Tagged: xrp ledger

October 30, 2026 @ 12:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple and Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) have deepened their collaboration, positioning the RLUSD stablecoin as a central tool across both consumer-facing and institutional operations while extending the relationship into treasury automation and financing services. Announced on October 27, 2026, the expanded agreement gives one of the… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 10:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aviva Investors, the asset management division of the major UK insurance group Aviva, has committed £50 million (approximately $66 million) to a newly launched tokenized share class of its Sterling Liquidity Fund, recorded on the XRP Ledger. Announced jointly with blockchain infrastructure provider Ripple on… Read More

October 25, 2026 @ 3:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is extending its utility well past cryptocurrency trading into institutional settlement and machine-driven commerce. Financial institutions are increasingly turning to the network for cross-currency transfers, while autonomous software agents now handle substantial volumes of automated payments. Developments involving tokenized investment vehicles,… Read More

October 21, 2026 @ 4:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The XRP Ledger is preparing to activate the fixCleanup3_4_0 amendment around 09:34 UTC on October 23, 2026. This package, introduced in xrpld version 3.4.0 and released on September 17, bundles a series of amendment-gated corrections. It currently holds the minimum validator support required for activation… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 3:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The XRP Ledger has closed a critical integer-overflow vulnerability in its payment engine that had existed for roughly a decade and could have allowed an attacker to generate and spend new XRP in violation of the network’s fixed-supply rules. According to the official vulnerability disclosure… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 5:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple’s institutional custody platform has added support for the Canton Network just as the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) moves closer to a broader tokenization service that includes Canton among eligible rails. The change, delivered in Ripple Custody version 1.43 and released on October… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazil’s regulated capital markets have taken a notable step toward integrating public blockchain infrastructure. CSD BR, a licensed registrar, central securities depository and settlement system, has launched the first stage of a partnership with Ripple that places selected ownership records on the XRP Ledger while… Read More

September 17, 2026 @ 12:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Clearpool, a decentralized marketplace focused on on-chain institutional credit, has outlined plans to extend its lending stack to the XRP Ledger. The firm positions the move as its next growth chapter, arguing that XRPL is a mature network whose institutional credit market remains comparatively undeveloped…. Read More

September 16, 2026 @ 9:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The XRP Ledger is approaching a major payments upgrade after RippleX published a technical review of Batch V1.1, the rebuilt form of the XLS-56 amendment now under validator vote. The change would allow several transactions from different accounts to run together in one ledger close…. Read More

September 14, 2026 @ 8:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple USD (RLUSD) has grown into one of the larger regulated dollar stablecoins, with net circulating supply recently topping an all-time high of about $2.44 billion before settling near $2.42 billion. That expansion looks like a success story for Ripple’s dual-chain product. A closer look… Read More

September 1, 2026 @ 2:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple is no longer treating quantum risk as a theoretical footnote. In late August 2026, Ayo Akinyele, the company’s senior director of engineering, said the XRP Ledger is being prepared now so that wallets, settlement, and institutional rails can change before a so-called Q-Day arrives—the… Read More

August 21, 2026 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple has teamed up with Clearpool and Cicada Partners to introduce real-world institutional lending capabilities on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). The collaboration aims to create on-chain credit markets that fund actual business needs rather than relying on typical decentralized finance yield strategies. The partners highlight… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 2:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The XRP Ledger’s reference server software, xrpld version 3.3.0, is now available. This release packages several proposed protocol amendments focused on privacy, operational efficiency, and support for institutional use of Multi-Purpose Tokens (MPTs), the ledger’s standard for tokenized financial instruments such as funds and bonds…. Read More

August 2, 2026 @ 5:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The XRP Ledger is advancing toward its next core software release, xrpld version 3.3.0, expected in the coming week. This update will place five proposed amendments before network validators, expanding support for tokenized assets, institutional operations, privacy protections, and more flexible transaction handling. Two of… Read More

April 25, 2026 @ 11:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Speculation about hidden alliances and undisclosed breakthroughs frequently fuels community discussions. David Schwartz, a co-creator of the XRP Ledger and former chief technology officer at Ripple, recently stepped forward on social media to confront persistent rumors suggesting secretive government connections or large-scale undisclosed plans involving… Read More

April 22, 2026 @ 5:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple Labs has unveiled a comprehensive strategy to safeguard the XRP Ledger (XRPL) against emerging threats from quantum computing, marking a proactive step toward long-term network resilience. The initiative outlines a structured, multi-year plan aimed at achieving complete post-quantum readiness by 2028, ensuring that the… Read More

February 15, 2026 @ 7:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aviva Investors, the asset management division of UK-based insurance firm Aviva plc, has teamed up with Ripple in order to explore tokenizing conventional investment funds. Announced recently, this collaboration aims to leverage the XRP Ledger’s capabilities to modernize fund management and distribution. The partnership marks… Read More

October 3, 2025 @ 11:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple noted that the Multi-Purpose Token (MPT) white paper is now live. As explained by Ripple, MPTs are a type of digital token standard on the XRP Ledger that are built to meet the needs of both application developers and institutions. MPTs embed metadata as… Read More

September 12, 2025 @ 3:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has made significant strides in enhancing security, compliance, and investigative capabilities, as demonstrated by recent developments in the Venus Protocol incident, expanded XRP Ledger support, advanced crypto investigations, and sanctions enforcement. These efforts underscore Chainalysis’s commitment to building trust in the… 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