Updated XRP Rich List data shows that large XRP whales have accumulated nearly $8 billion worth of XRP in the past three months.
While other companies are unloading their holdings amid market struggles over the past few months, large XRP whales appear to be accumulating more tokens in what appears to be an elaborate manner. “Buy the best” campaign.
Whales come together despite painful emotions
Notably, after reaching an all-time high of $3.66 in July 2025, XRP price declined significantly in the following weeks, with bearish pressure extending these losses for three months. in particular, XRP is look lower high prices Since mid-July, the current price is $1.92, representing a 47.5% year-over-year decline. of $3.66 peak.
Amid this downward trend, market sentiment is deteriorating.but On-chain data show A different trend. In particular, data from the community-driven XRP Rich List platform shows that most investors have rather accumulated more XRP tokens during the decline, with large whales leading the way.
XRP whale accumulates 4 billion XRP in 3 months
Specifically, whales holding between 20 million and 500 million XRP tokens have been continuously increasing their balances since late August. For context, when Basics of cryptography reported These addresses on the XRP Rich List on August 21 contained 17.378 billion XRP tokens worth a total of $50.39 billion at the time. These investors held over 28% of the circulating XRP supply after that.
It is noteworthy that during this period, there were 159 addresses is holding Between 20 million and 100 million XRP, the balance is 6.315 billion XRP. Meanwhile, there were 55 addresses on the ledger holding between 100 million and 500 million XRP, with a balance of 11.063 billion XRP.
Now, the balances of these whales are skyrocketing. Specifically, 215 addresses currently hold between 20 million and 100 million XRP, and their balance has jumped to 10.021 billion XRP. Interestingly, this represents an increase of 3.76 billion XRP, worth $7.11 billion at the current price of $1.92.
XRP rich list
Furthermore, the number address While the holdings of 100 million to 500 million XRP remained unchanged, the balance has since increased to 11.385 billion XRP, which means an increase of 364 million XRP tokens, or $698 million at current rates. August twenty one.
Overall, both tiers of whale addresses have accumulated a total of 4.07 billion XRP tokens, currently worth $7.81 billion over the past three months. These addresses currently hold a total of 21.46 billion XRP, representing 35.5% of the circulating XRP supply.
Accumulation of XRP across multiple address tiers
Interestingly, On top of that Data confirms that these whale addresses are also driving small holders to increase their balances. August 21. For example, a person holding between 20 and 500 XRP tokens: bag From 210 million XRP to 215 million XRP. Meanwhile, investors holding 1,000 to 5,000 XRP added nearly 7 million XRP.
This accumulation tendency is traverse multiple address layers, especially Those ranging from 5,000 XRP to 100,000 XRP. Specifically, investors between $10,000 and $25,000. XRP Added over 113 million XRP in the last 3 months. This indicates a “buy on the buy” pattern among XRP investors amid the current price struggle.
Nevertheless, the pattern becomes bearish when considering other large holders. In particular, investors holding between 500 million and 1 billion XRP have released more than 2.1 billion XRP tokens since August 21st. Meanwhile, investors holding over 1 billion XRP added over 1.5 billion tokens during this period.