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