As time passes more people realize that time of XRP being 0.005 - 0.003 passed for good. Two months ago XRP was around 0.16c, now it around 0.20c, after lock up will be around 0.25c or even 0.35c.
The first release of 1B from escrow can bring price a bit down, as fud like "Ripple dumping XRP will spread".
Considering that in 2018 we going to have BTC around 10k, XRP being 1 USD is just matter of time.
SBI VC Exchange is going to be a big game changer.