• Chainlink and Ripple enjoy steady ETF holdings. 
  • Inflows remain strong for LINK and XRP ETFs.
  • Can the price of these assets reveal the success of their ETF filings?

Every day is a new day for the crypto community to battle it out on bearish vs bullish expectations. With the price of BTC having dipped below the $80,000 price range, bearish expectations are up once again, but with the price of ETH holding strong above $2,000, altcoin expectations remain bullish. At the moment, Chainlink and Ripple enjoy steady ETF holdings as inflows remain strong for LINK and XRP ETFs. 

Chainlink and Ripple Enjoy Steady ETF Holdings 

Last year, the crypto market experienced a big win when altcoins, aside from Ethereum (ETH), won the right to launch ETFs. The win was further boosted by the ability to approve and pass ETF filing permissions in bulk, meaning each individual ETF did not have to be debated over the same process, leading to delayed approvals and eventual launches. All in all, it was a huge move for altcoins. 

However, despite this big win for the altcoin sector, the altseason peak phase, allowing altcoin prices to set new ATH targets, never came. This means that the long-awaited altseason peak phase was either missed or delayed for the latest ull cycle. On this expectation, the bearish analysts call for no altseason but rather a large drop in altcoin prices, leading to no utility assets falling to zero. 

If this is true, then only assets offering true value and utility will survive the fall of altcoins phase, allowing only true utility assets to not only survive, but thrive in the coming bull cycle altseason pump phases. In the same vein, bullish analysts remain adamant that an altseason peak price phase will occur sometime this year, especially for those altcoins showing strong promise based on the utilities they are offering.

As we can see from the post above, this is a surefire sign of a promising altcoin asset. In detail, Chainlink’s native altcoin asset, LINK, is seeing strong ETF action. To specify, Chainlink’s LINK ETF stat is very impressive. To highlight, the two spot ETFs in the US, from Grayscale and Bitwise, have not seen a single day of net outflows since the ETF filings were launched, which is almost six months now. In fact, the ETFs have an AUM of nearly $115 million and control some 1.66% of LINK’s current supply. 

Inflows Remain Strong for LINK and XRP ETFs

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Meanwhile, Ripple’s XRP ETF is also seeing strong action. As we can see from the post above, spot XRP ETFs have seen $220 million in net inflows this year, meaning the suite of spot Ripple ETFs in the US has seen net inflows to the tune of $219.57 million in 2026 already. May has been the biggest month of the year, already recording more than $95 million worth of net inflows. The only month of outflows came in March, when a little over $31 million left the products.

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