As AI agents begin transacting on behalf of businesses, payments need more than speed. They need trust, controls, and clear rules for how value moves.
We're helping build the infrastructure for trusted agent-driven payments, with the XRP Ledger and $RLUSD helping lay the foundation for the future of commerce.
We're pleased to be part of the ecosystem supporting @Mastercard's Agent Pay for Machines initiative, helping validate new use cases, establish common rules, and accelerate adoption.
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LATEST: ⚡️ Ripple CTO emeritus David Schwartz says XRP utility is expanding beyond payments as the XRP Ledger adds support for tokenized stocks, funds, repos, and loans.
The Clarity Act takes the side of everyday Americans.
This historic legislation brings digital assets out of the shadows and into a system that is safer, fairer, and more transparent!
$RLUSD is institutional-grade infrastructure for payments and tokenization.
Through @wormhole’s Native Token Transfers (NTT), $RLUSD can now move natively across multiple blockchain ecosystems, supporting cross-border payments, institutional on/off-ramps, and tokenization use cases.
For developers and institutions building onchain, that expands access to compliant, USD-backed liquidity across supported networks.
The demand for modern, always-on settlement infrastructure continues to grow.
@Mastercard’s support for $RLUSD and the XRP Ledger reflects growing demand for trusted digital assets and blockchain infrastructure that can power faster, more flexible settlement.
Two MASSIVE Executive Orders signed by Trump today on Fintech and Digital Assets!
--Integrating Fintech and Digital Assets into Traditional Finance--
This order directs federal regulators to review and streamline rules to foster innovation and competition between fintech firms, cryptocurrency companies, and traditional banks. It mandates that agencies identify outdated guidelines and create measures to integrate digital assets and innovative technologies into traditional payment.
--Expanding Payment Access and Tightening Financial Oversight--
This order directs the Federal Reserve to evaluate how non-bank financial firms and uninsured depository institutions (such as crypto companies) are granted access to its wholesale payment systems and accounts (often called "master accounts"). Additionally, it tasks the Treasury with updating Bank Secrecy Act and customer-identification regulations to prevent exploitation by criminal networks and to guide financial institutions on serving undocumented individuals without overburdening banks.
Public markets are the anchor of American capital formation.
Today’s proposed rulemakings (along with our recent rule proposal on semiannual reporting) mark significant steps toward transforming our rulebook for public companies so more Americans can invest in our economy.
🚨JUST IN: The Clarity Act ADVANCES out of the Senate Banking Committee in a 15-9 bipartisan vote, with two Democrats voting in favor: @SenRubenGallego and @Sen_Alsobrooks.
Next stop: the full Senate.
Right now is the moment everyone in this space has waited for since this technology began.
There is no greater moment, no greater opportunity than right now.
There won’t be this moment again for at least another 100 years.
🚨NEW: In remarks given at an event today, SEC Chair @SECPaulSAtkins laid out a handful of areas where the agency is considering modernizing securities rules for onchain markets, including potential rulemakings around what qualifies as an exchange, broker, dealer and clearing agency in crypto.
Atkins said the @SECGov is considering a framework for onchain trading systems through ‘notice and comment’ rulemaking, including around how the definition of “exchange” applies to crypto markets. He also said the agency is reviewing how broker and dealer rules apply to onchain activity and software interfaces, potentially through exemptive rulemaking.
On clearing, Atkins said the SEC is considering whether the traditional clearing agency model still fits onchain systems where settlement is near instant and counterparty risk is managed algorithmically.
He also signaled the agency is looking at how to regulate crypto vaults that generate onchain yield, particularly around the Securities Act and Investment Advisers Act issues.
Earliest is today. Latest is likely Monday if leadership wants to tee up a Thursday vote, since they usually need to provide at least three business days’ notice before a hearing.
🚨 RUMOR ALERT 🚨
Ripple could deploy $11B to acquire Circle, in a bold move to outbid Coinbase. $USDC
That would put the second-largest stablecoin under Ripple’s control and reshape crypto payments in the U.S. 💥🇺🇸
If this happens, it’s not bullish.
It’s game over. $XRP 👀💥