Ripple released 1 billion XRP from escrow on Oct. 1 and relocked 700 million; XRP ETFs hold 1.18 billion
Ripple unlocked 1 billion XRP on Oct. 1 and returned 700 million to escrow, while US spot XRP ETFs hold about 1.18 billion XRP as price fell toward $1.40.
Why it matters
Ripple's monthly release and re-locking cycle continues to add circulating supply without any confirmed large-scale sale, and the ETFs holding roughly 1.18 billion XRP now sit about $230 million below their lifetime inflows, a gap driven by XRP's decline rather than redemptions. A second listed route into XRP arrives with Evernorth's XRPN expected to trade on Nasdaq from Oct. 12. Solana ETFs overtook XRP products in total net assets on Sept. 17 and widened the gap to $1.91 billion against $1.69 billion as of Oct. 1, per Bitcoin.com News and Sosovalue data.
Where the sources disagree
Cumulative XRP ETF inflows
$1.79 billion
Bitcoin.com News
$1.791 billion
Bitcoin.com News
$1.794 billion
Bitcoin.com News
$1.80 billion
Bitcoin.com News
Bitcoin.com News reported $1.791 billion in lifetime inflows on Oct. 2 and about $1.80 billion by Oct. 12, against $1.79 billion cited on Sept. 28 and $1.794 billion on Oct. 6.
XRP ETF net assets
$1.7 billion across five tracked funds
CryptoSlate
$1.697 billion
Bitcoin.com News
$1.658 billion on Oct. 2
Bitcoin.com News
Makoto-tracked data put five funds at $1.7 billion on Oct. 6 while Sosovalue-based reporting put seven US spot XRP funds at $1.697 billion on Oct. 6 and $1.658 billion on Oct. 2, with different fund counts behind the totals.
Figures that do not reconcile
Found by comparing the numbers in the reports automatically. They are differences, not yet confirmed to be about the same thing.
size of the move
$1.69
Bitcoin.com News
$1.04
Finbold
Bitcoin.com News reports $1.69, Finbold reports $1.04 (38% apart).
reported flows (inflows)
$677 million
Bitcoin.com News
$300 million
Finbold
Bitcoin.com News reports $677 million, Finbold reports $300 million (56% apart).
reported value
$1 billion
Finbold
$1.91 Billion
Bitcoin.com News
Finbold reports $1 billion, Bitcoin.com News reports $1.91 Billion (48% apart).
reported flows (franklin inflows)
$688 million
Bitcoin.com News
$501 million
Crypto.News
Bitcoin.com News reports $688 million, Crypto.News reports $501 million (27% apart).
reported flows (inflows)
$4.07 million
Bitcoin.com News
$3.14 million
Crypto.News
Bitcoin.com News reports $4.07 million, Crypto.News reports $3.14 million (23% apart).
reported flows (inflows)
$4.07 million
Bitcoin.com News
$3.14 million
CryptoSlate
Bitcoin.com News reports $4.07 million, CryptoSlate reports $3.14 million (23% apart).
reported flows (inflows)
$1.69 billion
Finbold
$1.49 billion
Crypto.News
Finbold reports $1.69 billion, Crypto.News reports $1.49 billion (12% apart).
reported flows (inflows)
$3.14 million
Crypto.News
$3.9 million
CryptoSlate
Crypto.News reports $3.14 million, CryptoSlate reports $3.9 million (19% apart).
Key facts
Ripple released 1 billion XRP from programmed escrow shortly after 00:00 UTC on Oct. 1 through four transactions of 400 million, 300 million, 200 million and 100 million.
1,000,000,000 XRPDisputed figureReported by Crypto.News
Ripple returned 700 million XRP to escrow in two transactions of 400 million and 300 million, hours after the Oct. 1 release, leaving 300 million outside escrow.
700,000,000 XRPDisputed figureReported by Finbold
Cumulative net inflows into US spot XRP ETFs stood at about $1.79 billion as of Sept. 28, with Bitwise at roughly $677 million and Franklin Templeton's XRPZ at roughly $501 million.
1,790,000,000 USDDisputed figureReported by Bitcoin.com News
XRP ETF net assets fell to $1.57 billion against $1.80 billion in lifetime inflows by Oct. 12, a gap of roughly $230 million.
230,000,000 USDDisputed figureReported by Bitcoin.com News
Finbold reported that Ripple is scheduled to unlock another 1 billion XRP from escrow on Nov. 1.
