{"id":20154,"date":"2026-05-25T23:10:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T23:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/chris-larsen-xrp-wallets-go-active-near-midterms\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T23:10:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T23:10:40","slug":"chris-larsen-xrp-wallets-go-active-near-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/chris-larsen-xrp-wallets-go-active-near-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Larsen XRP wallets go active near midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.crypto.news\/2024\/01\/crypto-news-XRP-Ripple-option01.webp\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Chris Larsen\u2019s XRP wallets have resumed on-chain activity ahead of Tuesday\u2019s Texas primary runoff.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_6d69cf21fa31147221ded30744219ecf\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen\u2019s associated XRP wallets have shown renewed activity, coming ahead of Tuesday\u2019s Texas Democratic primary runoff election.<\/li>\n<li>Larsen is estimated to hold approximately 2.58 billion XRP across eight wallets tracked on XRPScan, making his holdings one of the largest known individual XRP positions.<\/li>\n<li>XRP was trading near $1.35 at time of writing, with today\u2019s activity following $109 million in Larsen-linked wallet transfers to exchanges recorded in January 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen\u2019s associated wallets have <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.net\/news\/altcoins\/32915388\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">resumed<\/a> on-chain activity, according to blockchain data, ahead of Tuesday\u2019s Texas Democratic primary runoff. The reactivation draws immediate attention given Larsen\u2019s history of significant XRP transfers at notable market and political junctures.<\/p>\n<p>Larsen serves as executive chairman of Ripple Labs. His estimated 2.58 billion XRP holdings across eight wallets tracked on XRPScan represent one of the largest known individual positions in any single cryptocurrency, worth approximately $3.5 billion at current prices near $1.35.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ripple?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ripple<\/a> co-founder Chris Larsen\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24XRP&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$XRP<\/a> wallets are active again.<\/p>\n<p>On-chain trackers spotted fresh wallet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/movements?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#movements<\/a> after months of inactivity, reviving speculation across the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24XRP&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$XRP<\/a> community. \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcca <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cryptoquant_com?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@cryptoquant_com<\/a> data estimates Larsen is sitting on over $764M in unrealized\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kyKupOSdzZ\">pic.twitter.com\/kyKupOSdzZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CoinGape (@CoinGapeMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoinGapeMedia\/status\/2058915129996292492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Larsen\u2019s wallet activity draws attention from the XRP community<\/h2>\n<p>In January 2025, wallets that had been idle for six to seven years reactivated and sent more than $109 million in XRP to exchanges including Coinbase, Bitstamp, and Bybit. In July 2025, on-chain researcher ZachXBT reported an additional $140 million in XRP transfers from Larsen-linked addresses coinciding with XRP trading near an all-time high above $3.40.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince July 17, 2025, an address linked to Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen transferred out 50M XRP ($175M) to four addresses. ~$140M ended up at exchanges\/services,\u201d ZachXBT wrote on X in July 2025. Larsen had not commented publicly on today\u2019s activity at time of writing.<\/p>\n<p>Whether the current movement precedes exchange transfers or represents internal wallet management is not confirmed from on-chain data available at time of publication. Crypto.news has <a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/ripple-ceo-brad-garlinghouse-says-clarity-act-could-stall\/\">covered<\/a> Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse\u2019s legislative activity in 2026 as the Clarity Act moves through Congress. <\/p>\n<p>Crypto.news has also <a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/why-the-clarity-act-matters-more-to-xrp\/\">reported<\/a> on why the Clarity Act\u2019s progress is particularly consequential for XRP, context that gives any Larsen wallet movement added political timing significance ahead of Tuesday\u2019s runoff.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/chris-larsen-xrp-wallets-go-active-near-midterms\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Larsen\u2019s XRP wallets have resumed on-chain activity ahead of Tuesday\u2019s Texas primary runoff. Summary Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen\u2019s associated XRP wallets have shown renewed activity, coming ahead of Tuesday\u2019s Texas Democratic primary runoff election. Larsen is estimated to hold approximately 2.58 billion XRP across eight wallets tracked on XRPScan, making his holdings one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"kronos_expire_date":[],"class_list":["post-20154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20154"},{"taxonomy":"kronos_expire_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kronos_expire_date?post=20154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}