{"id":78513,"date":"2026-09-22T16:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/here-are-the-numbers-bitcoin-news\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T16:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:00:07","slug":"here-are-the-numbers-bitcoin-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/here-are-the-numbers-bitcoin-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Here Are the Numbers \u2013 Bitcoin News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Upbit\u2019s XRP-KRW pair logged $350M (\u20a9481B) on Sept. 21, against $225.8M (\u20a9308B) for BTC-KRW.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">XRP climbed about 19% on Upbit, from $1.28 (\u20a91,749) on Sept. 15 to $1.52 (\u20a92,078) by Sept. 21.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Upbit showed no XRP-specific kimchi premium on Sept. 22, so traders are watching for a price gap to open.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The Numbers<\/h2>\n<p>On Monday night, onchain data showed that XRP was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RipBullWinkle\/status\/2102145659130273895\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dominating Upbit<\/a>,\u201d with the asset\u2019s numbers showing $203.9 million in 24-hour volume against $143 million for bitcoin and $119 million for ether.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Upbit\u2019s candle data shows XRP out-traded bitcoin in won terms on every day from Aug. 23 through Sept. 21, 30 for 30, and it led again in the first hours of Sept. 22.<\/p>\n<p>The margins were sometimes huge because on Aug. 23, XRP drew $418M (\u20a9571B) to bitcoin\u2019s $93.1M (\u20a9127B), a 4.5x lead. On Sept. 15, the day the CLARITY Act failed its <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/crypto-news\/xrp-falls-10-percent-ripple-settled-ground-clarity-act\/\">Senate cloture vote<\/a>, XRP churned $368M (\u20a9502B) as its Upbit price sank to $1.28 (\u20a91,749), more than three times bitcoin\u2019s $118M (\u20a9161B). Korean traders didn\u2019t step away when XRP fell 10%. They traded it harder.<\/p>\n<p>Venue consideration is important as well, since a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/upbit-towers-over-rivals-as-south-koreas-primary-crypto-liquidity-hub-research-finds\/\">Kaiko Research document found<\/a> that Upbit handled about 70% of South Korea\u2019s crypto volume through 2025. Not only that, Upbit is also <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/55-84-billion-xrp-appears-across-the-top-40-wallets-but-escrow-changes-the-picture\/\">one of XRP\u2019s largest custodians<\/a>, appearing 11 times among the top 40 XRP wallets with a combined 6.424 billion XRP in July.<\/p>\n<h2>Who Is Doing the Buying?<\/h2>\n<p>Korean retail, and the bid seemingly moved the numbers. XRP climbed about 19% on Upbit from $1.28 (\u20a91,749) on Sept. 15 to $1.52 (\u20a92,078) at the Sept. 21 close, touching $1.53 (\u20a92,084) intraday.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, XRP is trading at $1.52 at press time, up 6% in 24 hours, following an <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/market-updates\/xrp-jumps-8-7-as-peter-brandts-chart-signals-advance-to-5-40\/\">8.7% jump<\/a> that Peter Brandt tied to a $5.40 chart target.<\/p>\n<p>The wider market helped as well, with <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/market-updates\/massive-short-squeeze-sends-bitcoin-price-above-86000\/\">a short squeeze<\/a> lifting bitcoin\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WatcherGuru\/status\/2102131992934392151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">price above $87,000<\/a> before easing to about $85,270. XRP rode the same wave, but Korean traders were leaning into XRP far harder than into BTC itself.<\/p>\n<h2>Where Is the \u2018Kimchi Premium \u2018?<\/h2>\n<p>There is a twist in all of this math because when Korean demand runs hot, won prices usually trade above global prices, a gap known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoquant.com\/asset\/btc\/chart\/market-data\/korea-premium-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kimchi premium.<\/a> This has not happened this time.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, XRP sits at $1.519 (\u20a92,080) on Upbit, a touch under the $1.52 global price. Bitcoin showed a roughly 2% discount today, a number that is sometimes much larger.<\/p>\n<p>With both assets marked down by just a shade, the gap reflects the won, not an XRP-specific frenzy.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, heavy volume with no premium right now seems to imply that Koreans are flipping XRP back and forth in size, not queuing to buy it at any price. That is a more durable kind of activity than a premium-fueled spike, albeit a less explosive one. Interesting week ahead!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/crypto-news\/xrp-upbit-volume-beats-bitcoin-month-streak\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Upbit\u2019s XRP-KRW pair logged $350M (\u20a9481B) on Sept. 21, against $225.8M (\u20a9308B) for BTC-KRW. XRP climbed about 19% on Upbit, from $1.28 (\u20a91,749) on Sept. 15 to $1.52 (\u20a92,078) by Sept. 21. Upbit showed no XRP-specific kimchi premium on Sept. 22, so traders are watching for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3947362404,"featured_media":78514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78513"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3947362404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}