XRP became the most traded asset on South Korea’s Upbit exchange in the last seven days, pulling in $110 million in 24-hour volume and outpacing both top cryptos Bitcoin and Ethereum.
The surge came alongside the biggest inflows into US XRP exchange-traded funds in four months, even as Bitcoin and Ethereum funds saw money flowing out.
CME And NASDAQ Signal Growing Institutional InterestXRP was not alone. Stellar Lumens, Cardano, and Hedera all posted gains that outran Bitcoin on the day. Reports indicate these tokens share a common thread — all are built around payments, settlement, and tokenization.
What The CLARITY Act Would DoThe bill, if passed, would lock in a federal court ruling that XRP sales on secondary markets do not qualify as securities. That ruling had long been in legal limbo. Making it permanent federal law would remove a regulatory cloud that has followed XRP for years.
The legislation also contains a provision — Section 401 — that would allow US banks to use digital assets for payments, custody, and settlement without needing prior regulatory approval.
Stellar Lumens, Cardano, and Hedera are catching the same wave. Based on reports, traders are treating all four as part of a single category — networks built for institutional payments — and pricing them accordingly. When the regulatory picture shifts for one, it shifts for all.
Market Pricing In A New EraData shows capital rotating into assets seen as ready for a regulated environment where banks can plug digital infrastructure directly into existing payment systems.
The CLARITY Act has not passed yet, but the markup vote was enough to move markets. Traders are not waiting for the final vote to make their bets.
Featured image from Pexels, chart from TradingView
