Ripple unlocked a massive amount of XRP tokens from its escrow account today, in keeping with its monthly schedule.
However, the latest unlock contained a mysterious message that has intrigued the XRP community. Notably, popular market tracker Whale Alert highlighted Ripple’s activation on January 1, 2025 in a post on X.
Details on Ripple’s latest XRP unlock
According to the update, at 06:57 a.m. (UTC) today, 500 million XRP left Ripple’s escrow account with an unknown destination. At the time of the transaction, the unlocked tokens were worth $1.07 billion.
The activation took place on the “Ripple 25” wallet, whose balance increased to 1 billion tokens shortly after activation.
However, Ripple sent the 500 million tokens it received to another wallet, “Ripple 13”. Interestingly, Ripple has locked the 500 million XRP tokens in escrow in this recipient wallet.
It is noteworthy that at the time of going to print, only the unlocking of 500 million XRP had been registered during the escrow execution in January. Since Ripple typically unlocks 1 billion tokens, the second release is expected before the end of the day.
Mysterious news follows the activation of Ripple
Meanwhile, a memo was attached to the 500 million XRP unlock transaction with the message that January 20 is just around the corner and that President-elect Donald Trump will be in the White House. The author added that with Trump’s arrival “We will make crypto great again.”
This news has intrigued members of the XRP community, particularly because it points to optimism for a promising year for crypto in the US with Donald Trump as president.
Actually, Trump…
