Capital Flow

Ripple supports tokenization of $280 million worth of UAE-certified diamonds on the XRPL, bridging physical assets and the digital economy. Since the launch of the XRP ETF in November 2025, there has been a cumulative inflow of $1.3 billion. On the technical side, XRP is hovering around $1.56, having lost the critical support turned resistance at $1.78. It needs to break through and recover $2.00 to reverse the trend; otherwise, it could decline to $0.70.

The simultaneous movement of 5,493 ETH by co-founder Vitalik Buterin and the forced dumping of 30,000 ETH by Trend Research amidst a \$7.6 billion paper loss for top bulls is not a simple sell-off story. It is a critical market-clearing event that separates strategic, ecosystem-focused capital from over-leveraged, speculative positioning. This divergence, occurring as Ethereum battles to reclaim its 200-week moving average near \$2,450, signals a painful but necessary maturation: the net

"Hyperunit Whale" completely crashed, the whale liquidated all Ethereum leveraged positions, incurring losses of approximately $250 million, with only $53 remaining in the account. Previously, he made a profit of $200 million from shorting before Trump's tariffs in October, then switched to long positions, building a $730 million position. This week, Ethereum plummeted to $2,400, leading to a full liquidation.

Glassnode and Coinbase Institutional jointly release the 2026 Q1 report, revealing a structural market shift after deleveraging: BTC market share approaches 59%, systemic leverage drops to 3% of the total cryptocurrency market cap, and options open interest for the first time surpasses perpetual futures.