Goldman Sachs has returned as the largest institutional holder of XRP ETFs, according to its Q2 2026 filing with the U.S. SEC. The bank had fully exited its XRP ETF positions last quarter but has now come back with $86.50 million spread across five products.
Goldman Sachs XRP ETF Holdingshttps://t.co/PcwNzpWf7o
— Rednirav (@CryptoRednirav) August 21, 2026
The holdings include shares in Bitwise, Franklin Templeton, Grayscale, Canary, and 21Shares XRP ETFs. Goldman holds 2,208,949 Bitwise XRP ETF shares, 2,238,407 shares in Franklin’s XRPZ, and 1,759,090 shares in Canary’s XRPC.
It also holds 806,126 shares in TOXR and 377,619 shares in Grayscale’s GXRP. The firm’s previous XRP ETF position was worth around $152 million before it exited.
Goldman also disclosed 365,976 XRPN shares in Armada Acquisition Corp II, a SPAC backed by Ripple-affiliated Evernorth Holdings, which is working toward a Nasdaq listing.
Goldman Sachs is not alone. JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America also reported XRP ETF holdings in Q2 2026 disclosures. The pattern points to growing interest from traditional finance in XRP-linked products.
Crypto analyst account Coin Bureau pointed out on social media that XRP surged 40% in five days, moving from under $1.00 to near $1.40. They noted that whales accumulated over 300 million XRP tokens in the 96 hours before the rally began, and that the $0.98 level had previously acted as a launchpad before XRP’s 2024 run to an all-time high near $3.65.
XRP surged 40% in FIVE days.$XRP went from under $1.00 to nearing $1.40, its BIGGEST weekly rally since the 2024 election pump.
It bounced from $0.98, the exact same level it sat at before the 2024 rally carried it to an all-time high near $3.65.
It hasn't traded near $1.40… pic.twitter.com/PmkR1GHXPn
— Coin Bureau (@coinbureau) August 21, 2026
Spot XRP ETFs pulled in $13.24 million in net inflows on Thursday. Bitwise led with $9.9 million, followed by Franklin at $3.34 million. Total assets under management across spot XRP ETFs now sit at $1.17 billion, with cumulative inflows crossing $1.53 billion.
XRP is currently trading around $1.31 to $1.38, up roughly 22% on the day and over 39–40% on the week. The 24-hour trading range ran from $1.16 to $1.43.
Trading volume has risen 156% over the past 24 hours. XRP futures open interest climbed more than 17% to $3.44 billion. CME futures OI rose 35%, Binance saw a 15% increase, and Hyperliquid recorded a 29% jump.
The broader crypto rally has also been linked to a U.S. Treasury move to buy back government bonds, which pushed yields lower and eased financial conditions.
A plan to bring institutional lending to the XRP Ledger — involving Clearpool, Cicada Partners, and Ripple as capital provider — was previously announced and remains in progress.
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