Umut Cetintas

[Reece Merrick @reece_merrick]

Real-world crypto utility in action: @Ripple has partnered with Women’s World Banking and @PulaAdvisors to launch an RLUSD-powered parametric insurance pilot in Uganda 🇺🇬

The initiative will protect ~3,000 smallholder farmers (mostly women) against agricultural and health shocks with automated, instant payouts via mobile money.

A massive step forward for financial inclusion and blockchain utility. 🌐

https://t.co/QjC4gKuXCY

[Whale Insider @WhaleInsider]

JUST IN: $XRP Ledger crosses 10 million x402 payments, with agent payments settling directly on the XRPL through t54’s x402 facilitator.

[Crypto Briefing @Crypto_Briefing]

🔥NEW: US PCE inflation slowed to 3.4% in August, below expectations of 3.7%.

Core PCE also eased to 3% from 3.3%, below the 3.3% forecast.

[Whale Insider @WhaleInsider]

JUST IN: 🇧🇷 Brazil's CSD BR partners with Ripple to mirror securities ownership records on the $XRP Ledger, starting with BTG Pactual fund shares.

[Ripple @Ripple]

A licensed central securities depository is recording securities ownership on a public blockchain for the first time — on the XRP Ledger. 🇧🇷

CSD BR is partnering with Ripple to bring Brazil's regulated capital markets onchain, starting with BTG Pactual fund shares, secured by Ripple Custody. https://t.co/Q2nrSHeXuO

[Umut Cetintas @UmutCetint95487]

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[Reece Merrick @reece_merrick]

On stage at the MESA Forum with @HSBC, @BlackRock, @Mashreq, and @RAKBANK, discussing stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and tokenized MMFs.

We started with a competition framing, but landed somewhere else! They aren't rivals, they have 3 distinct jobs:

🟢 Stablecoins: The always-on layer moving value between institutions without existing relationships (why $RLUSD was built not to replace bank money, but to let it travel).

🟢 Tokenized Deposits: Keep bank money inside the existing perimeter, ideal for known counterparties.

🟢 Tokenized MMFs: Treasury yield & collateral, less of a payment vehicle.

The real question for the GCC isn't which wins! It's how well they connect.

The UAE isn't debating if it’s open for business; it's actively building. Excited to keep leaning in with @Ripple 🇦🇪

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇷🇺 Russia's Moscow Exchange launches perpetual futures for 5 major cryptocurrencies.

• Bitcoin
• Ethereum
• Solana
• XRP
• Tron

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

RESEARCH: Stablecoin adoption in APAC increasingly a question of regulatory access.

For compliance-first stablecoins like @Ripple's $RLUSD, relevance depends on operating across markets with different rules for distribution, custody and redemption.

[Coin Bureau @coinbureau]

🇷🇺JUST IN: Russia launches crypto perpetual futures for the first time, tracking BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP and TRON.

Trading begins today, Sept 22, giving qualified investors exposure without owning crypto.

MOEX crypto futures have now topped 600 BILLION rubles in volume across 72,000 investors.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

NEW: @Absa_CIB Corporate and Investment Banking launches Africa's first institutional-grade digital asset custody service, powered by @Ripple's custody technology.

[crypto.news @cryptodotnews]

JUST IN: Saudi Arabia’s $138 billion Riyad Bank partners with Ripple to explore digital assets

The collaboration will examine cross-border payments, digital asset custody and tokenization as the bank explores blockchain-based financial infrastructure.

[Reece Merrick @reece_merrick]

A major milestone for institutional digital assets in Africa!

We’re proud to partner with @Absa_CIB Corporate and Investment Banking on the launch of Absa Digital Asset Custody.

By leveraging @Ripple’s custody technology, Absa is setting a new benchmark for secure, compliant, and bank-grade digital asset management on the continent.

Congratulations to the Absa team on bringing this digital-first solution to market.

[Umut Cetintas @UmutCetint95487]

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[Eleanor Terrett @EleanorTerrett]

My entire feed today is either people bickering over who’s to blame for the Clarity Act failing or hype posts about $XRP going to $1,000.

🤦🏼‍♀️ Back to my @Yellowstone marathon.

[Whale Insider @WhaleInsider]

JUST IN: 🇰🇷 XRP treasury firm Evernorth secures $30M convertible-note commitment from South Korea’s NH Investment & Securities, contingent on SPAC merger close, with proceeds earmarked for general purposes including $XRP buys.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

LATEST: XRP treasury company @evernorthxrp raises $30M via convertible notes from South Korean institutional investor NH Investment & Securities, contingent on its SPAC merger closing, with proceeds earmarked for $XRP acquisition ahead of its Nasdaq listing under $XRPN.

[crypto.news @cryptodotnews]

JUST IN: Ripple partners test direct yen-to-won stablecoin transfers between Japan and South Korea.

SBI Group and Kyobo Life Insurance used test tokens on Canton Network to settle the cross-border payments without routing through the U.S. dollar, exploring faster settlement and lower FX costs.

[Ripple @Ripple]

CFOs have moved from viewing digital assets as purely speculative to having utility.

The opportunity now is what crypto and stablecoins, like $XRP and $RLUSD, can do for treasury, payroll, and cross-border flows.

The game-changer: onchain markets don't stop at 5 pm or take weekends off. That opens the door to new ways to put idle cash to work around the clock and to empower treasury as a strategic value driver.

@rvereecke, SVP, Ripple Treasury, explores the shift in the latest Crypto In One Minute.

[Umut Cetintas @UmutCetint95487]

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[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🔥 NEW: Ripple enables AI agent payments in XRP and RLUSD via Stripe and Tempo’s protocol.

[Coin Bureau @coinbureau]

🇷🇺 LATEST: Russia’s biggest exchange to launch perpetual futures on BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP and TRX

Moscow Exchange will launch the contracts on September 22 for qualified investors, quoted in USD and settled in rubles.

More than 72,000 qualified investors have already traded MOEX’s crypto-linked futures, with volume exceeding RUB 600 billion.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

NEW: @Ripple integrates $XRP and $RLUSD payments into @Stripe and @Tempo's AI agent standard via a new developer kit.

The kit lets AI agents make recurring payments for services and manage wallets across multiple blockchains.