Ripple Has Distributed Over 58B XRP Since Launch — On-Chain Data Shows
Ripple Labs and its executives have sold or distributed approximately 58.5 billion XRP since the token launched in 2012, based on a comparison between original allocations and current on-chain holdings.
XRP was created with a fixed supply of 100 billion tokens, all minted at launch. Around 80% was allocated to Ripple Labs, while 20% went to founders and early contributors. Today, combined holdings of Ripple and its executives stand at roughly 41.5 billion XRP, indicating that more than half of the original supply has entered circulation over the past 13 years.
Currently, Ripple controls about 37.7 billion XRP, including 34.2 billion locked in escrow under the system introduced in 2017, which releases up to 1 billion XRP per month. The remaining balances are held by early founders, with Chairman Chris Larsen holding about 2.5 billion XRP, while other founders hold significantly smaller amounts.
Despite the large distribution over time, XRP has continued to trade through multiple market cycles and remains one of the oldest cryptocurrencies still actively used today. Unlike Bitcoin, XRP operates without mining, staking, or inflation, relying instead on its pre-mined and capped supply model.
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