XRP Slides Despite Goldman Sachs’ $152M ETF Bet

• Goldman Sachs disclosed US$152.17 million (AU$218.9 million) in spot XRP ETF holdings across four funds in an SEC 13F filing.
• XRP ETF assets under management have fallen roughly 40% from their January peak of US$1.65 billion to approximately US$995 million, with net outflows of US$56.5 million in the first half of March.

Goldman Sachs disclosed a US$152.17 million (AU$220 million) stake in four spot XRP exchange-traded funds in a Form 13F.

The filing, covering fourth-quarter 2025 holdings, showed Goldman spread its XRP exposure across Bitwise XRP ETF, with US$39.82 million (AU$57.3 million), Franklin Templeton XRPZ, with US$38.48 million (AU$55.4 million), Grayscale GXRP, with US$37.96 million (AU$54.6 million), and 21Shares TOXR, with US$35.91 million (AU$51.7 million). 

The bank represents about 73% of the roughly US$211 million (AU$303.6 million) held by the 30 largest institutional XRP ETF investors, indicating institutional participation remains narrow despite the size of its position.

The XRP allocation is Goldman’s first disclosed crypto exposure outside Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). 

The bank also reported US$108 million (AU$155.4 million) in Solana ETFs and more than US$1 billion (AU$1.44 billion) in BlackRock’s IBIT Bitcoin fund, bringing its total crypto ETF holdings to about US$1.26 billion (AU$1.81 billion). 

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Bears Outweigh Institutional Interest

That move has not improved XRP’s price trend as the token remains 25% below its yearly open of US$1.84 (AU$2.65). 

Source: TradingView

Since SEC approval in November 2025, spot XRP ETFs saw cumulative net inflows reach US$1.28 billion (AU$1.84 billion) on Jan. 16 before slipping to US$1.21 billion (AU$1.74 billion), a decline of US$70 million (AU$100.7 million).

CryptoQuant analyst Arab Chain said XRP’s 30-day realised volatility fell to 0.5266, its lowest level of 2026, a setup that often comes before a large move. 

On-chain activity on the XRP Ledger, however, rose in late March to 190 to 200 transactions per ledger, lifting transaction fees. Ripple CTO emeritus David Schwartz said the network’s fee curve is meant to limit congestion as validators adjust capacity to observed throughput.

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