Ripple Unlocks 1 Billion XRP from Escrow

Published at 2026-04-01 06:00:11

Ripple unlocked exactly 1,000,000,000 XRP from its cryptographic escrow on April 1, 2026, with the tokens valued at roughly $1.34 billion at current market rates. The release follows the company’s established monthly escrow schedule, which authorizes up to 1 billion XRP to be released each month from the locked reserves set up in prior years.

An escrow unlock does not automatically translate into market sell pressure, but it does expand the pool of tokens that could be circulated, sold, or returned to escrow. Traders, exchanges and regulators will be watching on-chain flows and order books for signs of distribution or reconveyance; past practice has seen Ripple re-escrow unused amounts. For holders and market observers, the event matters because changes in available supply can influence liquidity and short-term price dynamics for XRP.

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