A 30% rise in investor interest. That is part of what Canary Capital CEO 
Steven McClurg is predicting for XRP before December, on top of a price that 
he believes could double from where it stands today. Related Reading: New 
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McClurg, who leads one of the first firms to file for a spot XRP exchange- 
traded fund in the US, laid out a three-phase path he expects the market to 
follow over the rest of 2026. The near term, he said, will be rough. Summer is 
expected to bring pressure across both equities and crypto broadly, and the 
lead-up to midterm elections will pull attention and money away from markets. 
But McClurg&#8217;s outlook shifts sharply once the election season passes. He said 
post-midterm conditions are where ETF inflows are likely to accelerate, driven 
in part by the potential passage of the CLARITY Act and growing activity 
around real-world asset tokenization. Institutional investors, he suggested, 
have been waiting for that kind of regulatory clarity before committing larger 
sums. ETF Inflows Already Building The timing of his comments follows a strong 
week for XRP ETFs. Net inflows hit $60 million last week, the best single-week 
performance so far in 2026, pushing the total cumulative figure to $1.39 
billion. McClurg said he expects that number to grow another 30% by year end. 
XRP is trading around $1.40 at the time the comments were made. A doubling of 
that price by December would put the token above $2.80. Whether or not the 
prediction holds, the inflow data points to real and growing institutional 
appetite for XRP exposure through regulated fund products. Related Reading: 
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Specific Target With A Specific Timeline McClurg did not hedge his outlook 
with vague language. He put a number on it and attached a deadline. That kind 
of precision from a fund executive with direct skin in the XRP market tends to 
draw attention, and his comments are already circulating widely. The broader 
bet he is making rests on a combination of regulatory progress, post-election 
capital rotation, and continued ETF adoption. All three would need to show up 
more or less on schedule for his year-end target to come true. Summer, by his 
own admission, will test that thesis before the second half of the year gets a 
chance to prove it right. Featured image from iStock/3DSculptor, chart from 
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