Ripple’s Latest XRP Bag Smashes Last Year’s Average: 5 Billion XRP Now In Spendable Wallets

Cover image via U.Today Disclaimer: The opinions expressed by our writers are their own and do not represent the views of U.Today. The financial and market information provided on U.Today is intended for informational purposes only. U.Today is not liable for any financial losses incurred while trading cryptocurrencies. Conduct your own research by contacting financial experts before making any investment decisions. We believe that all content is accurate as of the date of publication, but certain offers mentioned may no longer be available. Here's how much XRP Ripple holds now Brad Garlinghouse highlights Ripple Treasury's new platform Advertisement The @XRPwallets account on the X social media network has published a new update about this year’s amount of XRP held by the blockchain behemoth Ripple. The post has disclosed how much XRP the company held in March, right before the most recent XRP release from escrow that took place on Wednesday. Overall, according to the tweet, Ripple now holds more XRP in its spendable wallets than it did last year. Here's how much XRP Ripple holds now According to the data revealed in the post, the San Francisco-based crypto firm held 4.968 billion XRP, 5.026 billion XRP, and 5.08 billion XRP in March. On April 1, Ripple conducted a scheduled escrow release, unlocking 1,000,000 billion XRP. HOT Stories 'Living Rent-Free': Ripple CEO Fires Back at Avalanche Founder Shiba Inu (SHIB) Back to Life, Ethereum Now on Path to $3,000, Dogecoin's (DOGE) Zero Removal in Question: Crypto Market Review At the time of the release, this sum of crypto amounted to $1.34 billion in fiat. These regular unlocks have been taking place every month since 2018, when Ripple locked 55 billion coins in cryptographic escrow accounts. Advertisement Ripple Holdings 2026 MAR= 5.08B XRP FEB= 5.026B XRP JAN= 4.968B XRP 2025 DEC = 4.909B NOV = 4.871B OCT = 4.878B SEP= 4.814B AUG= 4.775B JUL= 4.777B JUN= 4.717B MAY= 4.696B APR= 4.652B MAR= 4.581B FEB= 4.606B JAN= 4.552B https://t.co/zsobnUAFkl https://t.co/R8bPiHmK75 — XRP_Liquidity (@XRPwallets) April 2, 2026 The unlock was made, as usual, in two transactions, carrying 500,000,000 XRP each. On April 2, Ripple locked back 700,000,000 XRP in two batches – 500,000,000 and 200,000,000 XRP. Therefore, now there are roughly 5 billion XRP in Ripple’s wallets. Advertisement Last year, in December, Ripple held 4,909 billion XRP coins. You Might Also Like Thu, 04/02/2026 - 05:33 'Living Rent-Free': Ripple CEO Fires Back at Avalanche Founder By Alex Dovbnya Brad Garlinghouse highlights Ripple Treasury's new platform In today’s tweet, the CEO of Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse, shared the “secret sauce” of the Ripple Treasury now utilizing GTreasury's treasury management software. Per Garlinghouse, it will benefit financial institutions in the workflows they already use with Ripple. The secret sauce is simple 1/ give Corporates a trusted, regulated entry point embedded in workflows they already use, 2/ remove the friction between managing different accounts (fiat or digital). Both of those are now solved today with Ripple Treasury. Ripple Treasury is on a… https://t.co/ukauGxRBnC — Brad Garlinghouse (@bgarlinghouse) April 2, 2026 The second beneficiary point he named is that Ripple Treasury enhanced by Gtreasury’s software will make it easier for fiat and digital accounts to be used together and remove friction between them. Garlinghouse reminded the community that in 2025, Ripple facilitated a staggering $13 trillion in payments for its institutional customers. This year, he expects, this record will be let behind replaced by a new, much bigger one. “This year, with the addition of native digital asset capabilities? LFG!” Meanwhile, Garlinghouse continues to protect Ripple from criticism of rival blockchains. Today, he struck back at the Avalanch founder, Emin Gün Sirer, following his bad April Fool’s joke. In that joke, he doubted that banks are using Ripple. In fact, both blockchains have been actively collaborating with major banking institutions. Ripple with Santander and SBI Holdings, and Avalanche – with J.P. Morgan and Citi. #Ripple News #XRP #Brad Garlinghouse