XRP Futures Set Open Interest Record at CME, With $3.70 Eyed Next

News Background CME Group said its crypto futures suite has surpassed $30 billion in notional open interest for the first time, with SOL and XRP futures each crossing $1 ￰0￱ became the fastest contract to hit the milestone, doing so in just over three ￰1￱ development is viewed as a signal of market maturity and new institutional capital entering ￰2￱ crypto markets remained firm into late August, though regulatory overhang in the ￰3￱ continued to pressure XRP relative to ￰4￱ adoption trends and pilot remittance programs keep XRP in focus for treasury desks, even as volatility spikes test investor ￰5￱ Action Summary XRP traded through a 5% range between $2.98 and $2.84 in the 24-hour session ending August 26 at 14:00.

The steepest move occurred on August 25 during evening hours, when XRP dropped from $2.96 to $2.84 on 217.58 million tokens — triple its 72.45 million daily ￰6￱ token rebounded to $2.92, with the $2.84 level emerging as critical support as institutional flows stepped ￰7￱ the final hour of trading, XRP rose 0.7% from $2.90 to $2.92 on more than 5.7 million volume, signaling fresh corporate and fund ￰8￱ Analysis Support confirmed at $2.84 with high-volume absorption of sell ￰9￱ remains at $2.94–$2.95, with repeated profit-taking capping upside ￰10￱ climbed from oversold 42 back into mid-50s, suggesting stabilizing ￰11￱ histogram tightening, indicative of potential bullish crossover in coming ￰12￱ momentum divergence patterns point to compressed volatility, setting up for a directional ￰13￱ books show concentrated institutional bids above $3.60, signaling strategic positioning ahead of regulatory ￰14￱ Traders Are Watching Bulls see $3.70 as the next upside target if $2.90–$2.92 base ￰15￱ flag $2.80 as the downside trigger, with a break below support likely to accelerate ￰16￱ flows now dominate the backdrop: CME’s $1B open interest in XRP futures will be a key barometer of institutional conviction.