Ripple will unlock 1 billion XRP next week
Finance 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 Ripples 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









