Key Highlights: Ripple has secured final approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish Ripple National Trust Bank under federal supervision. The market capitalization of the firm’s dollar-pegged stablecoin, $RLUSD, has risen past $2.6 billion, marking an increase of over 88 percent since the start of the year. Ripple’s ...
Key Highlights Developers on the XRP Ledger have proposed a new SponsoredAccountCreate transaction to enable the creation of zero-balance accounts. Under the proposal, existing accounts can act as sponsors, covering the mandatory 1 XRP reserve requirement and transaction fees on behalf of new wallets. The functionality aims to streamline user onboarding for payment applications, enterprise ...
Key Highlights: Moody’s has assigned Ripple’s dollar-pegged stablecoin, RLUSD, an A2 rating for long-term deposits and a P-1 rating for short-term deposits. The rating reflects RLUSD’s conservative reserve structure, which targets a 103% reserve coverage ratio composed largely of short-term U.S. Treasury bonds and cash. Standard Custody & Trust Company issues the stablecoin on the ...
Key Highlights: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent positioned digital assets as a cornerstone for maintaining US dollar dominance, framing stablecoins as a key funding driver for US Treasuries. Ripple announced major enterprise integrations, partnering with retail trading powerhouse Robinhood for settlement, prime brokerage, and treasury operations. Ripple secured final OCC approval for Ripple National Trust Bank, ...
Key Highlights: Robinhood has forged a partnership with Ripple to introduce the RLUSD stablecoin across both retail and institutional operations, even while remaining an active member of the competing USDG-distributing Global Dollar Network. The institutional scope includes Bitstamp utilizing RLUSD on the XRP Ledger for settlement, Robinhood implementing Ripple’s treasury software, and upcoming plans to ...
Key Highlights: Ripple and Robinhood have expanded their partnership to integrate the $RLUSD stablecoin across retail and institutional services, including the main Robinhood app, Robinhood Chain, and Bitstamp. Robinhood will implement Ripple Treasury infrastructure to modernize its global liquidity, cash flow forecasting, payments, and risk management operations. Ripple has broadened alliances with BNY for $XRP ...
Key Highlights: Ripple has secured approval to establish Ripple National Trust Bank, allowing the firm to provide specific banking services under federal supervision. The new entity will act as a collateral trustee, oversee reserves for the U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin $RLUSD, and offer digital asset custody for institutional clients. Issuance of $RLUSD remains under New York ...
Key Highlights: Evernorth holds approximately 473 million XRP in its treasury following its Nasdaq debut under the ticker XRPN. The company has partnered with Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase, and BitGo to deploy its XRP into institutional strategies starting in Q4 2026. Concurrently, Ripple introduced new Ripple Treasury features at Swell 2026, including AI-driven corporate cash management ...
Key Highlights: Technical indicators reveal an XRP/USD Bollinger Bands squeeze mirroring the extended 2022–2024 accumulation cycle, with prediction markets such as Polymarket setting the odds of a $2 breakout this month at just 10%. Despite Ripple and the XRP Ledger achieving legal clarity in the U.S., integrating the RLUSD stablecoin, and introducing DeFi features via ...
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: Scammers are weaponizing legitimate XRP Ledger developments—such as Cross River Bank’s testing of the $RLUSD stablecoin and the launch of the 473 million $XRP Evernorth fund—to engineer targeted phishing campaigns. Fraudsters utilize automated software to spin up lookalike wallets (e.g., rBankxxx) and counterfeit tokens (e.g., $BANKxxx) seconds after brand announcements, tricking users via ...