So today we have some breaking news on the Ripple XRP escrow holdings. First, lets get a little refresher on what the escrow process with Ripple actually is.

Back in December of 2017 Ripple officially announced that they would be putting 55 Billion of their XRP into an escrow wallet and would release 1 billion XRP every month to Ripple and they can use it to accelerate the XRP ecosystem. All the XRP they don’t sell from the escrow is actually put back into the escrow account which is usually a lot because Ripple does not sell the majority of the escrow. On average they distribute about 15%-25%.

As of today the XRP escrow holdings are officially under 50 Billion XRP (According to the Ripple website), which means that the total amount of XRP in the escrow account is no longer more than half of the total supply.

Essentially, this gives XRP holders the right to say that majority of the XRP in existence has already been distributed, if you decide to consider the XRP that Ripple currently holds.

Previously, members of the XRP community have speculated and theorized that regulatory clarity could be a result of Ripple no longer having majority of the supply in their escrow account, but this is just community speculation so take it with a grain of salt, but something to consider.