Billions of dollars in XRP have quietly moved off Binance over the past year. This large shift in supply is drawing attention across the crypto market. On-chain data suggests some patterns may be repeating, while price pressure continues to weigh on XRP.<\/p>\n
Binance\u2019s XRP reserves have fallen by nearly 45% in just 12 months. According to analyst Niels, the holdings dropped from $10.16 billion to $5.55 billion. That change reflects a massive transfer of XRP out of the exchange and into private wallets.<\/p>\n
This pattern suggests fewer holders are looking to sell in the near term. The steady decline in exchange balances may point to longer-term storage becoming more common. As Niels explained,<\/p>\n
Something big is happening with $XRP<\/a> supply.<\/p>\n Binance alone has seen its XRP reserves drop almost 45% in one year.<\/p>\n From $10.16B down to $5.55B. Less supply on exchanges usually means one\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/P30AEL7JHI<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Niels (@Web3Niels) January 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n Beneath the surface, on-chain data from Glassnode shows<\/a> that XRP\u2019s current setup looks similar to early 2022. At that time, prices dropped from $0.78 to below $0.30 over several months. The current structure shows newer investors buying at levels below those held by long-term holders.<\/p>\n Glassnode noted,<\/p>\n \u201cPsychological pressure on top buyers continues to build over time.\u201d<\/p>\n This dynamic appears when recent buyers hold gains, while older positions sit at a loss. If prices don\u2019t recover, some long-term holders may choose to exit.<\/p>\n Since mid-2025, the $2 price zone has triggered large realized losses, according to Glassnode. Repeated tests of that area have lined up with $500 million to $1.2 billion in weekly losses. It has become a level where many traders choose to sell.<\/p>\n XRP reached a multi-month high above $2.40 earlier in January but has since fallen back. The token lost the $2 support on Monday and dipped to $1.84 before recovering to around $1.90. Over the last 7 days, XRP has declined more than 11% (per CoinGecko\u2019s data).<\/p>\n Analyst Steph Is Crypto wrote<\/a>,<\/p>\n \u201c$XRP price weakness is happening on declining volume \u2014 just like 2021\u20132022.\u201d<\/p>\n A drop in trading volume during a downtrend may show reduced interest from buyers, which can slow momentum further.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, US-based XRP ETFs saw their largest outflows to date this week, as we recently reported<\/a>. Data shows investor activity pulling back sharply, with more capital leaving the market amid rising<\/a> global tensions and economic uncertainty.<\/p>\n Analyst Egrag Crypto shared a chart of XRP\/BTC that shows compressed price action, along with tight moving averages. This kind of setup, known as compression, can lead to expansion once a clear direction forms. Egrag explained<\/a>,<\/p>\n \u201cThis is not noise. This is structure tightening.\u201d<\/p>\n According to their post, XRP is now moving between support and resistance in what they described as a bullish rectangle. Though not yet in an uptrend, the setup reflects possible accumulation after a decline.<\/p>\n The post XRP Supply Shock? Billions Leave Binance But Price Struggles<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Billions of dollars in XRP have quietly moved off Binance over the past year. This large shift in supply is drawing attention across the crypto market. On-chain data suggests some patterns may be repeating, while price pressure continues to weigh on XRP. XRP Supply Drops 45% on Binance Binance\u2019s XRP reserves have fallen by nearly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":128794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128793"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/128794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThat\u2019s a massive amount of coins leaving exchanges and moving into long-term storage.<\/p>\nPrice Slides as Volume Declines<\/h2>\n
Compression Phase May Precede a Move<\/h2>\n