XRP whales accumulated 360 million tokens over the past week, pushing whale?held supply to its highest level in months. The buying spree comes as Ripple’s CEO publicly praised the new SEC Chair Paul Atkins, calling him “a breath of fresh air and sanity” after years of hostility under Gary Gensler.

The contrast could not be starker: a once?adversarial relationship between Ripple and the SEC now appears to be warming, and large investors are positioning ahead of potential regulatory clarity.<