Blockchain firm Ripple has locked up 700 million XRP tokens for December with no escrow release for the month yet.
The recent development comes as the company prepares for the release of its escrow holdings for the month of December 2025. Specifically, on-chain data shows that Ripple moved 1 billion XRP tokens across three wallets and then locked up 700 million tokens from this stash earlier today.
Ripple Moves 1B XRP, Locks Up 700M
The first transaction involved the Ripple (26) wallet, one of the company’s widely used accounts. Specifically, this Ripple (26) wallet transferred 300 million XRP to the Ripple (1) wallet today at 1:02 AM UTC. A minute later, Ripple (26) moved another 200 million XRP to Ripple (15). This brought the total moved from the Ripple (26) account to 500 million tokens.
What followed was another string of transactions, this time from the Ripple (27) wallet. Today at 1:05 UTC, this account moved 100 million XRP to Ripple (15), the same wallet that earlier received 200 million tokens. A minute later, Ripple (27) transferred 400 million XRP to the Ripple (14) account. This brought the amount moved by Ripple (27) to 500 million tokens.
Essentially, both Ripple (26) and Ripple (27) transferred 1 billion XRP to Ripple (1), Ripple (14), and Ripple (15). Of this figure, Ripple (1) received 300 million XRP tokens, Ripple (14) got 400 million XRP, and Ripple (15) gulped 300 million XRP tokens.
Minutes after the fund movements, Ripple then locked up some of these tokens. Specifically, the Ripple (15) wallet moved all of its 300 million tokens to escrow at 1:12 AM UTC. Meanwhile, at 1:14 AM UTC, Ripple (14) also locked up all its 400 million XRP in escrow, bringing total locked tokens to 700 million. However, Ripple (1) has retained its 300 million XRP.
Pattern of Delayed Escrow Releases
Although the company has moved 700 million XRP into escrow in line with its usual monthly practice, it has not yet seen the scheduled release of 1 billion XRP from escrow at the time of publication. This pattern of delayed releases has played out several times throughout the year, with the funds ultimately becoming available at later dates.
For instance, last month, Ripple first moved 1 billion XRP tokens and locked up 700 million tokens on Nov. 1. However, the escrow system did not release the scheduled 1 billion tokens until Nov. 3, bringing the net outflow from the escrow to 300 million XRP. This month appears to be following the same pattern.
XRP Price Situation
Meanwhile, these movements come at a time when XRP price is struggling alongside the rest of the crypto market. Following a two-day downtrend that culminated in a 7.93% drop between Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, XRP now changes hands at $2.01, dangerously close to losing the $2 mark. It has since dropped an extra 0.66% this morning despite the escrow lockup.
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