Despite a general decline in prices, XRP's liquidity has remained stable. Technical indicators suggest a bearish trend and short positions have surpassed longs. However, the volume-to-open interest ratio is still above average, indicating sustained speculative interest. 

After almost four days, the flood of scam tweets on pro-XRP lawyer Jeremy Hogan's hacked account has stopped. The XRP community had been warning others and tagging Twitter's support since July 24 when they noticed Hogan's account tweeting malicious links for a supposed XRP giveaway.

Gary Gensler, the Chair of the SEC, avoided answering questions about the agency's next steps in response to the recent XRP vs SEC lawsuit ruling. During an interview with Bloomberg TV, he did not confirm whether the SEC would appeal the decision. Gensler had previously expressed disappointment with the ruling, and the SEC has stated its intention to seek further review. The ruling determined that XRP is only a security when sold to institutional investors, not retail investors, and many US-based crypto exchanges have since relisted the token.

Corpay, a partner firm of Ripple, has launched a new financial tool called the Netting Manager, which aims to automate and streamline the settlement of internal invoices for multinational corporations with global subsidiaries. The system uses intercompany netting, a financial technique commonly used by multinational firms to combine transactions in different currencies, resulting in significant time and cost savings. The Netting Manager has a user-friendly design that enables firms of all sizes to adopt it in just a couple of days, and it seamlessly interfaces with the most popular core accounting systems used by organizations. <br>

Congressman Brad Sherman has criticized the recent Ripple case ruling that declared XRP as "sometimes a security and sometimes not." During a congressional hearing, Sherman labeled the verdict as "ridiculous" and expressed his broader critique of the crypto industry, which he associates with illegal activities and financial impropriety.

XRP's post-SEC lawsuit gains have been halved and its momentum is slowing down due to the lack of institutional-grade inflows into the cryptocurrency market. Retail investors were the driving force behind XRP's surge in price after the legal victory, but their involvement may not be enough to sustain a long-term uptrend. Institutional investors are needed to bring substantial funds and credibility to the cryptocurrency market.

Investment products related to Bitcoin have experienced outflows for the first time since June, when Blackrock filed for a spot Bitcoin ETF, according to a report by CoinShares. Outflows of $13 million were recorded for the week ending July 21, reversing five weeks of inflows. Short Bitcoin products also saw outflows of $5.5 million in the week. Ethereum and XRP investment products, on the other hand, recorded a combined inflow of $9.2 million over the last week, with Ethereum being the best performer. Despite this, Bitcoin remains the dominant digital asset investment product, with $558 million in inflows so far in 2023 and a total of $25.0 billion in assets under management.

As the SEC's appeal against Judge Analisa Torres' ruling looms, the XRP community is witnessing significant developments within the cryptocurrency's ecosystem. The number of XRP wallets holding over 100 million tokens has surged to 199, the highest level since May 13, and whale holdings have soared to $74 million, a three-month high. XRP's trade volume has also surged, making it the dominant force in the crypto market, surpassing Bitcoin and Ethereum.

XRP's price has fallen by 8% to $0.68, underperforming the crypto market's 3.5% decline on July 24. This drop is due to growing expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by 25 basis points in its July 25-26 meeting, which is considered bad for cryptocurrencies like XRP. Traders have rotated out of high-cap cryptos to seek shelter in safer assets like the U.S. dollar, causing XRP's price to fall. From a technical standpoint, XRP has entered an overbought correction stage and may decline towards $0.59 in July or early August.

Last week, Bitcoin investment products experienced an outflow of $13 million, while smaller cryptocurrencies like Ether and XRP saw inflows. This trend reversal came after several major catalysts for BTC investment, including BlackRock's filing for a BTC exchange traded fund, which spurred a month-long period of rapid inflows.