XRP became the most traded asset on South Korea’s Upbit exchange in the last seven days, pulling in $110 million in 24-hour volume and outpacing both top cryptos Bitcoin and Ethereum.

The surge came alongside the biggest inflows into US XRP exchange-traded funds in four months, even as Bitcoin and Ethereum funds saw money flowing out.

CME And NASDAQ Signal Growing Institutional Interest

CME Group and NASDAQ announced they will launch crypto index futures on June 8, covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, Cardano, Chainlink, and Stellar Lumens in a single contract.

The move points to growing institutional infrastructure being built around regulated digital assets. XRP itself climbed 4% in 24 hours to almost $1.5, while Bitcoin traded at…