XRP is drawing renewed attention as a reported decline in whale exchange inflows coincides with growing activity tied to AI-driven transactions on the XRP Ledger.

Market analyst Crypto Patel said in an X post that whale inflows to Binance have dropped to their lowest level since January 2025. The decline suggests that large XRP holders are moving fewer tokens to exchanges for potential liquidation.

Lower whale deposits are often monitored by traders because they can reduce the amount of supply immediately available for sale, although exchange-flow data does not by itself confirm whether holders intend to buy, sell, or move assets for custody reasons. Patel said the shift may indicate a move away from a distribution phase and toward a demand-driven market. He identified $0.70-$1.00 as XRP's long-term accumulation zone and projected a potential long-term target of $10 if adoption and buying momentum continue to strengthen.

At the time of writing, CoinCodex data placed XRP at $1.14, keeping the token above the accumulation range cited by Patel. Maintaining support at current levels while attracting new demand would support the argument that XRP is attempting to build a base for a larger move, according to the analyst's view.

Additional on-chain data cited in the report showed that XRP whales increased their holdings by 2.8% as the asset climbed to a two-week high, while retail investors reduced their positions. That divergence indicates larger investors have been accumulating while smaller holders have trimmed exposure, tightening available supply if demand continues to rise.

The market activity is developing alongside increased use of the XRP Ledger in AI-related payments. Agentic infrastructure provider t54 said in an X post that it has processed more than 1.4 million autonomous AI transactions through its x402 facilitator on the XRPL, highlighting the network's role in machine-to-machine payments.

That use case is relevant because AI agents may need to make small, automated payments for services such as API calls, computing resources, data access, and digital tools without a human initiating each transaction. Public ledgers used for this type of activity are evaluated on throughput, settlement speed, transaction cost, and developer infrastructure, making sustained transaction growth an important metric to watch alongside token-holder behavior.

RippleX Head of Engineering David Schwartz has said he expects XRPL transaction volumes to rise from roughly one million today to between 10 million and 100 million over the coming years. His projection is tied to the growth of AI agents paying for APIs, computing power, digital services, and other autonomous transactions.

If whale selling pressure continues to decline while institutional accumulation and XRPL usage increase, XRP's next major market phase would be influenced by both supply dynamics and real-world network activity rather than market positioning alone. The combination of reduced exchange inflows, larger-holder accumulation, and expanding AI-related payment use remains central to the current XRP market narrative.

Original report: https://coinpaper.com/33353/whale-selling-nearly-vanishes-as-xrp-ledger-surpasses-14m-ai-agent-transactions