San Francisco-based blockchain giant Ripple unloads $1 billion again $XRP The coin goes on the market. This time, it happened during a massive price crash. $XRP I tracked Bitcoin deeply.
There were four large back-to-back transactions earlier today, but then Ripple performed a traditional pivot on the released transactions. $XRP coin.
1 billion $XRP Out, 700 million $XRP go back
According to data shared by Whale Alert, a prominent cryptocurrency tracking service, Ripple released $1 billion. $XRP 4 consecutive transfers containing 400,000,000 $XRP100 million $XRP400 million $XRPand 100,000,000 $XRP. This amount of the popular coin was valued at approximately $1,616,900 in fiat currency at the time trading began.
🔓 🔓 🔓 🔓 🔓 🔓 🔓 🔓 🔓 🔓 400,000,000 #$XRP (646,995,939 USD) #Ripple Unlocked at https://t.co/Re75R4ZsUF?from=article-links
— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) February 1, 2026
Ripple released 1 billion $XRP Every month starting in early 2018, as part of our roadmap to support $XRP It secures liquidity for cryptocurrency exchanges and transfers a portion of their holdings to institutional customers who are part of the RippleNet network.
Traditionally, after moving these coins, Ripple puts around 700 million coins back into escrow and locks them until the next month.
🔒 🔒 🔒 🔒 🔒 🔒 🔒 🔒 🔒 🔒 400,000,000 #$XRP (US$625,176,721) locked in escrow with #Ripple https://t.co/BIb8KleMoA?from=article-links
— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) February 2, 2026
Now the same thing happened again – about 3 hours ago, 400 million $XRP and 300 million $XRP It was locked in the back. those $XRP The chunk was worth just over $1 billion. $XRP Currently changing trade at $1.59 per coin.
$XRP 17.25% crash due to the sharp fall in Bitcoin
Since Thursday, Bitcoin, the world’s leading cryptocurrency, has faced a brutal collapse of over 14%, falling rapidly from the $87,876 zone to the $75,393 level earlier today. Bitcoin has dragged other cryptocurrencies into the market, significantly lowering the prices of major and minor cryptocurrencies.
Bitcoin has not been at such low levels for years, and the latest drop is believed to have been caused by the US president announcing his nominee for the post of Federal Reserve Chairman, a position known for his hawkish stance. Jerome Powell’s term expires in May. President Trump has been criticized for years for refusing to cut interest rates.
therefore, $XRP It fell almost 18%, falling from $1.8 to $1.54 levels. Now, Bitcoin and $XRP I have recovered slightly. Bitcoin is trading at $76,965, $XRP It changes hands at $1.59 per coin.
