XRP Price Forecast: Token Jumps 3% to $1.33 as ETF Flows Turn Red

XRP is trading at $1.3351, up 3.01% on the day. This week for the first time the chart and ETF tape are telling opposite stories, making this an intriguing XRP price forecast. Spot XRP funds shed 3.97 million XRP on Sept. 17. Canary’s XRPC losing 1.06 million and 21Shares’ TOXR 2.91 million: roughly $5.3 million at current prices. That wiped out the prior session’s 2.73 million XRP inflow from Franklin Templeton’s XRPZ and snapped the zero-redemption streak that defined the week. The flow leadership flipped alongside it. Bitcoin spot ETFs took in a net 2,090 BTC on Sept. 17, their first green session after shedding 3,910 BTC and 5,760 BTC on the two prior days, with BlackRock’s IBIT adding 2,410 BTC against modest redemptions at Fidelity and Bitwise’s HODL. Ethereum funds stayed negative but bled less: 16,260 ETH out, versus 93,490 ETH the day before, almost entirely from BlackRock’s ETHA. The backdrop is a Federal Reserve rate hike on Wednesday, which is still working through risk assets. Cumulative XRP ETF inflows remain at 923.66 million XRP since launch, so one red session doesn’t undo the structural bid. It does sharpen the question at the center of any XRP price forecast toda...