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BlockBeats News, January 10th. Since its listing in November 2025, the XRP spot ETF has attracted over $1 billion in funds, however, some analysts predict that this wave of enthusiasm may be difficult to sustain. Brian Huang, co-founder of the investment platform Glider, stated: "The core of investment lies in the growth potential and which builders are developing on the blockchain. When we look at the builder focus in the a16z investment landscape, XRP doesn't even make the list." Huang's skepticism stems from the lack of XRP ecosystem builders. "Builders who create infrastructure and applications can drive ecosystem development and enhance the underlying token's value," explained Huang. "Without builders, XRP's growth will be extremely limited. Most large institutions don't even consider Ripple-associated XRP as a serious project. Institutional investors holding the majority of crypto ETFs may be unwilling to hold XRP, as they see it as a meme coin."

according to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, the newly formed advocacy group "Investor Transparency Alliance" is running ads during prime time on Fox News (@FoxNews), urging viewers to oppose the provisions related to decentralized finance (DeFi) in the upcoming cryptocurrency market structure bill under review. There is only one week left before the Senate committee votes on the bill next week. The provisions related to decentralized finance have become one of the most contentious parts of the bill among lawmakers, traditional financial institutions (TradFi), and the cryptocurrency industry. Currently, the specific wording of these provisions has not been finalized, but next week, the Senate Banking Committee will release the draft text of the bill it is responsible for before the Thursday bill review meeting, at which point the relevant details may be finalized.

On-chain data analyst Yujin's monitoring shows that whale address 0x94d… transferred 255 BTC (approximately $21.77 million) to Hyperliquid 22 days ago, sold at a price of $85,378, and achieved a 62% win rate through 69 trades, earning a profit of $9.9 million. In the past two days, this address has continued to go long, currently holding long positions worth $310 million, with an unrealized loss of $1.4 million, including: - 1,699 BTC ($154 million), opening price $90,801; - 33,000 ETH ($102 million), opening price $3,099; - 336,000 SOL ($45.83 million), opening price $138.6; - 3.777 million XRP ($7.91 million), opening price $2.13. The long positions of this address are similar to those of the "BTC OG Insider Whale," with the total value of long positions for both addresses reaching $1.1 billion, accounting for one-third of all long positions on the Hyperliquid platform.