Crypto commentator Michelle Kirby went viral after claiming that XRP is approaching a critical supply threshold.
In a short video, she stated that buyers had absorbed approximately 40% of the remaining available supply within a single hour. She concluded that retail investors may be running out of time.
“This is probably the last XRP that retail is going to be able to purchase,” she said, suggesting retail could be priced out. Kirby added that once XRP hits $2.45, holders should be prepared for a significant move. She stopped short of giving specific financial advice but made clear she personally plans to hold.
🔔JUST IN: @MicheleKirby623 Suggests That $XRP Will Rise Substantially Tonight Because There is “Less than 96.8M $XRP left to buy…” pic.twitter.com/rub6rqhMTi
— Crypto Dyl News (@cryptodylnews) June 12, 2026
What the Data Shows
Real supply data tells a more complex story. In late 2025, reports showed that XRP’s balance on exchanges sat around 1.6 billion, marking a 7-year low.
Investors pulled more than 2 billion tokens from exchanges within a few months and almost 4 billion in October. That is a meaningful contraction, but it sits nowhere near the sub-100 million figure Kirby’s comments implied.
A 21Shares report from February also placed the available supply at $1.7 billion, putting it within that same range. One user in the discussion cited Glassnode’s broader exchange coverage, putting the total balance at approximately $14 billion, equating to 12 to 12.4 billion XRP across all tracked exchanges. Kirby’s claim of fewer than 96.8 million XRP remaining does not align with any of these figures.
The Community Responds
The response online was largely critical. One user pushed back, stating that 1.5 to 3 billion XRP remain available on exchanges, citing a report from late 2025. Another said that tens of billions of XRP are available to buy, and called Kirby a liar.
Several other community members questioned Kirby’s credibility more directly. One claimed she has been wrong about everything she has said, and another commenter asked her to stop, arguing that nobody knows when XRP will go up. Others called the claims false outright, while some described the video as low-quality content designed to generate clicks.
What Is Confirmed
XRP supply on exchanges has genuinely declined. The trend is real, and institutional accumulation, ETF inflows, and holders moving tokens to cold storage have all contributed to tighter liquidity.
However, the scale of Kirby’s claim, putting the available supply under 96.8 million tokens, sits well outside what the available data supports. The supply shock described is not supported by current data.
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