A 30% rise in investor interest. That is part of what Canary Capital CEO Steven McClurg is predicting for XRP before December, on top of a price that he believes could double from where it stands today. Related Reading: New Bitcoin Lows? Analysts Say Chances Are ‘Extremely Slim’ The Road To Year End McClurg, who leads one of the first firms to file for a spot XRP exchange-traded fund in the US, laid out a three-phase path he expects the market to follow over the rest of 2026. The near term, he said, will be rough. Summer is expected to bring pressure across both equities and crypto broadly, and the lead-up to midterm elections will pull attention and money away from markets. But McClurg’s outlook shifts sharply once the election season passes. He said post-midterm conditions are where ETF inflows are likely to accelerate, driven in part by the potential passage of the CLARITY Act and growing activity around real-world asset tokenization. Institutional investors, he suggested, have been waiting for that kind of regulatory clarity before committing larger sums. ETF Inflows Already Building The timing of his comments follows a strong week for XRP ETFs. Net inflows hit $60 million last week, the best single-week performance so far in 2026, pushing the total cumulative figure to $1.39 billion. McClurg said he expects that number to grow another 30% by year end. XRP is trading around $1.40 at the time the comments were made. A doubling of that price by December would put the token above $2.80. Whether or not the prediction holds, the inflow data points to real and growing institutional appetite for XRP exposure through regulated fund products. Related Reading: Bitcoin Treasury Company Nakamoto Takes Action To Prevent Stock Slide A Specific Target With A Specific Timeline McClurg did not hedge his outlook with vague language. He put a number on it and attached a deadline. That kind of precision from a fund executive with direct skin in the XRP market tends to draw attention, and his comments are already circulating widely. The broader bet he is making rests on a combination of regulatory progress, post-election capital rotation, and continued ETF adoption. All three would need to show up more or less on schedule for his year-end target to come true. Summer, by his own admission, will test that thesis before the second half of the year gets a chance to prove it right. Featured image from iStock/3DSculptor, chart from TradingView
