XRP price sits near $1 as Binance leverage hits a 15-month low and Bybit carries $229 million in open interest.
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With leverage outnumbering spot volume 6 to 1, XRP traders are walking a $2.36B tightrope

XRP price sits near $1 as Binance leverage hits a 15-month low and Bybit carries $229 million in open interest.

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Crypto’s public market story is becoming less about holding coins and more about who controls liquidity, infrastructure, and the balance sheet behind the label. That shift matters because headline exposure can mask dilution, concentrated dependencies, or revenue pivots that leave token prices only part of the real risk.

Hyperscale sold Bitcoin while projecting that AI will contribute less than a fifth of 2027 revenue, and Galaxy is leaning on AI income that remains small beside a multibillion-dollar buildout. Meanwhile, XRP traders are walking a $2.36B tightrope: leverage now outnumbers spot volume 6 to 1, XRP price sits near $1, Binance leverage is at a 15‑month low, and Bybit alone carries $229 million in open interest.


The global crypto market cap is $2.21 trillion, with a 24-hour volume of $54.88 billion. The price of Bitcoin is $64,973.52, and BTC market dominance is 59.0%. The price of Ethereum is $1,921.93, and ETH market dominance is 10.5%. The best-performing sector is Education, which gained 5%. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index is currently Extreme Fear (29).


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