According to crypto analytics portal Santiment, the wallets of major XRP holders have seen significant additions by the end of this year.

These are what are known as whales and sharks, investors whose positions in XRP range from 1 million to 10 million coins.

By December, both the number of addresses of this size and the percentage of the XRP supply held on them had peaked, according to the data cited.

Thus, the number of whale and shark addresses reached 1,617, and the combined percentage of XRP held on them represents 7.23% of the token's circulating supply, which currently stands at 56.28 million XRP.