Whales Quietly Seize Record 32% of XRP Supply as Retail Waits

Whale addresses are quietly staging one of the biggest XRP accumulation waves on record, even as retail sentiment sours & ETFs see outflows.

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In a recent breakdown of on-chain data, the host of a popular wealth-focused podcast argues that XRP’s price doldrums are masking one of the most aggressive accumulation phases in the token’s history.

While many retail holders have grown impatient after months of sideways action and a deep draw-down from the highs, Kamilah Stevenson says large wallets are “doing something that has never happened before in XRP’s history” — and it’s all visible on-chain.

Crypto Whales Stack Billions as ETFs Witness Outflows

Dr. Kamilah Stevenson contrasts two investor groups over roughly the past six months: nervous retail and relentlessly accumulating whales. On the sentiment side, an XRP exchange-traded product reportedly saw about $31 million in outflows in March alone, a signal that some institutional-facing products have been bleeding capital rather than attracting it.

Broader crypto surveys, she notes, have been “flashing fear,” and XRP comment sections are filled with questions like “When is it going to move?” and “Maybe the thesis is wrong.”

Against that backdrop, wallets holding between 10 million and 1 billion XRP accumulated approximately 4.09 billion tokens since the October 2025 flash crash, according to the video. That crash triggered about $19 billion in liquidations across crypto in under 24 hours — arguably the most stressful moment for XRP in 2025–2026.

Yet during that same window, these large holders pushed their ownership to roughly 32% of all circulating XRP, a record share, with a 30‑day moving average of about 11 million XRP added per day.

Exchange Supply Drains As Regulatory Catalysts Loom

The accumulation story is paired with what the analyst calls a “historic illiquidity” trend. In February 2026 alone, an estimated 7.03 billion XRP left centralized exchanges for cold storage or institutional custody — the biggest monthly outflow since November 2025.

Since the October crash, XRP’s net exchange balances are said to be down around 16%, meaning there is materially less token supply readily available for sale.

Because XRP has a fixed supply and small amounts are burned with every base transaction, the analyst frames this as a tightening market structure: fewer tokens sitting on order books, more controlled by long‑term, conviction holders.

If U.S. regulatory moves such as the proposed “Clarity Act” proceed — potentially cementing assets like XRP as digital commodities and smoothing the way for larger American institutional allocations — that demand would be “looking for supply to buy” in a much thinner market, Ms. Stevenson says.

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People Also Ask:

Are whales really accumulating XRP right now?

According to the analyst’s cited on-chain data, large wallets (10M–1B coins) have added roughly 4.09 billion XRP since the October 2025 crash and now control about 32% of circulating supply.

What’s happening to XRP on exchanges?

The YouTube video clip claims about 7.03 billion XRP left centralized exchanges in February 2026 alone, contributing to a 16% decline in exchange balances since October.

How does regulation factor into this trend?

The host highlights the proposed Clarity Act and XRP’s prior SEC-related outcome as potential catalysts that could unlock U.S. institutional demand once regulatory uncertainty eases.


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