As usual, Ripple starts the month unlocking 1 billion XRP in two equal transactions of 500 million XRP each. Ripple has unlocked 1 billion XRP tokens from escrow as part of its monthly practice. The two transactions, highlighted by whale-tracking resource Whale Alert, each involved 500 million XRP concurrently released by the preprogrammed escrow unlock The post Ripple Unlocks 1B XRP From Escrow as XRP Slips from $0.48 first appeared on The Crypto Basic .