Key Highlights David Schwartz highlighted that XRP remains the only native, counterparty-free asset on the XRP Ledger, driving its long-term network demand. XRP’s utility is secured by its mandatory use for account reserves and transaction fees on the ledger. Even in a future dominated by Bitcoin settlement, Schwartz argued that XRP would capture value by ...
Key Highlights: Ripple has revealed that cross-border liquidity platform Arf plans to provide short-term working capital on the XRP Ledger. The initiative will leverage Ripple’s upcoming stablecoin, RLUSD, to facilitate financing during international payment settlement cycles. The integration directly addresses the capital inefficiency of pre-funding overseas accounts required for global transactions. Arf to Leverage RLUSD ...
Key Highlights Trade.xyz swaps track perpetual futures for stocks and commodities on the Hyperliquid crypto derivatives exchange, allowing round-the-clock trading without an expiration date. Ripple Prime manages clients’ collateral and risk, while the dollar-pegged RLUSD stablecoin can be used to back trades after Ripple connected its brokerage to Hyperliquid in February. Nearly $52 million in ...
Key Highlights: XRP’s official X account launched on October 19, 2026 under the @XRP handle, surpassing 4 million views in under 24 hours on its debut post. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse celebrated the milestone, which comes more than 14 years after the XRP Ledger was first launched in June 2012. Community figure Hussein Zangana (Vet) ...
Key Highlights: An XRPL network amendment that secured the required 80% consensus on October 9 is scheduled to activate on October 23 at 09:34 UTC, pending consistent validator support across the 14-day voting window. Proposals for a native Lending Protocol, LendingProtocolV1_1, and Single Asset Vaults remain short of the 29-vote supermajority, currently hovering between 54.29% ...
Key Highlights XRP recorded an influx of $315 million on the Binance exchange across a 48-hour span, signaling strong retail and institutional participation. Mainstream adoption gained momentum following the asset’s integration with Rakuten Pay, enhancing real-world utility and market exposure. Market analysts point to growing regulatory clarity and exchange incentives as primary catalysts supporting ongoing ...
Key Highlights: Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse affirmed that $XRP holders remain well-protected by existing judicial precedent despite the legislative defeat of the CLARITY Act. Garlinghouse highlighted the landmark July 2023 ruling by Judge Analisa Torres, which determined that $XRP is not inherently a security and secondary exchange sales were not securities transactions. Following the Senate’s ...
Key Highlights The XRP Ledger bug-fix package, fixCleanup3_4_0, holds the exact 29 validator votes required to activate, with launch slated for around 09:34 UTC on Oct. 23. The update patches a loophole that could allow an account authorized solely to burn tokens to mint new ones under specific circumstances. Associated native lending protocol and vault ...
Key Highlights: The XRP Ledger possesses the scalability and speed required for sovereign banking and payment systems, though enterprise adoption faces operational hurdles. Institutional integration depends heavily on sufficient liquidity, cross-chain interoperability, regulatory compliance, and secure custody rather than raw network throughput alone. Increased institutional adoption of the XRPL does not inherently ensure a price ...
Key Highlights: Cross River has integrated Ripple’s dollar-backed stablecoin, RLUSD, into its proprietary Core Operating System (COS) API. Fintechs and financial institutions can now bridge traditional fiat rails—such as ACH, wires, and real-time payments—with XRP Ledger settlement times of three to five seconds. The initiative expands on Cross River’s digital asset offerings, positioning RLUSD as ...
Key Highlights: XRP remains down roughly 62.5% from its January 2018 peak of $3.55, trailing massive gains achieved by Bitcoin, Ethereum, and BNB over the same timeframe. A 63% expansion in circulating token supply from 38.7 billion to 63.1 billion has heavily diluted the asset’s per-token price despite a stable market capitalization. Lagging ETF and ...
Key Highlights: Cross River Bank has partnered with Ripple to incorporate the dollar-backed stablecoin RLUSD into its banking infrastructure. The strategic collaboration also encompasses financial transactions executed across the XRP Ledger (XRPL). The initiative expands the institutional utility of Ripple’s payment ecosystem and regulated digital asset solutions. Cross River Bank Partners with Ripple for Stablecoin ...