GXRP vs XRPZ: which tracked its coin?
Over the window both share, GXRP finished 0.40 of a percentage point behind XRP and XRPZ 0.20 behind. Grayscale XRP Trust ETF and Franklin XRP Trust.
GXRP since launch: fund −34.10%, XRP −33.13%, 0.97 pt behind XRP.
XRPZ since launch: fund −34.24%, XRP −33.13%, 1.11 pts behind XRP.
A percentile among the 25 spot crypto ETPs listed less than a year. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All crypto ETFs ranked by it → How it is computed →
The same coin, two trusts
GXRP and XRPZ hold the same asset. Both are 1933 Act trusts holding XRP through a custodian, so neither has a portfolio to compare: the whole of each fund is one line. Over the same days, GXRP finished 0.97 of a percentage point behind XRP and XRPZ 1.1 percentage points behind, so GXRP kept more of what holding the coin gave, by 0.14 of a percentage point. That gap is the fee, the custody, the creation and redemption friction and the market’s pricing of the shares, compounded into one figure.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | The coin over the same days | Difference, percentage points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | GXRP | XRPZ | GXRP | XRPZ | GXRP | XRPZ |
| 1 month | +7.2% | +7.3% | +7.9% | +7.9% | −0.8 pts | −0.7 pts |
| 3 months | +40.3% | +40.6% | +41.6% | +41.6% | −1.3 pts | −1.0 pts |
| 6 months | +10.1% | +10.3% | +10.5% | +10.5% | −0.4 pts | −0.2 pts |
| Since each listed GXRP Nov 2025 · XRPZ Nov 2025 | −34.1% | −34.2% | −33.1% | −33.1% | −1.0 pts | −1.1 pts |
GXRP and XRPZ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
GXRP and XRPZ on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
GXRP in plain words
GXRP holds XRP through a custodian and trades on an exchange, so a holder gets the coin’s return inside a brokerage account rather than a wallet. Over the time since it listed to Sep 30, 2026, XRP moved −33.1% and GXRP returned −34.1%. That leaves it 0.97 of a percentage point behind. That difference is the fee, the custody cost, the friction of creating and redeeming shares in blocks, and whatever the market paid for the shares rather than for the coin, all of it together. It is the only figure on this page the sponsor does not publish itself. GXRP charges 0.35% a year and finished 1.0% behind XRP, so the fee is less than the whole difference and the rest is what the market paid for the shares, which moved against holders. A spot trust is not a registered investment company. It files a 10-K rather than an N-PORT, and its holding is one line: the XRP it custodies.
XRPZ in plain words
XRPZ holds XRP through a custodian and trades on an exchange, so a holder gets the coin’s return inside a brokerage account rather than a wallet. Over the time since it listed to Sep 30, 2026, XRP moved −33.1% and XRPZ returned −34.2%. That leaves it 1.1 percentage points behind. XRPZ charges 0.19% a year and finished 1.1% behind XRP, so the fee is less than the whole difference and the rest is what the market paid for the shares, which moved against holders.
Questions people ask
- Which tracked XRP more closely, GXRP or XRPZ?
- Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, GXRP finished 0.97 of a percentage point behind XRP and XRPZ 1.1 percentage points behind, so GXRP tracked it more closely, by 0.14 of a percentage point. That difference is the fee, the custody cost, the friction of creating and redeeming shares in blocks and whatever the market paid for the shares rather than for the coin, all together.
- Do GXRP or XRPZ pay a staking yield?
- The XRP Ledger settles by a consensus its validators are not paid for, so there is nothing to stake and no fund holding XRP can pay a staking yield.
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