Ripple’s Double Bet – Political Clout and Institutional Cash – Still Can’t Budge XRP From the Doldrums
03.06.2026 - 13:52:30 | boerse-global.de
Ripple is marshalling every lever at its disposal. A new Washington D.C. office opened on 2 June 2026, designed to shape — not merely respond to — US crypto regulation. At the same time, institutional investors piled into XRP-based exchange-traded products, with spot ETFs recording net inflows of $118 million in May, the strongest month of the year.
Yet the token itself refuses to catch a bid. XRP changed hands at $1.22 on Wednesday, down roughly 12% over the past month and more than 35% below its level at the start of the year. The 52-week high of $3.56 looks like a distant memory, and the Crypto Fear & Greed Index has sunk to 23, signalling “extreme fear”.
Escrow routine adds to the headwinds
The monthly Escrow release from Ripple’s treasury system injects another layer of supply uncertainty. On 1 June, the company unlocked three tranches totalling 1 billion XRP — worth over $1.3 billion. In a familiar pattern, 700 million XRP were immediately locked back into new Escrow contracts, leaving a net 300 million tokens that could potentially enter circulation. Whale Alert flagged one large tranche of 500 million XRP that returned to the trust system later that same day.
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That net supply effect is what market participants watch closely. In the primary article’s data, the June release left 500 million XRP net available, while the secondary article reports 700 million returned. To reconcile: the secondary article says 700 million were returned, implying 300 million net; the primary article says 500 million returned, implying 500 million net. Both are factual statements from two different sources. We must preserve both facts but they conflict. The primary article states: "die restlichen 500 Millionen blieben gebunden" (the remaining 500 million remained bound) after 500 million were returned. The secondary states: "Ripple führte davon rund 700 Millionen XRP unmittelbar in neue Escrow-Verträge zurück" (Ripple immediately returned about 700 million XRP into new escrow contracts). These are contradictory. As per the rules: "preserve all facts from both sources exactly as given". But they cannot both be true about the same event. The articles are about different months? Primary says June 1 release, secondary also says June 1. They conflict. We cannot invent a resolution. We must report both figures accurately without claiming one is correct. We can present the discrepancy as different reports or note that sources diverge. Alternatively, we could say "according to one analysis" and "according to another". That would be honest and preserve both facts. Let's do that: "One analysis pegged the net supply addition at 500 million XRP, while another put the figure at 300 million after Ripple swiftly re-locked 700 million tokens. The Ripple escrow balance stands at roughly 33.35 billion XRP." That works.
Political push in the nation’s capital
The timing of the Washington expansion is no coincidence. More than 100 crypto firms — including Coinbase and Kraken — have joined forces to demand a vote on the CLARITY Act, a bill that would provide the first clear classification of digital assets. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse called the window for regulatory clarity “wide open” and said the industry is “closer than ever” to a breakthrough. Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty described the new office as a central hub for dialogue with Congress, regulators and industry partners.
Institutional capital flows into XRP products
Goldman Sachs is now the largest institutional holder of XRP ETF shares, with roughly $154 million in assets under management. A total of 83 institutions disclosed positions, pushing aggregate assets in the segment to about $1.21 billion. ETF issuers such as Bitwise, Canary and Franklin Templeton have benefited from the inflows.
Beyond the ETF channel, Ripple-backed Evernorth Holdings is pursuing a Nasdaq listing under the ticker “XRPN”. An amended S-4 filing with the SEC outlines plans for an “XRP Treasury” with investor commitments exceeding $1 billion, including backing from SBI Holdings and Pantera Capital.
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Network growth tells a different story
While the price languishes, the XRP Ledger is humming. Average daily transactions jumped 35% in the first quarter of 2026, reaching 2.48 million. The market for tokenised real-world assets on the ledger surged 124% to $2.25 billion. Ripple’s own stablecoin, RLUSD, also grew, climbing 45% to end the quarter at $340 million. The stablecoin has expanded its footprint: after launching in Turkey, it is now integrated on Binance’s XRP Ledger, with deposits available since February.
Ripple’s next quarterly report, due on 10 June, will provide fresh data on transaction volumes and stablecoin growth — key metrics that could either validate the network’s fundamental upswing or reveal that price pressure from supply is overriding it. For now, the token remains caught between bullish infrastructure build-out and a market that refuses to look past the monthly Escrow drip.
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