with a summary, editorial take and the week's data snapshot.

Aug 16, 2026 · 16 items · ~18 min read · News Review
Weekly Data Report · Aug 10–16

XRP Ledger Weekly Data Report — Aug 10–16, 2026

Twenty-two metrics with week-over-week and four-week trends: transactions up 14.3%, active accounts at an 8-week high, RLUSD +$90M, a burn-rate anomaly explained, and a network health score of 8.7/10.

Aug 16, 2026 · 22 metrics · ~14 min read · Data Report
Weekly Intelligence · Aug 16

Weekly Intelligence — August 16, 2026

Five structured questions on the ecosystem — network health, RLUSD momentum, XRPL DeFi, payment corridors, outlook — plus a scorecard reviewing last week's calls (5 for 5) and detailed next-week triggers.

Aug 16, 2026 · ~12 min read · Intelligence
XRP Market Intelligence · August

XRP Market Intelligence — August 2026

Weekly snapshot plus month-to-date review: the four price drivers (ETF flows, RLUSD, macro, regulation), derivatives at $1.94B OI, relative strength vs BTC/ETH, September scenarios and key levels.

Aug 18, 2026 · Weekly + Monthly · ~15 min read · Market
Weekly Deep Dive · Aug 15

XRP ETF Fund Flows: What $4.2B in Inflows Actually Tells Us

Research report: how ETF creations really work, where the money came from, who the buyers are, the issuer fee war, options risk, and three scenarios for the rest of 2026.

Aug 15, 2026 · Research report · ~16 min read · Deep Dive
Methodology

How We Work

One deep report per column per week — sourced, dated and editorially independent. Every figure we publish carries a source and a snapshot date; see our editorial policy.


Our Weekly Columns

Five regular research features across the XRP ecosystem — focused on depth over frequency.

Weekly News Review

Weekly News Review

10–20 of the week's most important XRP & Ripple stories, each with a sourced summary and an editorial take. We filter, de-duplicate and cross-verify before we publish.

Weekly Data Report

Weekly Data Report

Week-over-week and four-week trend analysis of the XRP Ledger's core metrics: transactions, active accounts, RLUSD supply, DEX/AMM activity, the XRP burn rate and a composite network health score.

Weekly Intelligence

Weekly Intelligence

The same five questions, answered every week: network health, stablecoins, DeFi, payments, and an outlook for the week ahead — scored against outcomes. Structured for easy scanning and AI answering engines.

XRP Market Intelligence

XRP Market Intelligence

A combined weekly snapshot and monthly report: price, derivatives, ETF flows, relative strength, driver decomposition and scenario analysis.

Weekly Deep Dive

Weekly Deep Dive

One research-grade report each week on the story that matters most — ETF flows, RLUSD milestones, XRPL upgrades, regulatory turns. Background, data, multiple perspectives, scenarios and risks.