XRP Surges 50% in a Month as Open Interest Soars to Highest Since August 2025

DERIVATIVESXRP Surges 50% in a Month asOpen Interest Soars to HighestSince August 202510IMPORTANCECLOSED1NEWS MEDIA1PIECESSep 29, 2026 08:28blockboard.net

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.

What this rests on

Claim by claim, with its source
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Binance XRP open interest posted its strongest monthly growth since August 2025, with the monthly average rising nearly 1.3%.
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XRP gained more than 70% from late August to Sept. 29 and traded near $1.50 on that date.
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XRP recovered more than 50% in value over the last month and was trading around $1.51 at press time.
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Open interest for XRP reached its highest level since August 2025 as the token continued its technical rebound.

What it means

Who it affects, what changes and what is still unconfirmed

Each sentence links inside to the piece that supports it.

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.

Market reaction

XR XRP the headline names this asset from 2 h before to 4 h after the line marks the first headline
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+0.67 % before publication
+0.66 % after
$2price at publication
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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.

How the story was built

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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Sep 29 20:59

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