Are XRP Futures ETFs Good For The Price? Expert Breaks Down What You Should Know

According to crypto analyst Jake Claver, XRP futures exchange-traded funds (ETFs) don’t actually help the token’s ￰0￱ explains that these products do not purchase real XRP tokens. Instead, they trade contracts that settle in ￰1￱ they don’t buy or lock away tokens, there is no real demand or supply pressure on ￰2￱ contrast, spot XRP ETFs could have a much bigger ￰3￱ would require fund managers to buy and hold actual XRP tokens, removing them from ￰4￱ a result, once these spot ETFs are approved, demand from institutional investors could push prices ￰5￱ Claver Explains Why XRP Futures ETFs Don’t Drive Real Demand Jake Claver explains that futures ETFs don’t buy a single XRP ￰6￱ are cash-settled contracts, meaning investors are only trading paper agreements, not the tangible ￰7￱ managers buy and roll these futures contracts before they expire, and even if delivery ever happens, they immediately sell the tokens right ￰8￱ process keeps XRP’s actual supply ￰9￱ calls this “paper trading dressed up in an ETF wrapper.” It looks like a real investment in XRP, but it is ￰10￱ futures ETFs never hold the actual token, they do not create any pressure on XRP’s ￰11￱ is no actual buying demand, and that means no upward push on ￰12￱ also notes that this setup only checks a regulatory box for the ￰13￱ SEC usually wants six months of futures trading before approving any spot ￰14￱ Claver, XRP’s futures ETFs are part of that early stage, not a significant price ￰15￱ Spot XRP ETFs Could Trigger A Real Supply Shock While futures ETFs have little real effect, Claver believes spot ETFs could change the ￰16￱ futures, spot ETFs require fund managers to buy actual XRP tokens for every dollar ￰17￱ tokens are then held in custody by regulated institutions like Coinbase or Anchorage, removing them from the open ￰18￱ share of the ETF is backed by real XRP, often between five and fifty tokens per share, and these tokens stay locked unless investors ￰19￱ compares this to what happened with ￰20￱ ETFs have existed since 2017, but Bitcoin’s real growth only began when spot ETFs launched in ￰21￱ to Claver, XRP is now in a similar ￰22￱ market has already met the SEC’s futures requirement, meaning spot ETFs could soon be ￰23￱ that happens, institutional investors will need to buy large amounts of XRP in a market with very low ￰24￱ launch of spot XRP ETFs could trigger intense price discovery and what Claver calls a “mathematical supply shock.” He believes the real move for XRP will start when institutions compete for actual tokens in a market that’s already running ￰25￱ ETFs may have opened the door, but spot ETFs could be what finally pushes XRP into its next significant phase.