XRP ended the week to 8 September 2026 at about $1.40, up 1.2% in seven days and 34.4% in thirty, according to CoinGecko's 00:00 UTC daily prices. The week's main event was the monthly escrow release on 1 September. Ripple's 1 billion XRP left escrow and the price held steady instead of falling. XRP was still about 62% below its all-time high of $3.65, set on 17 July 2025.
The numbers, dated
All prices are CoinGecko daily snapshots at 00:00 UTC.
| Date | Price (USD) | Market cap (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2026 | $1.039 | $65.0B |
| 1 September 2026 | $1.379 | $86.5B |
| 8 September 2026 | $1.396 | $87.6B |
- 7-day change (1 to 8 September): +1.2%
- 30-day change (9 August to 8 September): +34.4%
- Reported 24-hour volume on 8 September: $2.07B across all venues tracked by CoinGecko
- All-time high: $3.65 on 17 July 2025 (CoinGecko, 19:40 UTC). On 8 September XRP was about 61.8% below that level.
The 30-day figure is large because XRP started from a low base: it was near $1.04 on 9 August. Most of the gain came in August. Reports put August's gain at 28.5%, with a local high of $1.70 late in the month.
The escrow release on 1 September
What happened
On 1 September 2026, 1 billion XRP left Ripple's escrow in three transactions of 500 million, 400 million and 100 million XRP. Crypto.news reported this on 7 September, citing Whale Alert. The release was worth about $1.38 billion at the time. XRP was about $1.38 that day and about $1.42 on 6 September, according to the same report.
Why it happens every month
The release follows a schedule Ripple announced on 16 May 2017. Ripple committed to "establish 55 contracts of 1 billion XRP each that will expire on the first day of every month from months 0 to 54". It also said it would "return whatever is unused at the end of each month to the back of the escrow queue". Ripple completed the lockup in December 2017.
The escrows run on the XRP Ledger itself. A time-based escrow cannot be completed before its FinishAfter time. After that time anyone can finish it. If it has a CancelAfter time and is not finished by then, it can be cancelled and the funds go back to the sender. The ledger enforces these rules, not Ripple.
What it means for supply
Most of each billion usually goes back into new escrow contracts, so the amount Ripple can actually spend each month is smaller. In January 2026, about 700 million of the 1 billion released was re-escrowed, according to crypto.news.
For scale: on 25 October 2026 CoinGecko showed a circulating supply of 63.351 billion XRP against a maximum supply of 100 billion XRP. These are current figures, not 8 September figures.
How much of a 1 billion XRP release stays out?
Enter the XRP released from escrow and the amount put back into new escrow contracts to see how much stays out of escrow that month.
| XRP released from escrow that month | XRP put back into new escrow contracts | XRP left out of escrow that month |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000,000,000 XRP | 700,000,000 XRP | 300,000,000 XRP |
| 1,000,000,000 XRP | 0 XRP | 1,000,000,000 XRP |
| 1,000,000,000 XRP | 1,000,000,000 XRP | 0 XRP |
- Both values are your inputs; the 1 billion release and the January 2026 re-escrow of about 700 million are the article's figures, used only as defaults.
- A result of 1 billion means nothing was re-escrowed; a result of zero means the whole release went back into escrow.
This is subtraction on your inputs only: it does not show whether the XRP left out of escrow is sold or held, what it does to the price, or how much was re-escrowed in September 2026, which was not reported.
What came after the week
These events fall after the period covered here and are included as dated context:
- 15 September 2026: In the US Senate, a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to H.R. 3633 (the CLARITY Act) failed 49–50, short of the 60 votes needed, as reported by The Defiant and Spazio Crypto. The bill stays on the Senate calendar, so another cloture vote is possible.
- 15 September 2026: XRP traded near $1.27, down 13.8% in 24 hours, according to 24/7 Wall St. The outlet linked the drop to the failed vote and to rate expectations before the Federal Reserve's 16 September decision.
- 25 October 2026: CoinGecko showed XRP at about $1.29.
How to read a week like this
- Use one source and one time of day. A daily close at 00:00 UTC and an intraday snapshot can give different weekly changes for the same week.
- Check each escrow release against the ledger. A gross release of 1 billion XRP says little until you know how much was re-escrowed. That number is visible on the XRP Ledger and in Ripple's own reporting.
- Look at the base behind percentage moves. A 34% monthly gain from a low near $1.04 says more about where August started than about momentum in September.
The escrow breakdown and the 15 September price move each rest on a single outlet's report rather than on ledger records.
Crypto assets are volatile and you can lose your capital. Nothing here is investment advice.
