XRP Sellout Looms: The Ledger’s Grim Joke 😂

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Is XRP running out? In the dim corridors of the modern market, where every chart flickers like a stubborn candle and every analyst speaks with the solemn tone of a man who has seen the abyss, a quarrel between Jake Claver and his many critics returns to haunt us. Not simply about numbers, but about the weather of the soul-the credulity, the fear, the hunger for certainty that dogs us all. And yes, there is humor in it, a cruel grin wearing a suit, as if the universe itself were winking at our pretensions. 😂🤔

The Escrow Trap And The Reality Of An XRP Supply Shock

The kernel of the “sell-out” rumor lies in the ledger’s own stubborn spirit. On January 14, 2026, Claver spoke of Ripple’s calendar, a monthly vow hard-coded into the protocol: no matter how loud the market roars, the release of tokens cannot be coaxed beyond a fixed cadence. The system was forged for predictability, to thwart manipulation, yet in a crowd that adores surprises, it becomes a cruel joke. In a time of fevered demand, supply becomes inelastic, and the cry of scarcity rings hollow only if you forget the chains that bind it.

Viewed against the cold arithmetic, the figures are relentless. The XRP cap stands at 100 billion tokens. About 60.7 billion XRP are already in circulation, leaving roughly 39.3 billion in reserve, unseen in the theater of open markets. At a price near $2.10, the circulating supply yields a market capitalization above $127 billion, while the fully diluted valuation hovers near $210 billion. The numbers resemble a grim procession: almost forty percent of the total supply locked away, beyond reach when the world asks for more.

Imagine a giant investor attempting to buy $10 billion worth of XRP. Ripple cannot unlock escrow early to provide liquidity, for the ledger forbids releases beyond the 1-billion-token monthly cap. A sudden surge in buying pressure becomes, not a storm, but a sealed room with a single exit. No new supply can enter to balance the demand. This rigidity, far from a mere technical footnote, becomes a bottleneck that nudges price as the only pressure valve in sight. 😬

Institutional Accumulation Pushes Toward A Liquidity Cliff

The chorus swelled when a commentator named RemiRelief cried out that XRP is “on the verge of being sold out completely.” He argued that the liquid supply on exchanges is dwindling to a whisper and warned of a mind-boggling scene if investors begin hoarding in private vaults. The rumor machine even rustled at the possibility that BlackRock might stride into the stage to remove the remaining “low-hanging fruit” from the market. 🎭

The public narrative is echoed by the ETFs themselves. Since the dawn of 2026, XRP ETFs have seen massive, unyielding inflows-over $1.37 billion in a single week. Every dollar poured into an ETF is a dollar yanked from the public market and locked away in institutional vaults. The mechanism is not secret: the more giants collect, the less there is for the ordinary participant to grasp. 🏛️💼

RemiRelief’s claim arises from this collision: institutional giants are buying tokens at a record pace, while the “escrow trap” described by Claver prevents any new supply from entering the market to restore balance. Beyond the ominous talk of a looming sellout, the debate sharpens the sense that the window to acquire XRP at “low” prices is shrinking, slipping away like a thief in the night. ⏳🪪

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2026-01-16 01:43