Investors poured $82 million into Canary’s XRP ETF, but falling prices erased double what they put in
Canary Capital’s Canary XRP ETF (XRPC) ended the first half of 2026 with $81.6 million less in net assets even after capital-share transactions added a net $82.4 million, showing how falling asset values can overwhelm growth in an exchange-traded fund.
The fund’s unaudited Form 10-Q, filed Aug. 7, showed net assets declining from $322.8 million at Dec. 31, 2025, to $241.2 million at June 30, 2026.
The accounting bridge is direct: capital-share transactions increased net assets by $82.36 million, but the accounting decrease from operations, primarily unrealized XRP depreciation, reduced them by $164.00 million. The difference was the $81.65 million decline in net assets over the six-month period.
XRPC attributed $88.26 million to shares sold and $5.90 million to shares redeemed. Because authorized participants place XRPC’s creation and redemption orders and can settle them in cash or in kind, the $82.36 million is not equivalent to cash inflow and does not directly measure retail-investor buying. The filing does not disclose the period’s cash-versus-in-kind split.
Unrealized depreciation overwhelmed net share activity
Unrealized depreciation accounted for $159.70 million of the $164.00 million decrease from operations. The balance comprised $3.59 million of realized losses and a $716,898 net investment loss. All are unaudited figures for the full six months, not the second quarter alone.
The fund’s redemptions therefore did not exceed its new share activity. Net capital-share activity remained positive, but the accounting decrease from operations was nearly twice as large as the value added through capital transactions. Unrealized XRP depreciation, rather than fees or realized losses, dominated that decrease.
The contrast is clearest in XRPC’s holdings. The trust held 231.3 million XRP at June 30, up 55.7 million XRP, or 31.7%, from 175.6 million at the end of 2025. The quantity of XRP rose while unrealized depreciation reduced the dollar value recognized in the portfolio.
The fund also sold 3.93 million XRP to fund share redemptions during the first half, recording a $3.26 million realized loss on those sales. That was a loss recognized by the fund, not a measure of losses realized by individual XRPC shareholders.
XRPC’s filing captures two simultaneous movements: net capital-share activity and XRP units both increased, while depreciation cut the value of the larger token pool. The result was a fund with more XRP but $81.6 million less in net assets at midyear.
