Everyone is worried about Ripple selling. Almost no one is asking who would be buying. 🐋
The market is fixated on the fear: Ripple still controls ~45% of the $XRP supply. New regulatory proposals (like the “Clarity Act”) suggest no single entity should hold more than ~20%.
If that becomes law, Ripple effectively must sell. The headline reaction? "Massive dump incoming."
That view is one-sided. Every trade has a counterparty.
If Ripple is forced to divest billions in assets, they aren’t dumping spot tokens on Coinbase to retail traders. That would crash the price and destroy their own balance sheet. It’s irrational.
Instead, they would likely sell rights to future escrow releases.
Using $XRP XRPL Smart Escrows, these transfers can be: • Time-locked (cannot be sold for years) • Compliance-gated • Programmatically released
So, to answer the question: Who is on the other side of that trade?
It’s the entities that need massive, long-term exposure but can’t buy it on the open market without spiking the price: 🔹 ETF Seed Partners 🔹 Global Asset Managers 🔹 Payment Infrastructure Giants 🔹 Sovereign / Quasi-Sovereign Entities
These buyers want the asset, but they want it essentially OTC—structured, compliant, and stable.
The Twist: If this happens, ownership transfers from one tech company (Ripple) to a diverse group of global financial heavyweights.
✅ Single-entity risk vanishes. ✅ The "Centralized" FUD dies forever. ✅ Institutional adoption gets fast-tracked.
We aren't watching a dump. We are watching a strategic redistribution from a founder's treasury to the global financial system.
Don't look at the sell side. Look at the buy side.
