XRP’s recent pullback may have more to do with leverage flushes and broader 
market weakness than a coordinated exit by large holders, according to 
CryptoQuant contributor Pelin Ay. The analyst pointed to declining XRP inflows 
into Binance, particularly among million-token transfers, as evidence that 
whale selling pressure has not intensified during the drawdown. Ay shared a 
CryptoQuant chart tracking XRP Ledger exchange inflows to Binance by value 
band, alongside XRP’s price in dollar terms. The dataset separates inflows 
into bands ranging from less than 1,000 XRP to more than 1 million XRP, 
allowing analysts to distinguish between smaller exchange deposits and 
transfers more likely associated with whales or institutional-scale wallets. 
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Accelerates XRP Whale Selling Pressure Eases As Binance Inflows Drop According 
to Ay, the largest transfer cohort has historically played an important role 
in Binance inflow activity. “Transfers exceeding 1 million XRP are dominant in 
the chart during certain periods,” she wrote. “This shows that the majority of 
XRP inflows to Binance are coming from whale and institutional-scale 
addresses. In particular, the consistently high levels of these inflows 
between 2021-2025 reveal that major players are actively using Binance.” The 
key shift, in her view, is what happened after XRP’s 2025 peak. The chart 
shows a visible decline in the largest Binance inflow bands after a period in 
which XRP approached the $3 area, suggesting that large holders have not been 
sending tokens to the exchange at the same intensity seen during earlier 
market phases. In exchange-flow analysis, rising inflows are often interpreted 
as potential sell-side supply, since assets moved to trading venues can be 
sold, used as collateral, or repositioned. Ay argued that the current 
structure does not resemble prior periods of aggressive distribution. “In the 
past, before major drops, there were usually sudden high spikes in the 100K–1M 
XRP and 1M+ XRP groups. Currently, at the end of the chart, there is no such 
extraordinary inflow surge. Therefore, on-chain data currently reduces the 
likelihood of aggressive whale selling and mass profit-taking.” That 
distinction is central to her thesis. If XRP were undergoing a classic whale- 
led sell-off, the chart would be expected to show a sharp increase in large 
deposits to Binance, especially from the 100,000-to-1-million XRP and 
1-million-plus XRP bands. Instead, Ay says the opposite is visible: inflows 
have cooled while price has weakened. Related Reading: XRP Is Oversold On 
Every Time Frame, And This Could Be The Bullish Signal Everyone Is Waiting For 
“The chart suggests that the decline is largely due to leverage liquidations 
and overall market weakness,” she added. “Because in normal hard bear markets, 
much higher XRP inflows to exchanges are typically seen.” The implication is 
not that XRP has no downside risk. Rather, Ay’s reading is that the current 
sell-off lacks one of the more damaging on-chain signatures often associated 
with deeper capitulation: whales sending unusually large amounts of XRP to 
exchanges. That makes the source of selling pressure important. A liquidation- 
driven move can accelerate quickly when leveraged positions are forced out, 
but it does not necessarily imply that long-term holders are actively 
distributing into the market. Ay also linked the post-peak reduction in 
inflows to weakening spot supply pressure. “If Binance inflows continue to 
remain low, selling supply will decrease,” she wrote. “With an increase in 
demand, it becomes easier for XRP to move back to the $1.8-2.0 region. 
Especially if sharp rises do not resume in the 1M+ XRP columns, this structure 
can be maintained.” The condition matters. Her argument depends on large 
Binance inflows remaining muted, particularly in the 1-million-plus XRP band. 
A renewed spike in those columns would weaken the analysis, as it would 
suggest that large wallets are once again moving meaningful supply toward the 
exchange. At press time, XRP traded at $1.1444. Featured image created with 
DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com

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