A flood of forgotten funds has quietly found its way back to XRP Ledger users, 
after a decentralized exchange founder scanned the entire network to track 
down expired escrows that holders had abandoned — some without even knowing 
the money was still there. Related Reading: Crypto Adoption No Longer 
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Ledger Founder Scans Entire Network To Recover Idle Funds Adam, the founder of 
First Ledger, a decentralized exchange built on the XRP Ledger, combed through 
every corner of the blockchain to locate escrows whose time conditions had 
long since passed but had never been completed. Reports say the recovered 
total came to 750,218 XRP — worth just over $1 million at current prices. 
First Ledger now runs regular scans to catch eligible escrows as soon as they 
become available, releasing them before they fall through the cracks again. 
XRPL validator Vet confirmed the figures, noting that the bulk of the locked 
funds belonged to ordinary community members, not institutions. Many holders 
had set time-based conditions on their XRP years ago and simply moved on, 
either forgetting the funds existed or not knowing what steps were needed to 
claim them. Escrow unlocks spiking on XRP. Over $1,000,000 or 750,218 XRP 
total in Escrows just got unlocked. Lots of those escrows were created by 
holders and community members and timelock expired, but they forgot or didn&#8217;t 
know how to unlock and receive their XRP back.@xrpl_adam… 
pic.twitter.com/eSdMQmlSFM — Vet (@Vet_X0) March 20, 2026 The escrow system on 
the XRP Ledger does not release funds on its own. Once a timelock expires, the 
recipient must still send a specific transaction — called an EscrowFinish — to 
collect what&#8217;s theirs. Miss that window, and a separate deadline kicks in. If 
that second deadline passes without action, the escrow expires entirely and 
can no longer be claimed. At that point, only a cancellation transaction can 
return the XRP to whoever sent it in the first place. In some cases, if no 
expiration date was ever set, the funds can sit locked indefinitely. Record 
Transaction Counts Signal Broader Usage Growth The recovered funds are just 
one piece of a wider activity surge on the network. Data shows that deposits 
into automated market makers hit an all-time high of 70,735 on Feb. 28. 
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War AccountSet transactions — used to update account settings without moving 
any money — climbed to 114,690 on March 20, the highest single-day count the 
network has ever recorded. Error messages tied to insufficient XRP reserves 
also spiked above 370,000 on March 18, the highest reading in three years. 
That number reflects users trying to place new offers without holding enough 
XRP to meet the network&#8217;s minimum balance requirements — a sign that new 
participants are showing up and running into the system for the first time. 
Featured image from Vecteezy, chart from TradingView

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Altcoin trading activity has continued to weaken across the crypto market, 
which is another sign of the current investor appetite for altcoins. New data 
shared by CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost shows spot trading volume on Binance 
and other major exchanges is now at extreme lows compared to levels seen 
during the crypto market’s more active phases in February and October 2025. 
Altcoin Trading Volumes Drop Across The Board Analysis of altcoin flows shows 
how much of the remaining altcoin activity is now flowing through Binance 
compared to the rest of the crypto market. Data from CryptoQuant shows altcoin 
spot volumes on Binance have collapsed to $7.7 billion, which is a fraction of 
the $40 billion to $50 billion trading volumes recorded during last year&#8217;s 
peak activity periods. Related Reading: Bitcoin Gains Ground On Gold Even As 
Both Assets Slide On the other hand, other major exchanges combined account 
for about $18.8 billion in altcoin trading volume. That puts Binance’s share 
near 40% of the total market, meaning close to one out of every two dollars 
traded in altcoins is now passing through the exchange. MEXC ranks second at 
7.62%, followed by Bybit at 6.07%, OKX at 6%, and Bitget at 5.61%. HTX, 
Coinbase, and Upbit each hold between 4.57% and 5.38%, while smaller platforms 
including Crypto.com, Gate.io, KuCoin, and Kraken account for the remainder. 
Altcoin Spot Trading Volume By Exchange. Source: CryptoQuant Those figures are 
far below altcoin trading volumes normally observed during more active 
periods. In October 2025, Binance alone recorded between $40 billion and $50 
billion in altcoin trading volume, with other exchanges reaching around $63 
billion. The February 2025 peak was even more pronounced, with competing 
platforms collectively processing approximately $91 billion in altcoin 
movements. The Altcoin Spot Trading Volume chart from January 2025 through 
March 2026, which is shown below, reveals the decline very well. What were 
frequent spikes well above the $40 billion mark have given way to a prolonged 
suppression of activity, with readings largely hugging the baseline since the 
beginning of 2026. Altcoins Spot Trading Volume. Source: CryptoQuant Decline 
In Interest Could Matter For What Comes Next The fading interest in altcoins 
is happening against a context that is hostile to risk-taking. Ongoing 
geopolitical tensions and a bear market structure have left investors more 
defensive, and that caution has hit altcoins harder than Bitcoin. Capital 
inflows are now much more selective; Bitcoin is absorbing attention first, 
leaving the rest of the market struggling for momentum. Even so, Darkfost 
pointed to an idea that long-term investors will likely keep in mind. The 
volume spikes observed in October and February occurred when the crypto market 
was forming local tops. These phases are during periods of FOMO, during which 
well-positioned investors use the surge in demand as exit liquidity. Related 
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the other hand, periods of extremely low interest are worth watching closely 
because they often develop when sentiment is most depressed and expectations 
are at their lowest. These are when the most attractive opportunities tend to 
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