Sixth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, XRP, has received transfers from the Binance cryptocurrency exchange totaling more than 18 million XRP per day.
Four such transactions have been recorded in the previous 24 hours by the cryptocurrency data tracker Whale Alert. They all included the transfer of XRP from Binance to an unidentified wallet: 18,766,680 XRP valued $11,726,748 and another 18,355,225 XRP for $11,456,033.
18,433,282 XRP worth $11,511,574 and 18,460,720 XRP worth $11,452,880 were transferred in two more transactions.
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Everything started on Friday when significant XRP transactions from Binance, one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, to unidentified wallets were noticed. These transactions, which together accounted for more than 18 million XRP, caused some people to take notice and sparked rumours about the motivations behind such significant movements.
The sheer magnitude and coordinated nature of the receiving addresses point more towards strategic purpose than to chance transactions, even though the persons behind them are still unknown.
Though the precise rationale for the transfer of XRP from Binance into these stashes is still unknown, a number of theories have been put out to explain it.
It’s possible that Binance made the strategic choice to allocate its reserves by transferring XRP to unidentified addresses. This may be influenced by things like managing liquidity or keeping up wallets.
A major investor or group of investors intentionally acquiring XRP for long-term gain is another tenable hypothesis. This may be prompted by planned features on the XRP Ledger, including the AMM, and possible collaborations that might raise the worth and usefulness of XRP.
In any event, watchers and players in the XRP ecosystem will keep a careful eye on developments in order to decipher the motivations behind these deals, whether they point to exchange reserves, whale behaviour, or strategic accumulation.
