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RIPPLE UNLOCKS 1B XRP AS TRUMP ADDS IT TO US CRYPTO RESERVE, PRICE JUMPS 30%
▪Ripple unlocked 1 billion XRP on March 3, but re-locked 700 million tokens into escrow after Trump’s crypto reserve announcement.
▪Whale Alert reported major XRP movements, with 500 million XRP sent to two different wallets.
▪XRP’s price hit $2.60 but faces resistance at $3; if it breaks through, the next target could be $3.40, its January high.
As part of the monthly release of 1 billion XRP tokens, Ripple unlocked another 1 billion XRP on the 3rd of March before re-locking the 700 million XRP tokens into an escrow wallet.
This came after U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that select cryptocurrencies, including XRP, were added to the new U.S. Crypto Strategic Reserves. Following this news, XRP, the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, surged 30% in a day, reaching a market cap of $150 billion.
Could this endorsement bring in more institutional investors and fuel an even bigger rally? Let’s dive into the details.
XRP On the Move!
On March 3, blockchain tracker Whale Alert reported the release of 1 billion XRP from Ripple’s escrow accounts, worth around $2.6 billion in multiple transactions. The first 500 million XRP was sent in two batches 100 million first, followed by 400 million to the wallet ‘rGKHD…2Bdh.’
However, a few minutes later, another 500 million XRP was sent in a single transaction to the wallet ‘rHGfm…sbQr.’
Ripple unlocks XRP every month, but this time, the release gained more attention due to Trump’s announcement. Many believe that adding XRP to the U.S. Crypto Reserve could bring in more big investors and boost its price.
700 Million XRP Locked Back in Escrow
Despite unlocking 1 billion XRP, Ripple did not release all of it into the market. Instead, 700 million XRP was locked back into escrow. Here’s how the distribution played out:
First wallet: Received 500 million XRP but has not moved it yet. Previously, it sent 300 million to another wallet on March 1 and locked back 200 million.
Second wallet: Received 500 million XRP but quickly moved the same amount to another Ripple wallet, which then locked it back in escrow.
If Ripple follows its usual monthly pattern, another 100 million XRP might be locked, leaving only 200 million XRP in circulation.
XRP Price Jumps but Faces Resistance
Following these events, XRP’s price surged 17%, reaching $2.60 at the time of writing. In the past 24 hours, it has gained 30%, pushing its market cap to $150 billion.
However, technical indicators suggest that XRP is now facing resistance at the $3 level, which could slow down its rally. If buyers break past this level, the next target could be $3.40, its January high.
XRP’s bullish surge signals growing confidence—whether it can sustain this momentum is the real question.
@ Newshounds News™
Source: Coinpedia
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TOKENIZATION CAN TRANSFORM REAL ESTATE INVESTING — POLYGON CEO
Tokenizing real estate and overhauling property investment markets has its challenges but is a killer use case for blockchain technology.
Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization can completely overhaul the real estate investment sector, which is highly illiquid, filled with intermediaries, and high transaction costs, according to Polygon CEO Mark Boiron.
In an interview with Cointelegraph, the CEO said that tokenization of properties could remove unnecessary intermediaries, thereby lowering transaction costs.
The CEO added that fractional ownership and trading tokenized real estate on the secondary markets would open up liquidity and increase the velocity of money. Boiron told Cointelegraph:
“The thing you really want is the ability to eliminate the illiquidity discount on real estate. All real estate is illiquid and therefore it’s discounted to some degree. It can be more valuable if it’s liquid.”
Lumia Towers, an ongoing $220 million commercial real estate development in Istanbul, Turkey, featuring two skyscrapers with 300 mixed-use commercial and residential units, used Polygon’s technology to tokenize the project.
Boiron said that the future of real estate is onchain. However, regulators must be comfortable with blockchain technology and public permissionless systems before tokenized real estate becomes the de facto standard.
In the United States, Quarter offers tokenized alternatives to debt-based home mortgages to increase levels of home ownership and make it more affordable to aspiring home buyers.
The company achieves this by assigning fractionalized equity rights to both the property investor and the prospective home buyer, which can be sold — deviating from the traditional debt-based mortgage financing that is the current standard in many jurisdictions.
In February 2025, real estate platform Blocksquare launched a real estate tokenization framework for the European Union that allows equity rights to be assigned and transferred onchain.
Real estate asset tokenization is gaining popularity in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in what has become one of the hottest real estate markets in the world.
According to Tokinvest founder and CEO Scott Thiel, property developers in the UAE are scrambling to tokenize their projects as an alternative means to traditional financing structures.
Stablecoin issuer Tether also partnered with real estate platform Reelly Tech in February 2025 to expand the use of USDt in real estate transactions in the UAE.
@ Newshounds News™
Source: CoinTelegraph
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