
Bitwise 14% yield gap in XRP futures shows how institutions are quietly extracting cash from traders
Its 10.8 million-XRP custody position is 97.5% offset by futures, and CFTC categories complicate the obvious answer.
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Five major US spot XRP ETFs held $1.69 billion of XRP at cost by June 30, with cumulative inflows now at $1.8 billion.

At 60% participation, two random links raised simulated quorum-failure thresholds from 11% to 38% and 12% to 33%.

Leveraged funds doubled their net short even as CME open interest climbed almost 40% and XRP recovered from $1.

The firm can authorize up to 10 billion shares, but its pitch to investors rests on growing XRP faster than its diluted share count.

More than 10,000 lines of dormant bridge code could disappear as an AI-only audit probes Lending Protocol V1.1.

The allocation follows the fund’s securities floor while adding another listed product’s fee, pricing and legal structure.



