Ripple Whales Go on a Buying Spree Again: Is XRP Ready for New Heights?

TL;DRTime for Another Rally?While XRP remains in green territory on a weekly scale, the price has recorded some setbacks in the past few days. Itplungedbelow $2.50 on February 18 before rising above the current $2.60 (per CoinGecko’s data).According to the popular X user Ali Martinez, whales have used the recent drop as an opportunity to accumulate additional tokens, buying 150 million XRP in the last 48 hours. As of writing these lines, the stash equals almost $400 million.Continuous efforts in that field will reduce the coin’s circulating supply, potentially making it more valuable (assuming demand doesn’t head south). In addition, the actions of those investors are sometimes mirrored by smaller players who might also join the ecosystem, thus injecting fresh capital.Shortly after highlighting the whales’ efforts, Martinez outlined a price prediction for Ripple’s native token. Based on the potential breaking out of an ascending triangle on the lower time frames, he believes it might climb by 4% to $2.68.Another person who chipped in was EGRAG CRYPTO. They suggested that XRP needs to stay above $2.69-$2.73 in the 4-hour time frame to invalidate the bearish count and begin a bullish continuation.ETFs Pile upAn important factor that may positively impact the price of the asset is the possible approval of a spot XRP ETF in the US. Such a product will enable investors to gain exposure without having to purchase or hold the token.Some of the companies that have already displayed their intentions to introduce that type of investment vehicle include Grayscale, 21Shares, and Bitwise. It is worth noting that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officiallyacknowledgedtheir applications.This means that these applications are now under the regulator’s review, awaiting approval or rejection. The deadline for the final decision is 240 days from the initial filings.According to Polymarket, the chances of an approved XRP ETF before July 31 are 44%, while the odds of that to happen before the end of 2025 are 78%.