Ripple will unlock 1 billion XRP in 7 days
Ripple is only a week away from its next scheduled XRP escrow unlock, with 1 billion XRP set to be released on October 1. The upcoming release marks Ripples tenth XRP escrow unlock of the year, and it continues the long-standing monthly schedule established when the company introduced its escrow program back in 2017. At the current price of $1.47, the unlock has a notional value of $1.47 billion. XRP price 24-hour chart. Source: Finbold However, while Ripples escrow system is designed to provide greater transparency and predictability, not all of the 1 billion XRP unlocked on the first day of each month enters circulation. Instead, Ripple typically returns most of the unlocked tokens to new escrow contracts. Following the previous unlock, for example, which took place on September 1, 2026, the company put 700 million XPP back into escrow accounts, where roughly 32 billion XRP now remains. In short, then, the actual increase in potentially circulating XRP has generally been closer to 200 million to 300 million tokens per month, rather than the full 1 billion XRP unlocked from escrow. October 1 XRP unlock not likely to affect the price Since Ripple originally placed 55 billion XRP into escrow contracts to establish a predictable release schedule for









