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Ripple will release 1 billion XRP from escrow on November 1, 2025, continuing its scheduled monthly unlock.  At today’s price of $2.48, the tranche carries a notional value of $2.48 billion. The release lands at a pivotal moment for the token. The SEC faces a cluster of XRP ETF deadlines in late October and early November, with a decision on Grayscale’s filing expected by October 29. A post-shutdown approval wave, analysts say, could mirror the Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF rollouts that have already attracted more than $150 billion in inflows. Since XRP now enjoys legal clarity as a non-security, approval could act as a structural demand catalyst, offsetting the near-term impact of fresh supply from escrow. Ripple co-founder’s 50 million XRP transfer In parallel, Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen has drawn attention with a 50 million XRP transfer, worth about $120 million to Evernorth Holdings. The firm, backed by Ripple executives, is preparing a SPAC me...

Three cryptocurrencies will unlock over $170 million in tokens this week, which cryptocurrency traders should avoid having substantial exposure to. These unlocks have the potential to flood the market, leading to increased selling pressure and significant price fluctuations. On July 7, Finbold retrieved data from the TokenUnlocks.app , which shows $186.32 million in the seven-day cliff unlocks. Notably, this week’s three leading protocols will release $173.02 million in tokens, accounting for 93% of the total. Nine projects in total make up the “next seven days cliff unlocks:” Aptos (APT), Xai (XAI), ImmutableX (IMX), Ethena (ENA), io.net (IO), dYdX (DYDX), Moonbeam (GLMR), 1inch (1INCH), and Forta (FORT). Picks for you Here's when Bitcoin will reach $255,000, according to analyst 34 mins ago ...

Every month, the circulating supply of the XRP Ledger (XRP) inflates as Ripple unlock s and sells its vested reserves. In November, the company unlock ed 1 billion XRP ($650 million) and kept 200 million tokens ($130 million) for its expenses. Interestingly, this is the first month since August that Ripple has broken an observed pattern of spending its unlocked XRPs in weekly batches. As of November 16, it has been 10 days since the company’s last sell-off of 60 million XRP ($39 million). Ripple (1) transaction history – November. Source: XRP Scan In particular, Ripple is holding the remaining 140 million XRP ($91 million) in its identified crypto wallet address “Ripple (1)”. Notably, this is the account used to receive the unlock ed tokens from the inflation escrows. Ripple then distributes XRP amounts to unknown addresses that are routed to crypto exchange accounts. Ripple breaks a pattern of XRP spending and raises questions Cryptocurrency Google Bard predi...

Ripple transacted another 75 million unlocked XRP on October 16 from the 200 million tokens kept after October’s escrows.  These are part of XRP’s monthly inflation that is usually sold or spent by Ripple during strategic market opportunities, such as the one experienced during a pump-and-dump event with Bitcoin (BTC). On the same day, Ripple spent 75 million XRP, and crypto media outlets spread unverified and false rumors in the cryptocurrency market about the SEC’s approval of BlackRock’s Bitcoin spot ETF, which made BTC price go from $27,700 to $29,900 in just a few minutes, before retracing back to $28,000. This move also affected other cryptocurrencies, like XRP. Notably, Ripple had already spent 60 million unlocked XRP on October 10. This new possible sell-off follows a very similar path and pattern to the former. These tokens were distributed and passed through six different accounts before being deposited in small batches to four exchanges indicating they were mostly sold...

MetaMask Institutional has introduced a new staking marketplace to give institutional users access to solo Ethereum staking. MetaMask Institutional is set to be an avenue for the creation of new Ethereum (ETH) validators after announcing a new staking marketplace for its institutional clients. Institutions that make use of MetaMask’s institutional-grade wallet and custody service will be able to manage ETH staking through four vendors, including ConsenSys Staking, Allnodes, Blockdaemon and Kiln. The marketplace aims to simplify access and management of solo staking, allowing institutions to become Ethereum network validators. MetaMask Institutional (MMI) has been live since October 2021, providing a platform that offers a wider set of controls and functionality more suited to organizations and businesses. As Cointelegraph previously explored, MetaMask’s retail wallet was no longer suited for users or institutions that were managing millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies. The service’...