On January 1, 2025, Ripple will withdraw $2 billion worth of XRP from escrow on the XRP Ledger blockchain. The tokens will be released in three transactions of 200 million XRP, 300 million XRP, and 500 million XRP.
the clock of the three escrow transactions will strike the first minute of 2025, and 1 billion #XRP tokens will be released in addition to the 57.2 billion XRP currently in circulation. The January release will be a first for #Ripple .
Exactly, Ripple (24) will issue 200 million and 300 million XRP locked in escrow on December 1, 2024 and January 1, 2021, respectively. Ripple (25) will then unlock 500 million XRP that was locked on January 1, 2021. These will be the last transactions from Ripple (24) and (25), but there are many other Ripple-managed addresses in escrow, including
#Bitcoin , which creates new tokens on the fly as a reward to miners/verifiers protecting the blockchain, and Unlike Ethereum, Ripple pre-mines its entire 100 billion XRP hoard at the start of the network build; 55 billion XRP was locked in a hard-coded escrow system in 2017, with a stipulated release of 1 billion XRP per month and gradual monitoring.
Regular unlocking helped Ripple raise operating capital, invest in ecosystem development, and provide liquidity for payment solutions. The amount of XRP actually in circulation each month is often less than a billion as the company moves some of its tokens to a new escrow, but that still puts significant pressure on sales. Ripple is currently trading above the $2 mark, and it remains to be seen whether demand for XRP will grow proportionately to support current price levels. Nevertheless, the approaching altcoin season leaves room for cautious optimism.
As bitcoin struggles to rise above the psychologically important $100,000 mark, VanEck experts believe that the "altcoin season" may already be in full swing. He stated that. The asset manager suggests November 27 as the start date for the growth of #altcoins in this cycle.
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