Payments-focused cryptocurrency $XRP is on track for its best weekly performance since November 2024 after a U.S. Treasury announcement fueled market speculation that policymakers could ultimately resort to yield curve control (YCC), an aggressive monetary-easing tool.
$XRP has surged 51% to $1.50 since Monday, beating its peers, bitcoin $BTC$77,176.83, ether $ETH$2,446.46, and Solana ($SOL), by a big margin, according to data from CoinDesk. $BTC and $ETH have gained 22% and 30%, respectively, while $SOL has rallied 28%.
$XRP‘s outperformance follows a period of lackluster price action, during which the cryptocurrency consistently lagged the broader market’s bounce. It has been characterized by a massive unwinding of short, or bearish, bets in futures. According to the data source Coinglass, shorts worth nearly $2 billion have been liquidated this week.
The surge in $XRP and other tokens began early this week after the U.S. Treasury said that, from Sept. 9 to Nov. 4, it will buy back $4 billion or more of its own long-duration (10- to 30-year) bonds on multiple occasions, double the previous $2 billion cap.
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