Continuing yesterday's sideways action near $1.93, XRP stabilized around $1.92 on December 16, 2025, after dipping below $2.00 amid weak U.S. jobs data, liquidations, and $721M whale profit-taking. Bullish counters include 21+ days of ETF inflows topping $1B, CME's new spot-quoted futures, and Ripple's RLUSD rollout to Optimism, Base, Ink, and Unichain.
XRP traded at $1.92 by 2:15 PM ET on December 16, after early lows of $1.88 triggered by U.S. nonfarm payrolls adding just +64,000 jobs in November (4.6% unemployment) and broader risk-off moves ahead of Fed policy reassessment.
A seven-year-old wallet locked in $721.5M profits near $2.00 (from $0.40 average), boosting daily realized gains 240% since September. Futures showed deleveraging: Binance leverage ratio at 0.18, taker buy volume down 95.7% to $250M.
Positives endured: XRP ETFs saw 21-22 straight inflow days, nearing $1.12B AUM; open interest at $3.71B. CME launched spot-quoted XRP futures December 15 for regulated, smaller contracts.
Ripple grew RLUSD ($1.3B market cap, NYDFS-issued) via Wormhole to L2s like Optimism, Base, Ink, and Unichain; pursuing OCC charter (conditional approval); AMINA Bank adopted payments tech; Hex Trust launched wXRP on Ethereum, Solana, HyperEVM.
$2.00 remains resistance, support at $1.90/$1.82. Upside to $1.95-$2.50 possible; breakdown risks $1.80 amid inflation/central bank data.
