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August 8, 2025 @ 9:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a landmark development for the cryptocurrency industry, Ripple Labs and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have mutually agreed to drop their appeals in a high-profile legal battle that began in 2020. The decision, finalized on August 7, 2025, marks the end of… Read More

August 7, 2025 @ 7:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple has announced it has agreed to acquire Rail, a stablecoin-powered platform for global payments, for $200 million. Rail enables Fintechs, payment providers, neobanks, enterprise orgs, and more to offer payment solutions “for their operations (and their customers’) with everything from virtual IBANs and named… Read More

July 24, 2025 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

VERT, one of Brazil’s securitization and fund management companies, has launched a blockchain-based platform for managing private credit operations, built on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), a public blockchain built for the tokenization of real-world assets. The platform was developed to digitally “mirror securitization and fund… Read More

July 16, 2025 @ 10:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, a firm that provides digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, has today announced a partnership with Ctrl Alt, a tokenization infrastructure platform. The partnership sees Ctrl Alt using Ripple’s institutional-grade digital asset custody technology to “support the Dubai Land Department’s (DLD) Real Estate Tokenization… Read More

July 9, 2025 @ 7:56 am By JD Alois  |  

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY) (NYSE: BK)will provide custody for Ripple’s dollar-based stablecoin RLUSD. Congressional legislation providing clarity on the regulation of payment stablecoins is expected to be passed into law soon. This will mean the banks will feel more comfortable providing… Read More

July 7, 2025 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The blockchain landscape is evolving rapidly, with institutions worldwide embracing its potential to transform financial systems. Two recent developments highlight this shift: Mercado Bitcoin’s plan to tokenize $200 million in regulated financial assets on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) and Ripple’s partnership with Tenity to launch… Read More

July 5, 2025 @ 2:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple has announced a new milestone for the XRP Ledger (XRPL) ecosystem: the XRPL EVM Sidechain mainnet is officially live. This launch is said to be a significant step in bridging the XRP Ledger’s renowned efficiency with Ethereum’s smart contract capabilities, unlocking new opportunities for… Read More

June 29, 2025 @ 2:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a key development for the cryptocurrency and web3 industry, Ripple Labs has announced its decision to withdraw its cross-appeal in its protracted legal dispute with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The move comes as both parties appear poised to bring closure to… Read More

June 27, 2025 @ 6:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple has noted that as tokenized assets and stablecoins gain momentum, financial infrastructure must evolve to support “movement across blockchain networks.” Institutions increasingly demand digital assets that can “move securely and efficiently, without added complexity, risk, or liquidity fragmentation.” To help meet this demand, Ripple… Read More

June 18, 2025 @ 2:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alchemy Pay, the crypto payment solution provider, has announced a strategic partnership with Ripple to support fiat on-ramp access via Ripple USD (RLUSD), a USD-denominated stablecoin issued by Standard Custody & Trust Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ripple Labs. This support enables users… Read More

June 13, 2025 @ 12:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, the provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, and Circle, a global financial technology firm and issuer of USDC, announced a partnership bringing USDC to the XRP Ledger (XRPL). The XRPL is a decentralized, layer-1 blockchain “developed for the efficient tokenization and exchange… Read More

May 22, 2025 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Schuman Financial announced a native integration of its MiCA-compliant euro stablecoin EURØP onto the XRP Ledger (XRPL). This marks a step toward “bringing compliant euro-denominated stablecoins into active use on one of the world’s most widely used blockchains.” EURØP is a fully euro-backed and redeemable… Read More

May 13, 2025 @ 11:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hidden Road announced that its ADGM entity, Hidden Road Partners CIV (AD) Limited, received In-Principle Approval (IPA) from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM to operate as a regulated financial services firm. Pending final regulatory approval, Hidden Road will be “authorized to offer… Read More

May 9, 2025 @ 2:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stated that the pending enforcement action with Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse, and Christian Larsen has been resolved. The SEC noted that it would ask the court to dissolve the injunction against Ripple from the final judgment revealed in August 2024. An… Read More

May 4, 2025 @ 7:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Enterprise blockchain firm Ripple, the payments Fintech behind XRP and the newly launched RLUSD stablecoin, recently tabled a $4 billion to $5 billion offer to acquire Circle, the issuer of the world’s second-largest stablecoin, USDC, according to Bloomberg. The bid, however, was swiftly rebuffed by… Read More

April 22, 2025 @ 6:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase Derivatives, LLC, a subsidiary of Coinbase Global, Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN), has launched XRP and nano XRP futures contracts, marking a significant expansion of its regulated crypto derivatives offerings. This move, approved by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), aims to provide both institutional and retail… Read More

April 8, 2025 @ 3:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ripple has acquired Hidden Road Partners for $1.25 billion. Hidden Road is a prime brokerage that enables FX, digital assets, derivatives, synthetics, and more. Ripple is a digital asset platform probably best known for the issuance of XRP, a crypto for value transfer. This, as… Read More

April 8, 2025 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The financial world is undergoing a fundamental shift. A new report by Ripple, the provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) projects the market for tokenized real-world assets to grow from “$0.6 trillion today to $18.9 trillion by 2033… Read More

April 3, 2025 @ 2:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, a provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, today announced that Ripple USD (RLUSD) has been integrated into Ripple’s  payments solution, Ripple Payments, driving enterprise “utility and demand for the asset.” RLUSD is described as an “enterprise-grade,” USD-denominated stablecoin created with utility, and… Read More

March 17, 2025 @ 10:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The painfully long-standing legal battle between the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple Labs, which began in December 2020, appears to be approaching a critical juncture. Recent developments suggest that the case, centered on whether XRP constitutes an unregistered security, could finally conclude,… Read More