XRP Ledger whale activity spiked earlier in the week, when data provider Santiment flagged an increase in large-value transfers that pushed the network to its highest level of $100,000+ in nearly three months, a setup the company says is usually accompanied by high volatility.
The XRP Whales Rise Again
“The XRP Ledger has seen a significant increase in whale transactions (moved in the amount of $100K or more on the network),” Santiment wrote in a post on Wednesday with X alongside the Sanbase chart. “On Monday we saw 2,170, and yesterday they shot up to 2,802 (a three-month high).
The chart, labeled “XRP $1M+ & $100K+ Whale Transactions Per Day,” highlights two specific data points for the $100K+ threshold: 2,170 transactions on Jan. 5, 2026 and 2,802 on Jan. 6, 2026. Petition marked Jan. 6. analysis, the strongest reading in nearly three months, the highest level shown since the infamous October 10 termination event.
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While Santiment’s post highlights $100K+ transfers, the chart also tracks $1 million-plus transactions. That series suggests that large owner activity accumulated in multiple size bands through early January, with $1 million transactions moving forward in a single month, the strongest reading since early December.
The jump is notable because $1 million-plus activity appears relatively muted during most of December, especially compared to mid-October through November, when the chart shows the most common days with high numbers.
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In terms of the active market, traders often look at the explosion of large on-chain transfers for what they can represent instead of treating the raw calculation as a directional signal. Spikes can indicate accumulation or distribution, internal treasury movements by large companies, exchange-related transfers, or stoppages in currency events. What they often share is the mechanical effect: when large owners move the size, the probability of daily sharp turns tends to increase, especially if that activity persists for many sessions.
XRP Also Features a Set of Social ‘Trends’
The whale transaction warning came alongside a separate Santiment update that placed XRP among the assets seeing the biggest jump in discussions across social channels. In that post, Santiment included XRP with Solana, Ethereum, Bitcoin, MicroStrategy, and Litecoin as the day’s top “trending” tickers with a change in conversation volume on Wednesday.
In XRP specifically, Santiment said that the mix of negotiations depends more on institutions in tone: ETF flows, “record-breaking net assets,” and the concept of XRP as a high-beta trade in 2025-2026 accounts while referring to the regulatory considerations after the resolution of the SEC cases and the use of the bridge as a physical bridge as a fixed currency bridge. Those claims are presented as themes circulating in public discussions rather than as independently verified developments in the post itself.
At press time, XRP traded at $2.127.
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