🚨NEW: @CanaryFunds has filed its Form 8-A. This is the final step before it goes effective at 5:30 PM ET Wednesday once the Nasdaq certifies the listing. When that happens, the last hurdle is cleared and the first $XRP spot ETF will be set to launch Thursday at market open.
With today’s close of Hidden Road (now Ripple Prime), Ripple has announced 5 major acquisitions in ~2 years (GTreasury last week, Rail in August, Standard Custody in 2024, Metaco in 2023). As we continue to build solutions towards enabling an Internet of Value – I’m reminding you all that XRP sits at the center of everything Ripple does. Lock in.
Banking, bonds, currency and markets: the entire financial landscape is evolving.
Blockchain is a powerful engine that creates groundbreaking opportunities for global businesses.
Learn how we're making it happen with solutions for payments, custody, stablecoins, and more: https://t.co/DRG2XlWIkv
⚡️XRP TREASURY RAISE COMPLETED
Nasdaq-listed VivoPower secured $19M via a common stock. Funds to be used for focused on acquiring and long-term holding of $XRP.
We're proud to partner with @UCBerkeley on the launch of its new Center for Digital Assets: https://t.co/bMO1wmWrUT
From classrooms to real-world impact, this builds on years of innovation through our University Blockchain Research Initiative.
Find out more about the partnership and learn how the CDA will advance blockchain & digital twin research. ⭐️
As happens in one’s life, I’ve been taking stock of my last 40 years. It’s been a wild ride. I’ve gone from consulting for the NSA to watching the early stages of Bitcoin. Then, I met Arthur, Jed, and Chris and worked on coding the XRP Ledger. Now, I’ve spent more than 13 years at Ripple.
I can’t begin to explain the depth of my gratitude to this company, the people who work here, and the community that surrounds XRPL. It’s been one of the greatest honors and experiences of my life, second only to my amazing family.
The time has come for me to step back from my day-to-day duties as Ripple CTO at the end of this year. I’m really looking forward to spending more time with the kids and grandkids and going back to the hobbies I set aside. But be warned, I’m not going away from the XRP community. You haven’t seen the last of me (now, or ever).
The last few months I’ve been tinkering on the side – spinning up my own XRPL node and publishing its output data, researching other use cases for XRP (besides what Ripple is focused on), and more. I truly enjoy this part — getting my hands dirty, talking to builders, coding for the pure love of it — and I’m really excited to get back to that. More to come on this very soon, I’m sure.
But back to gratitude — to Brad and Monica — leaders who have been here nearly as long as I have, and are the very soul of Ripple itself. To Chris, who took a huge leap of faith and never wavered. To Arthur, who had the big ideas every time we needed them. To the RippleX team, ledger developers, community members, builders, and everyone else — it’s been an honor being in the trenches with you all. Thank you for everything you have done for the XRPL. I have total confidence in the next generation of leaders and builders – including Dennis Jarosch (Ripple’s SVP of Engineering) – and far too many others to name in the XRP community who will carry the torch.
I’ll still be in and out of the Ripple office as CTO Emeritus, and as my last task at Ripple, Chris asked me to join Ripple's Board of Directors to continue supporting the company’s mission and long-term vision...and I accept!
I look forward to seeing the rest of you at XRP community events around the world.
– JoelKatz
We’re partnering with @Ripple to enable RLUSD transfers for @Blackrock’s BUIDL and @vaneck_us’s VBILL tokenized funds.
BUIDL & VBILL, two of the largest tokenized Treasury funds gain 24/7 instant exchange via RLUSD, powered by Securitize.
Let me translate: All those documents and videos people have been finding in the XRP community for the last 7 years showing @ripple working with governments and financial institutions globally were real. We were called every name in the book but stayed focused. We were right and now the show is about to begin.