Coinbase maintenance overlap with SEC XRP ETF decision window fuels speculation

A curious overlap between Coinbase’s scheduled maintenance and the SEC’s expected decision on spot XRP ETFs has fueled widespread ￰1￱ analyst ChartNerd noted that both are set for October 25, which raises speculation about deeper market coordination. $XRP ETF decisions are due on Ocotber the ￰2￱ @coinbase will be down for 4 hours on THE SAME DAY.. during daylight hours.. coincidence? I think not.. 👁 ￰0￱ ￰3￱ — 🇬🇧 ChartNerd 📊 (@ChartNerdTA) October 14, 2025 Coinbase announced that a system maintenance will start at 7:00 AM PT for 4 hours starting October ￰4￱ the outage, no trading, transfers, staking, or credit card transactions are ￰5￱ users will still be able to view their accounts, most functionalities will be ￰6￱ platform has also verified that futures and derivatives trading will be offline from 4:00 AM to 1:00 PM PT because of overlapping maintenance ￰7￱ prolonged downtime has raised eyebrows due to the timing of the highly anticipated XRP ETF ￰8￱ argues that maybe the timing is not ￰9￱ cite the timing of Coinbase’s maintenance window, in addition to the SEC’s ETF review deadlines, as an indication of potential back-end preparations correlated with potential upcoming XRP ETF activity.

Coinbase, one of the largest US exchanges to relist XRP following the Ripple lawsuit, would be a key player in trading should the ETFs be ￰10￱ review faces uncertainty amid shutdown The ￰11￱ and Exchange Commission will review various spot XRP ETF filings in the period of October ￰12￱ are 21Shares, Canary Capital, CoinShares, Grayscale, and WisdomTree ￰13￱ timeline has, however, been affected by the pending government shutdown , which has halted the operations of the SEC ￰14￱ original deadlines in October might not be applicable anymore; analysts in the industry, like Eleanor Terret, reported that the SEC asked issuers to remove their 19b-4 ￰15￱ delayed, some of the large issuers have already filed amended S-1 filings, which are frequently a precursor to ￰16￱ filings such as GXRP by Grayscale, XRPZ by Franklin Templeton, and XRPC by Canary Capital each indicate that they are preparing to launch when the SEC starts operating fully ￰17￱ Geraci, president of Novadius Wealth Management and co-founder of ETF Institute, said on X that the crypto ETF floodgates will probably open as soon as the government shutdown is ￰18￱ ETF approval could trigger massive price rally The potential approval of the spot XRP ETF would be a milestone for the ￰19￱ introduction of Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs triggered major institutional flows and brought confidence in the ￰20￱ would be the case if XRP ETFs receive SEC approval, analysts reckon, and some predict the token to soar to over $5 or even ￰21￱ is currently trading at approximately $2.47, representing a decline of about 17% over the last ￰22￱ approval, XRP ETFs will provide institutional investors with a controlled channel, enhancing their liquidity and market ￰23￱ a premium crypto trading community free for 30 days - normally $100/mo.