XRP Surges 50% in a Month as Open Interest Soars to Highest Since August 2025
XRP traded around $1.50 to $1.51 on Sept. 29 after a strong monthly move, and both items tied that move to a rise in open interest that reached levels not seen since August 2025. One item said Binance XRP open interest posted its strongest growth since August 2025, while the other said open interest had climbed to its highest since that month.
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What is still open is how long the rebound and open-interest increase will last, because the items only describe the situation at Sept. 29 and at press time. A later reading of XRP price and open interest would settle whether the move continued beyond the point described here.
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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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