XRP Price Forecast: Can XRP Break $1.70 After 1B Unlock?

XRP is heading into Ripple’s October 1 escrow release while trading in a contested range, putting the short-term XRP price forecast in focus. Ripple trades near $1.53 on September 30, flat in the last 24 hours. 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 is set to release up to 1 billion XRP, worth roughly $1.5 billion at current prices. That is a gross unlock, not a confirmed sale. 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. Bitcoin’s direction and Ripple’s follow-up disclosures matter too. Technically, the question is whether support holds before the market tests the resistance above. $XRP has two dates worth watching. Sept 30: Evernorth treasury merger voteOct 1: 1B XRP escrow unlockOne is institutional.One is supply. Unlock ≠ all of it hitting the market.Most of it usually gets re-locked.Which one are you watching more the vote or the unlock?#XRP pic.twitter.com/lMz6di94kK — Leanna Paul (@LPaul_x) September 29, 2026 Don’t Miss: ICOBench Experts Call the Next 1000x Crypto Coins ...