XRP Price Forecast: October Escrow Release Brings Uncertainty

XRP is heading into its October 1 escrow release, trading in a contested range and putting the short-term XRP price forecast in focus. Ripple is set to release up to 1 billion XRP, worth roughly $1.5 billion at current prices.

The key question is not just how many tokens unlock, but how many actually reach the market, and whether XRP can reclaim resistance at $1.60, $1.70.

Ripple may redistribute the tokens or return a large share to escrow, as it often does. The unlock alone will not decide the price path, with Bitcoin's direction and Ripple's follow-up disclosures also mattering.