{"id":166182,"date":"2023-10-01T16:59:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T11:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=166182"},"modified":"2023-10-01T16:59:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T11:29:16","slug":"xrp-price-threatened-as-ripple-unlocks-1-billion-coins-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/xrp-price-threatened-as-ripple-unlocks-1-billion-coins-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"XRP Price Threatened As Ripple Unlocks 1 Billion Coins &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The XRP price has already been under pressure for the past month, as the future outlook of Ripple is still set to be determined in the near future. Although XRP has moved up with the rest of the crypto market over the past few days of green, there is still uncertainty about the next bull run. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, this little price movement could be brief, as the number of XRP tokens in circulation just increased by 1 billion XRP, around 1.87% of the circulating supply of 53.312 billion tokens.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Potential Impact On XRP Price And Supply<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On-chain data from Whale_Alerts has shown bouts of XRP totaling 1 billion have been unlocked from escrow in three transactions from two separate wallets. First, 400 million XRP tokens worth over $205.9 million were unlocked.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udd13 \ud83d\udd13 \ud83d\udd13 \ud83d\udd13 \ud83d\udd13 \ud83d\udd13 \ud83d\udd13 \ud83d\udd13 \ud83d\udd13 400,000,000 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/XRP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#XRP<\/a> (205,914,675 USD) unlocked from escrow at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ripple?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ripple<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V54DFtoI16\">https:\/\/t.co\/V54DFtoI16<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Whale Alert (@whale_alert) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whale_alert\/status\/1708270560768065691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the second transaction, 100 million XRP tokens worth $51.4 million were unlocked.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udd13 \ud83d\udd13 \ud83d\udd13 100,000,000 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/XRP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#XRP<\/a> (51,478,668 USD) unlocked from escrow at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ripple?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ripple<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P8BgPU21Hr\">https:\/\/t.co\/P8BgPU21Hr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Whale Alert (@whale_alert) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whale_alert\/status\/1708270566417862885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And in the last transaction, Ripple unlocked 500 million XRP tokens worth $257.3 million. With the current market price of XRP at $0.5177, this puts the value of the unlocked tokens over $514.6 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udd13 \ud83d\udd13 \ud83d\udd13 \ud83d\udd13 \ud83d\udd13 \ud83d\udd13 \ud83d\udd13 \ud83d\udd13 \ud83d\udd13 \ud83d\udd13 500,000,000 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/XRP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#XRP<\/a> (257,393,344 USD) unlocked from escrow at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ripple?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ripple<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1lSZdeqcMS\">https:\/\/t.co\/1lSZdeqcMS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Whale Alert (@whale_alert) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whale_alert\/status\/1708270569974649267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ripple\u2019s latest unlock is part of the periodic release in its plan to release 55 billion XRP tokens over 55 months. Since 2017, the payment company has been known to release 1 billion XRP tokens each month through a smart contract. While Ripple claims this helps increase liquidity and utility, it also means a major influx of new coins entering circulation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With more XRP available, the price often drops as supply outweighs demand. Each new release adds downward pressure, and the price frequently falls in the days leading up to and following the escrow unlocking.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center\">SOL market cap currently at $9.5 billion on the weekend chart: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/chart\/ajrdy9Lf\/\">TradingView.com<\/a><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The monthly escrow has led to significant <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/xrp\/xrp-whales-trigger-price-decline\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">price slumps in the past months<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, especially during periods of lower interest in XRP. In particular, XRP witnessed a major selloff in June as whales dumped around 120 million XRP after Ripple unlocked its escrow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ripple has been known to periodically relock a portion of released tokens into the escrow system to reduce selling pressure, which helps extend the runway for the remaining tokens to be unlocked. For instance, Ripple immediately relocked 800 million (80%) of September\u2019s token unlock. The total amount to be locked back in escrow this month is yet to be determined.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Ripple: The Future Outlook For XRP<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">XRP is currently up by 1.83% in a seven-day timeframe but the price outlook looks remains highly uncertain in the short term. <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/xrp-price-prediction-bullish-bearish\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Various predictions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> have come in for the token\u2019s future, with one prediction even <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/xrp-price-prediction-bullish-bearish\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">going as high as<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> $10,000.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>(This site\u2019s content should not be construed as investment advice. Investing involves risk. When you invest, your capital is subject to risk).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image from iStock<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The XRP price has already been under pressure for the past month, as the future outlook of Ripple is still set to be determined in the near future. Although XRP has moved up with the rest of the crypto market over the past few days of green, there is still uncertainty about the next bull [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[235,203,210,234,231,232,237,238,236,233],"class_list":["post-166182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain","tag-bitcoin","tag-crypto-currency","tag-elon-musk","tag-ethereum","tag-hyperledger","tag-ibm","tag-mining","tag-nodes","tag-spacex","tag-tesla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166182"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166185,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166182\/revisions\/166185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}