CEO of @Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse, says the company processed $16 trillion in transactions last year.
0% of those transactions used a digital asset.
He says the real opportunity is bringing that $16 Trillion onto blockchain infrastructure and enabling settlement with digital assets like $XRP
We are proud to announce our integration of the #XRP ledger for cross border payments.
Bull Street has chosen $XRP to be our primary choice for payments. We strive to settle billions of dollars in transactions on the #XRPL and are blown away by the incredible network speed, 3-5 second transaction times for fraction of a cost fees.
Japan just officially approved RLUSD.
That means Rippleβs USD stablecoin is now live in one of the strictest and most regulated financial markets in the world through SBI, one of Japanβs biggest financial groups.
This is bullish for XRPL because RLUSD runs on the XRP Ledger.
More stablecoin activity means more liquidity, more settlement, more payments, more tokenization and more real world financial activity moving through XRPL infrastructure.
Every RLUSD transaction on XRPL still requires XRP to pay transaction fees and interact with the network.
That matters because the bigger picture here is not just a stablecoin. It is Ripple building out global payment rails, cross border settlement, collateral systems and tokenized finance directly on the XRP Ledger.
Ripple also confirmed RLUSD is being explored for collateral management, trade settlement and supply chain finance, which is exactly the kind of utility XRPL was built for from day one.
If more institutions around the world start moving serious liquidity through RLUSD, XRP becomes part of the infrastructure layer powering that movement.
Japan also does not move fast with crypto regulation unless there is serious trust, compliance and long term intent behind it.
RLUSD already sits at a $1.7B market cap less than 2 years after launch, and RLUSD on XRPL is now also on the verge of overtaking the Ethereum version in supply.
That is a massive signal because it shows more liquidity and activity starting to naturally flow toward the XRP Ledger itself, not just Ethereum.
And if RLUSD continues growing at this pace, it genuinely has potential to become one of the dominant regulated stablecoins in crypto.
People still underestimate whatβs quietly being built around XRP and the XRPL.
Itβs being enabled.
XRP has a massive supply. Even after 14 years of development, none of its features or utility have managed to attract enough sustained value inflow to support such a large supply in terms of price. That is why, despite Rippleβs partnerships and the constant stream of positive news, XRP remains primarily a speculative asset.
Unless XRP utility begins to drive meaningful and sustained trading volume, it will largely remain speculative and continue to fluctuate with broader crypto sentiment particularly trends led by BTC.
I donβt understand why this is so hard for so many people to grasp
#XRP