Sales of $XRP rose 31% from Q4 2018 to Q1 2019 from $129.03 million to $169.42 million. Institutional and programmatic purchases increased by 54% and 21% respectively quarter-to-quarter, while total traded volume decreased by 2% from $54.82 billion to $53.85 billion over the same period. Ripple released 3 billion XRP from escrow while returning 2.3 billion to escrow-contracts, increasing the total supply outstanding by 700 million XRP for what Ripple said were 'ecosystem' support purposes.