MoneyGram 🤝 @StellarOrg
We’re extending our five-year partnership with SDF, continuing to turn stablecoin potential into real-world utility and financial inclusion.
Building on our success in Colombia, the MoneyGram app’s stablecoin balance is now live in El Salvador.
Read more: https://t.co/Wo99eAk5Bm
NEW: Rakuten will allow $XRP to be used as a payment method for its 44 million customers.
The move integrates XRP into Rakuten’s consumer payments ecosystem, expanding real-world utility for crypto in retail transactions.
Midnight Network is live - the first blockchain built for programmable privacy at the protocol level. Backed by Google Cloud, MoneyGram, Worldpay, and eToro as node operators. Real-world compliance without exposing sensitive data.
Start building with Ankr now: https://t.co/FDpGHyepQt
3 continents, 4 global office visits, 5 days. Crossed too many time zones to count...
Recently, @MonicaLongSF and I (along with others on the Ripple leadership team) traveled to Dublin, London, Singapore and Sydney to meet with the Ripple Team (many of whom joined from our acquisitions of GTreasury, Hidden Road, Rail, Palisade and Solvexia).
A few notes from the road -
1/ centers of gravity (business and/or employee) are never stagnant, and getting out of the US coastal mindset is imperative. It was incredibly energizing to hear from new and longtime Ripplers on what moves the needle where they are.
2/ Culture cannot be taken for granted. More than ever, we’re championing a maniacal focus and eliminating bureaucracy for employees to be owners. Don’t confuse activity with progress.
3/ Adoption doesn’t happen overnight. Platforms > point solutions. Meet customers where they are, not where they might be in a couple years.
4/ AI is becoming a fundamental part of our products – especially in cash forecasting and liquidity management in real-time for the office of the CFO. Employee productivity may be where AI starts, but the end goal is much bigger.
5/ 2026 is shaping up to be another defining year. We’re in the right markets with the right capabilities across payments, custody, liquidity and treasury management. There's a huge opportunity ahead, and we are making sure XRP is at the center of it.
$100B+ processed.
60+ markets.
51 real-time rails.
RLUSD at $1B market cap in under a year.
Ripple Payments brings it all together: fiat, stablecoins, 75+ licenses, so businesses can move money globally without the patchwork: https://t.co/f5yXTWOPQk
🚀🇪🇺 RIPPLE SCORES FULL EU MONEY LICENSE!
Ripple has officially received a full Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from Luxembourg’s regulator.
This means Ripple can now operate regulated digital payment services across EU nations.
This strengthens real-world use cases for Ripple’s native assets like XRP, XRPL, and RLUSD.
We’ve secured our preliminary Electronic Money Institution license approval from Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF). 🇪🇺
This is a pivotal step toward scaling Ripple Payments across the EU, bringing institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure to the region. https://t.co/Q72ntwwjFB
The momentum is global:
→ 75+ licenses & registrations worldwide
→ $95B+ in volume processed to date
→ Reaching 90% of daily FX markets
With the EU taking the lead in building a regulatory framework for digital assets, we're helping institutions transition from pilots to commercial scale, and we’re bridging the gap between legacy finance and the digital future to unlock trillions in dormant capital.
🔥THE MARKET IS BULLISH FOR XRP!
XRP jumped 12%, hitting its highest level since mid-November, leading market gains on STRONG trading volume and ETF inflows.
Analysts say traders are positioning for wider XRP adoption and diversifying beyond BTC and ETH.
2026 global growth moderates to ~2.8% amid policy divergence.
China accelerates via exports and fiscal support while Fed cuts once. Gold rallies, BRICS currencies appreciate selectively, real estate risks ease.
Leveraging @veloprotocol's PayFi infrastructure and Orbit Super App for seamless RWA distribution across APAC remittances and payments.
EVOLVE captures this via tokenized funds, credit, and EV infrastructure—delivering stable on-chain yields as fiat alternatives for APAC and BRICS investors.