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🟠 BNB Pulls Well Ahead of XRP Market Cap
BNB has pulled well away from its historical rival XRP to firmly entrench itself as the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.
The current state of the top 10
Bitcoin maintains its absolute dominance at the apex of the market with a valuation of over $1.46 trillion. It is followed by Ethereum at $240.9 billion and the Tether (USDT) stablecoin at $187.9 billion.
BNB has claimed a commanding lead with a total market capitalization of $93.99 billion, trading at $696.19 after a 6.1% weekly push. XRP has been left behind in the fifth-place spot. The Ripple-linked token boasts a market capitalization of $81.90 billion. This leaves a massive $12 billion gap between the two assets.
Investment management giant VanEck recently launched the VanEck BNB ETF (VBNB), which is the first-ever exchange-traded product in the United States. The crypto-friendly SEC allowed US investors to get exposure to a myriad of such products after the previous administration reluctantly approved only Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs.
The regulatory breakthrough is the latest example of a "Cambrian explosion" of exotic crypto ETFs that now includes spot funds for XRP, Dogecoin, Hyperliquid, and Chainlink.
That BNB's open interest recently skyrocketed. It easily outperformed both Dogecoin and XRP, which saw flat to negative open interest over the exact same period.