XRP: The Quiet Storm Is Brewing
Something big is unfolding with XRP — and most people haven’t caught on yet. The supply is drying up, transaction by transaction, and exchange by exchange. It’s subtle… but it’s setting the stage for a major supply shock.
Let’s break it down.
XRP Supply Is Shrinking — Fast
Every time XRP is transferred, 0.00001 XRP is burned forever. That might sound tiny, but over millions of transactions, it stacks up — permanently reducing the total supply.
More importantly, XRP is vanishing from exchanges. Take Binance: their XRP holdings have dropped from 2.94 billion to 2.86 billion just this year — that’s 82 million XRP gone. And since January, 183 million XRP have been quietly moved off Binance into private wallets. That’s not trading behavior — that’s long-term accumulation.
What We’re Seeing Isn’t a Sell-Off — It’s a Lock-Up
When XRP hit $3.30 — its highest in 7 years — activity spiked. Binance’s XRP wallet even crossed 3 billion coins. But as the hype cooled, something unexpected happened: instead of selling, people started withdrawing. Now, with XRP consolidating around $2.50, some are worried.
I’m not.
This feels like the calm before the storm. The final window before XRP becomes incredibly scarce.
The ETF Wildcard Could Change Everything
Here’s the potential game-changer: There’s a high probability — nearly 90% — that an XRP ETF will be approved by the end of 2025. If that happens, institutions will rush in — asset managers, banks, hedge funds — and they’ll need XRP to back their products.
Demand will spike. But supply? It might not be there.
TL;DR: XRP’s supply is drying up. Quietly. Strategically. And if an ETF approval hits? It’s game over for cheap XRP.