🚀 XRP Unlocks $2.5B: Will It Sink or Swim? 🌊

Brace yourselves, crypto lovers! Ripple’s about to unleash 1 billion XRP-a cool $2.5 billion at today’s prices-from its escrow vault on November 1. 🎉 Because nothing says “Happy Almost Halloween” like a billion-dollar token release, right? 👻

Apparently, this is just Ripple’s way of keeping things spicy in its “predictable” liquidity management system. 🧮 Introduced in 2017, it’s like their version of a monthly subscription box, but instead of socks, you get XRP. 🧦✨

XRP Supply: The Never-Ending Soap Opera 🎭

Every month, Ripple plays its favorite game of “Unlock, Re-lock, Repeat.” 1 billion XRP gets freed, but don’t get too excited-70-80% of it goes right back into escrow. Only 200-300 million XRP gets to see the light of day for operational needs, sales, or ecosystem support. 🕵️‍♂️

The whole process is on-chain and auditable, so no funny business. But let’s be real, the market’s watching this like it’s the season finale of Crypto Drama. 🍿

Ripple will unlock 1B $XRP from escrow tomorrow (~$2.49B)

They usually re-lock most but sell or move 200-300M

Let’s see how the market handles it 🍿🎢

– 0xMarioNawfal (@RoundtableSpace) October 31, 2025

In October, XRP bounced between $2.30 and $2.68, riding high on Ripple’s institutional BFFs and Evernorth’s billion-dollar dreams. 💼✨ Analysts say the unlock won’t rock the boat much, but traders are still clutching their calculators like it’s the crypto apocalypse. 📉🔮

The real tea? Everyone’s watching how much Ripple re-locks this month. Less re-locking = more tokens in the wild = potential drama. 🍵

XRP Market Cap: The Debate No One Asked For 🤷‍♀️

This week, the X crowd (yes, that’s Twitter now, keep up!) reignited the “How do we count XRP’s market cap?” debate. Developer Vincent Van Code claims XRP’s supply is overstated because 35 billion tokens are still in escrow. 🧮 He compared it to Bitcoin’s lost coins, which is like comparing apples to… blockchain oranges? 🍎🍊

Enter former Ripple CTO David Schwartz, who dropped some knowledge bombs: “Escrowed XRP can’t circulate until it’s unlocked, but Ripple could sell future rights to it.” Basically, it’s crypto’s version of a layaway plan. 🛍️

Ripple could sell the right to receive the tokens released from escrow or even sell the accounts the escrows complete into. But the XRP still can’t circulate until their release dates. 📅

– David ‘JoelKatz’ Schwartz (@JoelKatz) October 27, 2025

Ripple’s Q4: All the Buzz, None of the Bees 🐝

Amidst all this, Ripple’s having a moment. Evernorth’s $1 billion IPO plans? Check. Japan’s gumi Inc. joining the XRP party? Check. XRP breaking resistance at $2.63 before the Fed’s latest plot twist? Also check. 📈💔

For XRP holders, November 1 is just another day in paradise-unless Ripple decides to shake things up. If they stick to the script, prices should stay chill. But if not? Grab your popcorn. 🍿🎢

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2025-11-01 00:57