- Ripple announced “Scamberry Pie,” an awareness campaign designed to encourage families to learn about online crime targeting crypto customers.
- CEO Garlinghouse highlighted the increasing adoption of Ripple stablecoin RLUSD, whose market cap has now exceeded $1 billion.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has unveiled an anti-fraud initiative that warns XRP holders about online scams targeting XRP and other crypto users. In one X-Post Garlinghouse introduced “Scamberry Pie,” a public awareness campaign designed to encourage families to talk about suspicious digital activity.
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“Scamberry Pie is helping to change that by making the topic of fraud prevention more accessible at the holiday table.”
Ripple is partnering with Match Group, Cash App, the National Cryptocurrency Association and Coinbase to spread the word. The aim of the collaboration is to warn investors about phishing sites, fake investment offers and other scams, which often increase during the holidays.
Garlinghouse praised the Ripple security team for their work in 2025. He also highlighted the team’s success in shutting down websites that promote fake websites and misleading “live” videos to defraud investors.
Garlinghouse added that the effort to protect customers is a collaborative effort, with the company, its partners and the community reporting and removing fraudulent content.
Europol shuts down criminal crypto tumblers
Meanwhile, in Europe, Swiss and German police, together with Europol, conducted an operation to dismantle the criminal gang that operated “Cryptomixer,” a hybrid crypto tumbler accessible on both the legal clear web and the dark web that was used by cybercriminals to launder their illegal Bitcoins. Such crypto mixers prevent the traceability of the ownership of tokens on a blockchain.
As CNF reported, the raid, carried out from November 24th to 28th, resulted in the seizure of three servers, the domain cryptomixer.io, more than 25 million euros in BTC and over 12 terabytes of data.
Influence of RLUSD ahead of Binance Blockchain Week
During Binance’s Blockchain Week, a two-day event held December 3-4 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Ripple’s CEO shared his insights on stablecoins. According to Garlinghouse, the RLUSD bridges traditional financial markets and fast-growing blockchain technology, increasing efficiency in global settlements and digital transfers.
People are starting to realize that stablecoins are really stable and much easier to manage and move, especially in this region, explained Garlinghouse.
Ripple’s stablecoin, launched in December 2024, continues to gain momentum and has reached a market value of $1.027 billion – CNF reported.
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