Ripple remains the largest holder of XRP, and most of its assets are in escrow mode until 2027. Every month, the company unlocks 1 billion tokens, maintaining the desired share and re-blocking crypto assets.
In December, Ripple retained 200 million XRP (20%), and the rest were again locked in an escrow account until April-May 2027. The address of the crypto wallet where the available reserves are stored is marked as "Ripple (1)" on the XRP Scan.
Usually, every month, the company transfers tokens to this account that it plans to keep, and then partially transfers them to several other unlabeled addresses, possibly controlled by the same owner. XRP is then sent to centralized exchanges.
At the moment, Ripple has already used 240 million XRP of the 200 million unlocked in December. This means that the company uses part of the accumulated reserves to sell before the end of the year.
It is worth noting that after receiving 200 million XRP from Ripple on December 1 (22), sales were divided into three parts: First, 60 million was spent on December 6, then another 60 million six days later. On December 20, Ripple made a transaction worth 120 million XRP.
Interestingly, Ripple has 96.34 million liquid XRP remaining, which can be sold at any time. This amounts to $57.87 million, considering the current XRP price of $0.61.
Ripple's total sales for December were $148.80 million, which certainly affects the XRP offering. Thus, those who claim that Ripple has nothing to do with XRP are mistaken, since the company directly affects the economic dynamics of the token.
