Top XRP Holders
Ripple Escrow
Locked, 1B released monthly
Ripple Operational
Company treasury
Chris Larsen
Co-founder holdings
Binance (Exchange)
Customer deposits
Unknown Whale
rHWcuuZo...Multiple wallets
*Data approximate. Verify on xrpscan.com for real-time rich list.
Supply Distribution
Holder Tiers
Frequently Asked Questions
Ripple Labs holds the most XRP - approximately 40+ billion in escrow. After Ripple, the largest holders are founders (Chris Larsen, Jed McCaleb's sales completed), exchanges (Binance, Uphold), and unknown whale wallets.
Ripple holds approximately 40-45 billion XRP in escrow, released at 1 billion per month. They also hold operational XRP. This is roughly 40-45% of total supply, though much remains locked.
Over 5 million XRP Ledger accounts exist. However, many are dormant or hold minimal amounts. Active wallets with meaningful balances number in the hundreds of thousands.
An XRP whale is typically defined as a wallet holding 1 million+ XRP. These large holders can influence price through their trading activity. Whale movements are closely watched by traders.
Yes, relatively concentrated. Ripple + founders hold ~50% of supply. Top 100 wallets hold significant portions. However, this is common in crypto and XRP's distribution is more transparent than most due to public ledger.