XRP just got commodity classification. XLM didn't. both compete for the same cross-border payments corridor. XRP now has ETF wrapper access, bank custody eligibility, and wXRP live on solana through layerzero. XLM has none of it. same use case, completely different regulatory rails. long XRP short XLM is the cleanest pairs trade in crypto right now and the divergence compounds every month institutions can allocate to one but not the other.
markets obsessing over yield stats while xrp quietly locked down nyse etfs, eu mica play, and trust bank pursuit
regulatory rails > yield farming when big money moves