Ripple prepares for what could be an $2.8 billion XRP dump in September

Ripple’s escrow program is designed to release up to 1 billion XRP on the first day of each month, a cadence Ripple established in 2017 by locking 55 billion XRP into 55 on-ledger ￰0￱ unused portion is typically re-escrowed to future months, which is why the effective net supply added tends to be far less than 1 ￰1￱ was the anomaly that sparked speculation: the usual August 1 release didn’t appear on-chain immediately, and community trackers briefly wondered if Ripple had paused ￰2￱ chatter ended on August 9 when Whale Alert flagged three escrow releases (500M, 100M, 400M XRP) in quick ￰3￱ outlets summarized the delayed trigger and noted that most of the unlocked XRP was promptly re-escrowed, consistent with past ￰4￱ balances after the August activity sat in the mid-30B range; reports that cited XRPScan put the figure at roughly 35.6 billion XRP remaining in escrow following the delayed ￰5￱ aligns with long-running patterns where 700–800 million of each month’s 1 billion is typically re-locked (June was cited at 670M).

Ripple September XRP unlock For the September 1, 2025 event, the headline numbers are ￰6￱ a spot price around $2.87 and a circulating supply near 59.48B XRP, a full 1 billion XRP release equates to roughly $2.87 billion and about 1.68% of circulating supply. Historically, Ripple re-escrows the majority; if the usual 700 million goes back, the net 300 million that could circulate represents about 0.50% of supply ($861 million at $2.87). Supply and price references showing 59.48 billion circulating and price in the $2.85–$2.95 band corroborate those inputs.