1,000,000,000 XRPDisputed figureReported by Finbold
What happened
Ripple released 1 billion XRP from its programmed escrow shortly after 00:00 UTC on Oct. 1, in four transactions of 400 million, 300 million, 200 million and 100 million, worth roughly $1.49 billion, with the details reported by Crypto.News citing Onchain Lens and by Finbold citing XRP Insights. Hours later Finbold reported, citing XRPSCAN, that Ripple returned 700 million XRP to escrow in two transactions of 400 million and 300 million, leaving 300 million outside escrow, and put the balance still in escrow at 31.54 billion XRP, about 31.6% of supply, against a circulating supply of roughly 68.42 billion. Over the same window US spot XRP ETFs, launched in late 2025, built a cumulative $1.79 billion to $1.80 billion of net inflows while their net assets fell from $1.82 billion on Sept. 28 to $1.57 billion by Oct. 12, so the gap between money invested and assets held widened to about $230 million, according to Bitcoin.com News. The holdings themselves are not disputed: seven funds held 1,179.62 million XRP, about 1.18% of the fixed 100 billion supply, with Bitwise at 413.1 million, Franklin Templeton's XRPZ at 293.1 million and Canary's XRPC at 249.8 million, and Maketo later estimated 1.13 billion XRP worth $1.7 billion across five tracked funds. Flows narrowed as the price fell: XRP traded near $1.52 early in October, reached $1.55 on Oct. 2 and touched $1.32 on Oct. 8 before closing Oct. 9 near $1.40. Finbold reported on Oct. 10 that Ripple is scheduled to unlock another 1 billion XRP on Nov. 1, and that across 12 monthly releases from November 2025 through October 2026 Ripple unlocked 12 billion XRP and re-escrowed 8.4 billion, leaving 3.6 billion outside escrow.
How the story developed
- First report
First report by Bitcoin.com News
XRP ETFs Hoard 1.18 Billion XRP as Ripple Readies a 1 Billion Unlock
- Update
XRP ETFs cross 1.18 billion XRP held as Ripple readies Oct. 1 unlock
Seven US spot XRP ETFs hold 1,179.62 million XRP, roughly the size of the monthly escrow release, with 48.39 million XRP added in week 39 alone.
- Independent corroboration
Independently corroborated by Finbold
XRP spot ETFs attract over $300 million in Q3 2026
- Update
Ripple releases 1 billion XRP from escrow
Four transactions of 400 million, 300 million, 200 million and 100 million, worth roughly $1.49 billion, sent shortly after 00:00 UTC.
- Update
Ripple relocks 700 million XRP within hours
XRPSCAN data show two transfers back into escrow of 400 million and 300 million, leaving 31.54 billion XRP in escrow, about 31.6% of supply.
- Update
Solana ETFs overtake XRP funds in total net assets
Solana products reached $1.91 billion against $1.69 billion for XRP funds as of Oct. 1, after Solana funds took in $253.98 million over eight consecutive inflow days.
- Update
XRP ETF assets fall about $133 million below lifetime inflows
Net assets slid to $1.658 billion on Oct. 2 from $1.695 billion a day earlier while only $3.28 million left the funds, all from Bitwise, as XRP dropped from $1.55 to $1.44.
- Update
Evernorth XRPN listing on Nasdaq and 12-week inflow streak
Oct. 6 flows of $3.14 million extended a run of 12 straight weeks of net inflows, and Evernorth expects XRPN trading to begin on Oct. 12 after an administrative delay.
How coverage built up
Independent sources over time, counted the way the consensus panel counts them: a republication of a wire story does not move the line.
- 28 Sept 2026, 09:01 UTC: Bitcoin.com News, official — 1 independent source, 1 reports
- 30 Sept 2026, 16:35 UTC: Finbold — 2 independent sources, 3 reports
- 1 Oct 2026, 08:47 UTC: Crypto.News — 3 independent sources, 4 reports
- 1 Oct 2026, 15:20 UTC: U.Today — 4 independent sources, 5 reports
- 1 Oct 2026, 21:00 UTC: Crypto News (CryptoNews.net) — 5 independent sources, 6 reports
- 5 Oct 2026, 05:10 UTC: Crypto News (CryptoNews.net) — 6 independent sources, 10 reports
- 7 Oct 2026, 19:40 UTC: CryptoSlate — 7 independent sources, 13 reports
Affected entities
Also mentioned: Bitcoin, Binance, Nasdaq, Ethereum, Coinbase, Grayscale, Brazil
Original sources
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