That escrow is a huge factor. If XRP goes up to 100, then ripple escrow will be worth, $500 billion. On top of the rest of there assets ripple will be the wealthiest institution on the planet with more than half a trillion assets, rivaling EVERY central, the bank of international settlements, and the international monetary fund. That is a VERY big problem to those institutions. If ripple wants to be a major piece in the new world order, they have to give up that escrow. Either give up custody of it, or burn it. And we all kno what burning 50 billion XRP tokens would do to the current price!