XRP Funding Rates Hint At Repeat Of $3.6 Surge Scenario
A 126% price surge that pushed XRP to an all-time high of $3.6 last July started with a pattern that looks a lot like what is happening right now. Related Reading: Swiss Bitcoin Reserve Effort Withdrawn After Resistance From Central Bank Shorts Dominating Despite Rising Prices Funding rates on Binance have stayed negative since February 2026, even as XRP climbed roughly 27% from a low of $1.10. That gap between trader sentiment and actual price movement is what caught the attention of CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost, who flagged the setup in a recent market commentary. Short positions have been dominant across a 30-day period, data shows, and that stretch of negativity marks the longest such run in recent history for the token. The broader altcoin market had a rough start to the year. The TOTAL3 index, which tracks global crypto market capitalization excluding Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoins, shed more than $540 billion during the correction. Global uncertainty hit altcoins harder than