Something is moving beneath the XRP market. Large holders have been building positions at a scale that demands attention. Crypto analyst Ali Martinez (@ali_charts) recently highlighted notable whale activity in the ecosystem.
Martinez posted a chart showing a sharp spike in whale accumulation on the XRP network in the 96 hours leading up to his post.
Large holders appear to have accumulated roughly 1.54 billion $XRP, worth around $2.2 billion. He described it as “a significant accumulation spike that could soon translate into price action, leading to a bullish breakout.”
$2 BILLION IN XRP BOUGHT BY WHALES
Whale activity on the XRP network has surged over the past 96 hours.
Large holders appear to have accumulated roughly 1.54 billion $XRP, worth around $2.2 billion.
That’s a significant accumulation spike that could soon translate into price… https://t.co/cBssFmv3wQ pic.twitter.com/Ty3ukakDvi
— Ali Charts (@alicharts) September 19, 2026
The Data From the Chart
The chart makes the scale of this activity visible. The accumulation spike shown stands well above the surrounding readings across the tracked period. This is not gradual, distributed buying. It is a concentrated surge compressed into a narrow window. That kind of behavior from large holders typically signals deliberate positioning rather than routine portfolio activity.
Martinez’s data captures on-chain movements by wallets holding substantial XRP balances. When these whales accumulate at this pace, it reduces the available float and shifts the supply dynamic on exchanges.
Supporting Activity Across the Market
A single Hyperliquid wallet has built a $51.10 million XRP long position, scaling in aggressively with 10x leverage and an average entry of $1.2533. The position holds $11.51 million in open profit.
The accumulation spike also arrives as XRP begins forming the final section of an inverse head & shoulders pattern on the chart. Technical analysts often associate this structure with bullish reversals.
In late August, 231 million XRP left Binance in a single transaction, the largest such exchange outflow in six months. Analysts read the withdrawal as large holders removing supply from active trading environments.
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What the Spike Signals
A $2.2 billion accumulation event in 96 hours is notable. Martinez thinks this level of buying “could soon translate into price action.” The chart supports that reading. The recent spike is sharp and sits at a level that historically precedes increased volatility in the asset.
On Coinbase, whale order data shows large buy clusters at current price levels, with Steph Is Crypto, another prominent analyst, suggesting that Coinbase Whales are targeting levels as high as $33. That order positioning aligns with the accumulation behavior Martinez has identified.
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