Look, I was following the news about XRP and remembered that at the beginning of January Ripple released 1 billion tokens from escrow, as they do every month. Interestingly, this time the market was paying attention to how much would actually enter circulation, because historically they lock away a good portion again – in the previous month it was about 70% anyway.

People were worried whether this January release would impact the price, especially with the CLARITY Act affecting the regulatory environment. But looking now at where XRP is, it seems the market has digested the situation well. The price is around $1.38 and the coin continues with its normal movements.

What’s clear is that these periodic XRP releases are well known and the market has already priced this in. It’s no longer that scare from before – everyone already knows Ripple will release 1 billion and then re-lock them. The news about XRP in January showed that there’s a certain predictability in this game.