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CME XRP Futures Open Interest Rises 36% Despite Overall Market Contraction
Open interest in XRP futures migrated toward CME in late August, even as aggregate positioning shrank across the broader market during a price rally.
Aggregate XRP futures open interest dropped 16% between Aug. 17 and Aug. 31, falling from 2.77 billion to roughly 2.34 billion tokens, according to CoinDesk citing CoinGlass data. The decline occurred alongside a sharp price rally, with XRP gaining nearly 40% over the period from around $0.99 to approximately $1.38.
CME moved contrary to the broader market trend, seeing its XRP futures open interest expand by roughly 36% from 284 million to about 387 million tokens. This increase lifted CME's share of total outstanding XRP futures exposure from 10% in mid-August to roughly 17% by the end of the month, indicating a venue-specific shift rather than a general market expansion.
Positioning data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as of Aug. 25 showed leveraged funds holding 3,206 short contracts against 892 long contracts. This brought their net-short exposure to approximately 116 million XRP, more than double the roughly 57 million XRP net-short position reported a week earlier.
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