XRP's Seasonal Slump Continues Amid Tightest Net Unlock in Recent Memory

XRP's price has been trading at $1.06 as of August 2026, down approximately 43% from its January peak of $2.41.

This decline is part of a thirteen-year seasonal track record that has made even seasoned traders wince.

Ripple executed its monthly Ripple escrow unlock on August 1, releasing 1 billion XRP and locking 700 million back into escrow, resulting in a net new supply of just 300 million tokens.

The price found an intraday floor at $1.0480, reversed, and consolidated at $1.0818, posting a +1.93% August month-to-date return.