According to the latest on-chain data, Ripple has finalized its monthly XRP release for January.
The company returned a total of 700 million XRP to its escrow wallet after its monthly release on January 1st, effectively keeping the majority of the newly unlocked tokens off the public market.
34 billion tokens remaining
X-based liquidity tracker XRP_Liquidity (@XRPwallets) shared data from XRPscan. This indicates that the process ended with 34.185 billion XRP remaining in programmatic escrow.
This diagram shows the amount of supply under the control of a San Francisco-based enterprise blockchain company.
The 34 billion token figure is after standard monthly unlocking and subsequent relocking of surplus tokens.
As reported by U.Today, the January cycle followed Ripple’s long-standing mechanism of releasing 1 billion XRP at the beginning of the month. The company typically uses these tokens to support liquidity and operational needs.
For comparison, several anomalies were observed throughout 2025, such as split transactions and timing anomalies.
A similar pattern is expected to play out next month, meaning around 700 million XRP will likely be returned to escrow.
This leaves approximately 33.885 billion XRP in escrow.
Current network data shows that the circulating supply is 65.78 billion XRP. Notably, more than 14.2 million tokens remain permanently burned.
Fake “hard sell” memo
as U.Today reporteda sarcastic message was recently attached to Ripple’s January 1st escrow release. On Thursday, this cryptic, playful message briefly misled some members of the XRP community. The company falsely announced that it had “dumped” $8 billion to retail investors in 2025.
This ironic note was the work of an on-chain “troll” who exploited a feature in the XRP Ledger (XRPL) that allows text to be permanently embedded in blockchain history.
