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Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin is rapidly expanding on Ethereum rather than the company’s native XRP Ledger (XRPL). According to CryptoSlate data, RLUSD’s total circulating supply has surged to $1.26 billion within 12 months of its launch. Of this, roughly $1.03 billion, or 82% of the total supply, resides on Ethereum, while the $235 million balance is on […] The post RLUSD supply hit $1.26B, and 82% of it now sits on Ethereum, not XRPL appeared first on CryptoSlate.

For more than a decade, the XRP Ledger (XRPL) has, for one reason or another, stood apart from the rest of the blockchain industry. Built in 2012, long before the rise of modern DeFi, it embraced a minimalist design of fast settlement, deterministic consensus, and no economic incentives for validators. That architecture helped XRPL grow […] The post Sidechains pay, XRPL won’t — the real tug-of-war over staking and XRP’s future appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ripple unveiled a roadmap for the XRP Ledger (XRPL) on Sept. 22 that introduces protocol-level lending, zero-knowledge privacy features, and expanded tokenization standards. The roadmap centers on three core announcements: a native lending protocol scheduled for Version 3.0, confidential Multi-Purpose Tokens arriving in the first quarter of next year, and the immediate availability of compliance […] The post Ripple unveils institutional-focused roadmap for XRPL with native lending protocol and ZKP features appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ripple claims hundreds of bank partners, but with a 30%–40% drop in XRPL activity and institutional use concentrated offchain, transparency concerns persist. Ripple, the company behind major cryptocurrency XRP, is facing community backlash after online entrepreneur Andrei Jikh raised questions over the company’s projects and transparency. Jikh took to X on Wednesday to voice multiple concerns about Ripple, including the lack of verifiable onchain data to support the company’s claim of securing over 300 bank partnerships in its 13 years of operation. Ripple’s chief technology officer, David Schwartz, promptly joined the X thread, addressing all six questions raised by Jikh to defend the company’s approach to transparency, onchain data and institutional adoption. Read more

Ripple’s Chief Technology Officer, David Schwartz, has revealed that regulatory risks are the main reason why the company and its partners have not embraced the XRP Ledger’s decentralized exchange (DEX) for payment settlements. The statement came in response to a user on X (formerly Twitter) who questioned the DEX’s underwhelming activity despite Ripple’s wide-ranging institutional […] The post Ripple CTO reveals why the firm is not currently using XRPL DEX for payments appeared first on CryptoSlate.

[PRESS RELEASE – UAE, Abu Dhabi, July 20th, 2025] XRPL has started this year with significant updates for the whole XRP world. While XRP is now trading above $2.98, the token has reclaimed its position as one of the top-performing assets of 2025 with over 30% growth for the last month. To provide faster XRPL […]

Tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) continue to gain traction as crypto firms push for clear regulations for onchain financial instruments. Mercado Bitcoin, a major crypto exchange in the Latin America region, announced on Friday that it is tokenizing $200 million in real-world assets (RWAs) on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). The real-world assets include tokenized fixed-income and equity financial instruments, according to an announcement from Ripple, the blockchain company that launched the XRPL. A report published by Boston Consulting Group and the blockchain company forecasted the tokenized RWA market to swell to a $19 trillion market capitalization by 2033. Read more

Guggenheim Partners is bringing its Treasury-backed fixed-income product to the XRP Ledger (XRPL) through a new partnership with Ripple, Bloomberg News reported on June 10. Guggenheim Treasury Services, a subsidiary of the investment giant, will offer tokenized US commercial paper with customized maturity terms of up to 397 days on XRPL. The product is fully […] The post Guggenheim chooses Ripple’s XRPL for latest tokenized commercial paper issuance appeared first on CryptoSlate.