XRP whales holding between 10 million and 100 million tokens have reached their largest share of the circulating supply in history. Data from market intelligence platform Santiment shows that this group now controls 17.04% of XRP’s supply, marking a significant increase from 12.21% in October 2025.
This development follows a notable accumulation trend that began as market conditions turned bearish.
Accumulation Campaign Intensifies
Since October 2025, these top-tier whales have steadily expanded their holdings. Their cumulative balance rose from 7.89 billion XRP at the start of October to 11.06 billion tokens, amounting to an acquisition of 3.17 billion XRP valued at approximately $4.5 billion. This surge coincided with a period of significant market turbulence, indicating that these addresses may have been executing a deliberate “buy-the-dip” strategy.
The most concentrated phase of this accumulation occurred over 20 days in November. Their combined holdings increased from 8.33 billion to 10.82 billion XRP, representing their sharpest purchasing activity to date.
XRP Price Decline and Market Context
XRP has experienced a prolonged downturn since August 2025, which intensified in October alongside broader market declines. XRP reached an all-time high of $3.66 in July 2025, but now trades at $1.42, down 61.2% from its peak.
This period produced four consecutive bearish monthly candles. February is already showing a further 13.33% decline. Another red monthly candle will mark the first instance of five straight negative months since 2016 and 2017.
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Redistribution Among Smaller Whales
While the largest whales have been increasing their holdings, addresses with balances between 100,000 and 10 million XRP have been net sellers. Their combined holdings decreased from 13.12 billion XRP in October 2025 to 10.09 billion tokens at present, a reduction of approximately 3 billion XRP.
Most of this reduction occurred within the 1 million to 10 million XRP tier, which contributed 2.8 billion tokens to the overall decline. November, the same month as the largest whale accumulation, saw the most significant reduction in these smaller whale balances, suggesting a possible transfer of tokens to larger holders.
The data shows a phase of deliberate accumulation by the largest XRP holders, who have increased their control over the circulating supply during the market downturn. The contrasting behaviors across whale tiers reveal different approaches, with major holders consolidating their positions while smaller holders show less faith in the asset.
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