Ripple will unlock 1 billion XRP next week

Ripple continues its monthly schedule by unlocking and relocking $XRP, with 1 billion $XRP scheduled to be released on June 1, 2026 in one of the most closely watched recurring supply events for the token.

At $XRP’s current price of around $1.36, the upcoming unlock would be worth approximately $1.36 billion, putting renewed focus on Ripple’s escrow strategy as the asset struggles to regain bullish momentum.

$XRP currently has a circulating supply of about 61.85 billion tokens out of a maximum supply of 100 billion $XRP.

However, while the headline figure is large enough to raise concerns among traders, the full 1 billion $XRP unlock is unlikely to immediately enter the open market.

Ripple unlock 1 billion $XRP

Ripple’s escrow system was created in December 2017, when the company locked 55 billion $XRP into time-based contracts on the $XRP Ledger. The mechanism was designed to make $XRP supply movements more predictable and reduce uncertainty around Ripple-controlled token releases.

Under this structure, up to 1 billion $XRP is scheduled to unlock on the first day of each month. That means the June 1 release is not an unexpected supply shock, but rather part of a transparent distribution schedule that market participants can track in advance.

Still, the timing of the next Ripple $XRP escrow unlock is important.

$XRP has been trading under pressure, and the asset’s inability to reclaim the $1.40 resistance level has left traders watching for any additional supply-side catalyst that could weigh on short-term price action.

In this context, the key question is not whether 1 billion $XRP will unlock. The key question is how much of that $XRP Ripple will actually allow to remain liquid.

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Although 1 billion $XRP is scheduled to be released from escrow on June 1, Ripple has historically re-locked a large portion of its monthly unlocks into new escrow contracts.

In practice, the company has often returned between 600 million and 800 million $XRP to escrow shortly after the monthly release. That typically leaves a net amount of around 200 million to 400 million $XRP available outside escrow.

At $XRP’s current price of roughly $1.36, that would put the realistic net release between approximately $272 million and $544 million, depending on how much Ripple decides to re-lock.

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