Ripple is preparing to unlock 1 billion XRP from its escrow accounts on May 1, 2025, continuing its monthly release cycle. Based on current XRP prices on April 10, the token unlock is valued at approximately $2 billion in market value.
Following XRP’s launch in 2012, Ripple initially retained 80 billion of the total 100 billion token supply, gradually distributing portions to the market over time.
In 2017, the company implemented an escrow system to lock the still undistributed 55 billion XRP, with programmed monthly unlocks.
Ripple escrows to unlock 1 billion XRP for May sales
Much like the unlocks in March and April, the scheduled unlocks will take place through escrows held by Ripple’s labeled accounts, ‘Ripple (26)’ and ‘Ripple (27)’.
According to on-chain data retrieved by Finbold from XRPScan, Ripple (26) currently holds two escrows scheduled to unlock—300 million XRP and 200 million XRP, while Ripple (27) holds a single 500 million XRP escrow, with all three escrows remaining locked until May 1, 2025.
Following each monthly unlock, Ripple allocates a portion of the XRP for operational purposes, while the remaining tokens are often returned to escrow for future distribution.
Until January, the monthly releases were executed from ‘Ripple (24)’ and ‘Ripple (25)’. Notably, the 300 million XRP in sales and subsequent re-locks in February originated from these older accounts, drawing on their remaining balances.
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