Ripple is getting ready to unlock 1 billion XRP from escrow tomorrow, August 1, worth about $1.08 billion based on the XRP price of $1.08 at the time of writing.
The upcoming unlock is part of Ripple’s long-standing escrow schedule, according to which the company typically unlocks 1 billion XRP on the first day of each month.
With the token’s circulating supply currently at about 62.52 billion XRP, the new release will increase it by roughly 1.6%, although Ripple is likely to return a large portion of the unlocked tokens to escrow.
How much XRP will Ripple unlock tomorrow?
Indeed, although the company unlocks 1 billion XRP every month, it usually re-locks a large portion of the batch (between 60% and 80%) to a new escrow contract.
So far, Ripple has re-locked on average 700 million XRP every month in 2026, reducing the amount that went into circulation to just 300 million XRP per month.
At press time, roughly 32.44 billion XRP is held in escrow, valued at approximately $34.72, according to data from XRPSCAN.
What does the Ripple escrow mean for XRP prices?
As the upcoming release follows a strict schedule introduced in 2017, the market is unlikely to react in any meaningful way to what amounts to a routine event. Indeed, previous monthly escrows generated very little immediate volatility in XRP’s price.
XRP’s performance this year is more dependent on broader cryptocurrency market trends, regulatory developments, and Bitcoin (BTC) moves.
A more important short-term catalyst has come in the shape of the U.S. CLARITY Act , which remains a major factor in every XRP price prediction 2026, some of which see the cryptocurrency trading somewhere between $1.15 and $1.25 by next week’s voting date.
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