Ripple plans to release up to 1 billion XRP from escrow on Oct. 1, 2026, potentially adding about $1.55 billion in supply to the market. The release is part of an escrow system established in 2017, when Ripple locked 55 billion XRP into on-ledger contracts to make distributions more predictable. XRP Ledger data shows about 31.98 billion XRP remains locked. Ripple has historically returned a substantial portion of released tokens to new escrow contracts, meaning the actual increase in circulating supply is typically smaller than the headline figure. The unlock is being monitored alongside ongoing ETF inflows and declining exchange balances, leaving uncertainty over its market impact. Large holders accumulated more than 470 million XRP over five days, while XRP trades above its 50-day and 200-day simple moving averages and has a 14-day Relative Strength Index near 64.