Tracked XRP Exchange Balances Fall 133 Million XRP as 1 Billion XRP Leaves Escrow

XRP exchange-wallet balances fell 133 million XRP in the week to Oct. 31, before two Ripple-owned escrow objects released 1 billion XRP later that day; the figures track separate pools. Publicly attributed exchange wallets held 22.48 billion XRP on Oct. 31, down from the Oct. 24 snapshot of the same tracked addresses. Those addresses can include cold-storage wallets, so the balance does not show how much XRP was listed for sale or whether customers withdrew tokens or an exchange moved them elsewhere. Daily readings are around 4 a.m. ET (08:00 UTC), but the exact time of the Oct.