XRP news today: XRP's Price Stability Linked to Dark Pool Activity, Says Crypto Pundit

Crypto pundit and Digital Ascension Group managing director Jake Claver has suggested that the recent stagnation in XRP’s spot price may be due to a surge in off-exchange trading, rather than a decrease in market interest. In a 23-post thread published on X, Claver argued that “dark pools are an invisible force … holding prices stable,” even as institutional demand accelerates.

Claver explained that dark pools are private venues where large orders are filled off the main exchanges, preventing the market from being tipped off. He described the mechanism as a “double-edged sword,” noting that in the near term, clandestine accumulation “hides bullish momentum and drags prices down,” leaving retail traders to conclude that the asset has lost steam. However, over a longer horizon, the same process allegedly tightens circulating supply until “the dam bursts.”

Claver asserted that institutions are quietly draining liquidity from public exchanges, using dark-pool facilities now offered by major exchanges as well as emerging decentralized alternatives. Because transactions are reported only after execution, he argued, “smart money doesn’t leave a trail.” He suggested that XRP is a prime beneficiary of this covert activity, with pending regulatory clarity and enterprise-level adoption coinciding with dwindling float, leading to an abrupt repricing. “At a certain point, demand on public exchanges will explode past supply — and that’s when the market will panic to reprice itself. Get ready for a potential 2×, 3×, even 5× sprint,” he wrote.

Claver underscored the psychological dimension of a prolonged flat tape, noting that these are the stretches where even the die-hard believers start doubting and walk away. But if you hang tight, you might just catch what comes next.” Comparing dark-pool activity to a “pressure cooker,” Claver added, “They bottle up all that buying pressure now, but eventually, the lid blows off.” Concluding his thread, he urged patience: “Stay locked in. When the dam breaks, you’ll be grateful you bought at 50 cents instead of scrambling to buy at $10.”

Market data do indicate muted volatility in XRP, which has traded in a narrow corridor around $2.00 for much of April despite a succession of positive fundamentals and news from Ripple. Whether dark-pool activity is the decisive variable, however, remains unverified; most over-the-counter (OTC) trading is reported only in aggregated form, and no public ledger tracks the size of institutional flows Claver describes.

Claver offered no documentary evidence for the alleged scale of purchasing, and his analysis stops short of quantifying volumes. Nevertheless, his thread reinforces a familiar narrative in crypto markets: that price calm on the surface may belie deep currents of accumulation below. For retail spectators, the question is whether those unseen currents will indeed surface as the “vertical” move Claver envisions—or remain, like most dark-pool orders, permanently out of sight.