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Should You Buy XRP Directly or a Spot XRP ETF?
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- Should You Buy XRP Directly or a Spot XRP ETF?
- Buying XRP directly avoids the ETF s yearly fee, lets you trade 24/7, and lets you use the coin on the XRP Ledger, but you re responsible for your own security, and lost keys mean lost coins.
- Spot XRP ETF fees range from 0.19% (Franklin s XRPZ) to 0.75% (REX-Osprey s XRPR), with Bitwise s XRP the most traded at 0.34%, and all of them hold real XRP with a regulated custodian.
Should You Buy XRP Directly or a Spot XRP ETF? Sam Daodu Mon, June 15, 2026 at 10:11 PM GMT+7 8 min read XRP-USD SOFI Quick Read A spot XRP ETF gives you XRP price exposure inside a normal brokerage account, with the fund holding the actual coin, while buying directly makes you the owner of XRP you can move, use, or hold yourself.
Buying XRP directly avoids the ETF s yearly fee, lets you trade 24/7, and lets you use the coin on the XRP Ledger, but you re responsible for your own security, and lost keys mean lost coins.
Spot XRP ETF fees range from 0.19% (Franklin s XRPZ) to 0.75% (REX-Osprey s XRPR), with Bitwise s XRP the most traded at 0.34%, and all of them hold real XRP with a regulated custodian.
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