Ripple set to unlock 1 billion XRP on July 1, 2025

Ripple is scheduled to unlock 1 billion $XRP from its escrow in July 2025, continuing the programmed monthly release that Ripple established in 2017.

As is standard this release is expected to occur on July 1, 2025, in line with Ripple’s practice of unlocking 1 billion tokens on the first day of each month since there have been no announced deviations for July – Ripple is following the standard pattern of a 1 billion $XRP escrow release, as the escrow mechanism “remains unchanged” and continues its regular monthly schedule.

In other words, July’s escrow unlock will be business-as-usual, adhering to the long-standing plan of controlled $XRP supply releases.

Currently with the digital asset trading at $2.18 at the time of publication, 1 billion $XRP tokens would be worth $2.8 billion.

June 2025 escrow release and re-locking

Postings of Ripple’s June 1, 2025 escrow unlock transactions (400M + 500M + 100M $XRP) totalin 1,000,000,000 $XRP released from escrow.

Ripple’s June 2025 escrow event illustrated the typical pattern: 1 billion $XRP was unlocked at the start of the month (split into multiple transactions) and then a majority of that was returned to escrow. Specifically, Ripple re-escrowed ~670 million $XRP during June, which means roughly 330 million $XRP from the June release was actually added to circulation or used for Ripple’s operations.

This outcome, about one-third of the unlocked $XRP entering the market and the rest being re-locked is consistent with Ripple’s routine. The company regularly re-locks 60–70% of the monthly unlocked amount to maintain a predictable supply, using only ~30–40% for liquidity, operational expenditures, and partnerships.

As a result, June’s net addition to the circulating supply (~330 million $XRP) fell in line with expectations.

Rumors of U.S. government seizing $XRP escrow

In late June 2025, speculation on social media claimed that the U.S. government was planning to seize Ripple’s escrowed $XRP holdings to use them as a national crypto reserve.

However, no credible evidence ever surfaced to support these claims, and they were swiftly debunked by official sources.

Ripple’s legal counsel Bill Morgan publicly refuted the seizure rumor, replying “No, it won’t” when asked if the government would take the escrowed $XRP.