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XRP open interest on Binance falls 15% from six-month high

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XRP open interest on Binance fell from a six-month high set on September 22 to a lower level on September 29. Funding rates and leverage ratios also moved lower over the same stretch, while XRP’s price stayed near recent highs.

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XRP open interest on Binance was down 15% from a six-month high.
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The move pointed to more cautious trading and a smaller amount of open positioning on the exchange.
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Binance XRP open interest reached a six-month high on September 22 before dropping 15.3% to $521.5 million by September 29.
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Funding rates and leverage ratios declined over the same period.

What it means

XRP traders on Binance saw less open positioning by September 29 than a week earlier, and that is the part visible to market participants first. Anyone watching the exchange would notice lower leverage and funding rates alongside the open-interest drop, while XRP’s price remained near recent highs.

Market reaction i

XRPXRP the headline names this asset
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+0.7% 2 h before
0.0% 4 h after
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The move was larger before the first headline than after. That is an observation, not an explanation: the market also moves on things nobody publishes.

Coverage timeline

Every piece in order, with the time its news medium declares — if it is not believable we use ours and say so — and what it added to what was already known at that point. Arriving first is not the same as adding something.

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Oct 1 10:02
Crypto Briefing scoop
Breaks the event
+1 h 42 m
Oct 1 11:44
Crypto Economy adds
Adds $616.1M and $521.5M

Has this happened before?

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38 days ago Binance XRP Open Interest Posts Strongest Growth Since August 2025 event 2 actors in common · 2 news media
39 days ago Binance Will Move Crypto From Funding Accounts to Spot Accounts Sept. 29 event 1 actors in common · 3 news media
39 days ago Binance Liquidates $6.54 Million Bitcoin Long Position event 1 actors in common · 2 news media
40 days ago $15.6B Bitcoin Options Expiry Clears As BTC Holds Near $84K event 1 actors in common · 3 news media
42 days ago Coinbase Spots Extreme Bullish Demand in XRP Options event 1 actors in common · 2 news media