On April 1, Ripple will unlock 1 billion XRP from the genesis distribution, worth $2.34 billion at current prices. The company is XRP’s largest holder and currently controls more than 50% of the available supply – able to move markets.
After XRP launch in 2012, Ripple kept 80 billion of the 100 billion supply out of circulation to itself, gradually selling some units, distributing it to the market. In 2017, the company implemented an escrow system to lock the still undistributed 55 billion XRP, with programmed monthly unlocks.
This move was in response to community concerns and requests regarding transparency on the sales, rumored to be impacting price. While Ripple still does not disclose their sales, people can monitor the monthly unlocks and dozens of liquid accounts under the company’s control.
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Notably, the escrow system remains to these days, as Ripple continues to unlock 1 billion XRP on the first day of every month; reserving a fraction (usually between 20% to 40%) for its monthly sales and expenses, while re-locking the remaining tokens into new escrows for the following years.
Ripple escrows to unlock 1 billion XRP for April sales
Similarly to February’s and March’s unlocks, this month’s releases will happen once escrows located in ‘Ripple (26)’ and ‘Ripple (27)’ reach finality at the last second of March 31. These are labeled accounts by XRP Scan, identified as controlled by the homonymous company.
Until January, the unlocks were occurring from ‘Ripple (24)‘ and ‘Ripple (25)‘. Interestingly, the 300 million XRP sales and re-locks in February came from these two accounts, with their old balances.
This left ‘Ripple (26)’ and ‘Ripple (27)’ with a liquid 1 billion XRP tokens, not re-locked, as we would expect. During 2025, we have also noticed a slight pattern change, with ongoing deposits to exchanges from other liquid Ripple accounts.
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XRP is changing hands at $2.34 by press time, up 12.30% year-to-date (YTD). Nevertheless, the ride so far has been far from consistent, with ups and downs as more tokens started circulating.
The token is down 30% from a peak of $3.38 on January 16, suffering from a significant selling pressure.
So far, Ripple has already sold more than 900 million XRP, valued at more than $2.1 billion, in 2025. This comes, as Finbold reported, from strategic moves of 300 million XRP each month (January, February, and March). Now, investors carefully watch the company’s next moves for April, which could mirror the ongoing sales.
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