XRP has lost 50% of its value since the current downtrend began in Q4 2025, but whales have increased their holdings by 3 billion tokens within this period.
The ongoing downward trend has left its mark on the entire crypto market, but XRP remains one of the biggest victims. Specifically, since Q4 2025, when the downtrend picked up, XRP has lost 50% of its value, with its market cap dropping from $170 billion to the current $86 billion.
Interestingly, while XRP has struggled, down 50% since the fourth quarter of last year, a certain tier of whale addresses has only increased their holdings within this period, having amassed up to 3 billion tokens, representing nearly 5% of XRP’s circulating supply, in what appears to be a dip-buying campaign.
Key Points
- Amid the ongoing downtrend, which has wiped off more than $1.52 trillion from the global crypto market, XRP has dropped 50% since Q4 2025.
- Specifically, XRP has lost $84 billion worth of its market value since October 2025, dropping from a valuation of $170 billion to $86 billion.
- Despite the decline in prices, a particular tier of whales has only increased their cumulative balance within this period.
- Whales holding between 10 million and 100 million XRP have added 3 billion tokens to their holdings since Q4 2025.
- This accumulation spree comes as sharks, especially those holding 100,000 to 1 million XRP, react to the price downturn with selloffs.
XRP Loses 50% of Its Market Value
Notably, XRP has emerged as one of the biggest losers amid the ongoing market-wide turbulence. For context, the asset began October 2025 with a price of $2.84 and a market cap of $170.5 billion
Since then, its price has collapsed to the current $1.41, representing a 50.3% decline from the October 2025 figure. XRP had earlier collapsed to a low of $1.11 on Feb. 6, which marked a 61% decline from the $2.84 price last October. Despite the recovery from this low, XRP remains in bearish territory.
With this price drop, XRP’s market cap has slumped from $170.5 billion in October 2025 to only $86 billion today, marking a loss of $85 billion in valuation. Notably, XRP is the third-largest contributor to the $1.52 trillion lost from the broader crypto market, only behind Bitcoin and Ethereum.
XRP Performance Since Q4 2025## Whales Amass 3B XRP Tokens
Interestingly, while the price dropped, whale seized the opportunity to amass more XRP tokens at lower costs. Specifically, addresses holding between 10 million and 100 million XRP had a cumulative balance of $7.89 billion as of Oct. 1, 2025, before the ongoing downtrend began.
XRP Whales | SantimentAs the market slump began and XRP’s price began to crash, these investors only increased their holdings. When XRP saw a steep crash from $2.5 to $1.81 in late November, these addresses ramped up their accumulation, increasing their balance from 8.33 billion XRP in early November to 10.82 billion tokens by late November 2025.
While their balance has not seen another sharp increase since then, they have sustained the accumulation trend into this month, now holding 10.9 billion XRP tokens. For context, this indicates that these investors have amassed 3.01 billion XRP tokens since Q4 2025 amid XRP’s price collapse.
XRP Sharks React with Selloffs
Meanwhile, XRP sharks holding between 100,000 and 1 million tokens appear to be taking an opposite approach. Notably, these shark addresses held 6.55 billion XRP tokens as of Oct. 1, 2025. However, today, they hold 6.33 billion tokens, having distributed 220 million XRP during the price downtrend.
XRP Sharks | Santiment
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