$XRP’s largest holders have increased their balances by approximately 65.32 million $XRP over four days, even as price continues falling toward the psychological $1 level.
At prices prevailing during the accumulation period, the tokens were worth nearly $72 million, according to data derived from Santiment.
Large-holder balances fell at first, then surged in the final days of the period, returning to around the 4 billion $XRP level. The increase of 65.32 million $XRP has also been independently reported using Santiment data.
The accumulation has not yet led to a price recovery. CoinMarketCap currently puts $XRP at around $1.05, down 3.74% over 24 hours, after trading between approximately $1.04 and $1.10. At the current price, the accumulated 65.32 million $XRP would be worth roughly $68.6 million.
$XRP Whales Buy Into the Decline
The latest increase is part of a broader period of accumulation by large $XRP holders.
Earlier this month, large $XRP holders added 770 million tokens following the Binance hack, while the number of wallets holding at least 1 million $XRP rose to a 2026 high of 2,147.
In a separate large transfer, a new whale wallet received more than 140 million $XRP as the price declined.
Taken together, the figures indicate that some large holders have continued to increase their exposure during the selloff instead of waiting for a confirmed market recovery.
However, rising whale balances do not prove that $XRP has formed a bottom. Wallet-level data can show that holdings have increased, but it does not establish the entities’ identities, motives or future behavior.
$1.04-$1.05 Is the Immediate $XRP Test
Price has continued to weaken despite the accumulation.
$XRP’s latest decline has pushed the asset below the $1.07-$1.10 range, which previously served as an important technical floor. CoinMarketCap now puts the 24-hour low at around $1.04.
This leaves $1.04-$1.05 as the immediate support area. A sustained break below that range would make approximately $1.02 the next short-term reference, before the psychological $1 level comes under direct pressure.
CoinMarketCap’s latest technical assessment also identifies $1.04-$1.05 as near-term support and warns that a break could expose $1.02.
The Crypto Basic recently noted that $XRP has moved deep into a major fair value gap extending toward $1. From $1.05, a drop to $1 would amount to a further 4.8% loss.
$XRP Needs to Reclaim $1.10-$1.12
The first requirement for an upside move is also clear. $XRP needs to recover above the recently lost $1.10 level, then move above approximately $1.12, before the latest accumulation begins to coincide with a meaningful improvement in price structure.
A sustained recovery above $1.12 could bring $1.15 back into focus. Until then, $XRP remains below the short-term levels lost in the latest selloff.
This presents a notable divergence: large holders are adding $XRP even as the price continues to make lower lows.
The next test is whether the accumulation of 65.32 million $XRP helps establish demand around $1.04-$1.05, or whether sellers keep pushing $XRP toward $1 despite the increase in whale holdings.
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