1/4 BTC ETFs recorded $2.4 billion in net outflows in May.
XRP ETFs drew $132 million in net inflows.
Same market. Very different thesis. 🧵👇
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A $5 Quadrillion Truth
If we step back from individual products and look at the economic rooms @Ripple has intentionally entered, a striking pattern emerges.
Ripple has spent 14+ years building capabilities around the five largest value-transfer domains on Earth.
Not necessarily controlling them.
Not necessarily dominating them.
But positioning itself where these flows intersect.
Room 1: Payments & Cross-Border Liquidity
Major Infrastructure
SWIFT
Federal Reserve
Correspondent banking
Treasury operations
FX settlement
Global FX trading reached approximately $9.6 trillion per day in 2025 according to the BIS.
Annualized:
~$2.4 quadrillion/year
This is the room Ripple originally entered through RippleNet & XRP-enabled liquidity.
Room 2: Securities & Capital Markets
Major Infrastructure
DTCC
New York Stock Exchange
Nasdaq
Prime brokers
Clearing firms
Custodians
DTCC has repeatedly reported processing securities transactions measured in the quadrillions of dollars annually, often cited around $2+ quadrillion per year. Ripple has been referenced in DTCC-related patent discussions frequently cited within the digital asset industry, although specific implications should not be overstated without the underlying patent context.
Approximate room size:
~$2 quadrillion/year
Room 3: Derivatives
Major Infrastructure
International Swaps and Derivatives Association
CME Group
Dealer banks
Clearing houses
This is the room most crypto participants never study.
BIS reports OTC derivatives outstanding at approximately $846 trillion as of June 2025.
ISDA provides the contractual framework used throughout much of this market and Ripple is listed among ISDA’s Digital Asset members.
Depending on whether one measures notional outstanding or annual turnover, the activity level reaches into the quadrillions.
Conservative room size:
$846 trillion outstanding
Potential annual activity:
Multiple quadrillions
Room 4: Custody & Asset Management
Major Infrastructure
BlackRock
BNY Mellon
JPMorgan Chase
Goldman Sachs
Global professionally managed assets exceed:
$120+ trillion
Ripple has expanded directly into institutional custody through Ripple Custody & related acquisitions.
This room is smaller than payments and derivatives, but it owns the assets those systems move.
Room 5: Tokenization
Major Infrastructure
Treasuries
Bonds
Equities
Funds
Real estate
Commodities
This room barely existed a decade ago.
Today nearly every major institution is studying tokenized assets.
Ripple’s stated strategy increasingly emphasizes moving, managing, and tokenizing value. ISDA’s Ripple profile explicitly uses that language.
Long-term projections vary widely, but major industry forecasts frequently measure future tokenized assets in the tens to hundreds of trillions of dollars.
The Combined Picture
When viewed through a systems lens, the approximate scale is:
Global Payments & FX
~$2.4 Quadrillion/year
Securities Settlement
~$2+ Quadrillion/year
OTC Derivatives
$846 Trillion Outstanding
Asset Management
$120+ Trillion
Tokenization
Emerging Multi-Trillion Market
Combined economic activity touching these domains:
Well over $5 QUADRILLION annually, before accounting for overlap.
Why This Matters
The average crypto investor asks:
“Which blockchain has the best technology?”
Institutions ask:
“Which infrastructure integrates with the largest pools of value?”
This is a fundamentally different question.
Ripple’s strategy appears less focused on competing with every blockchain for users and more focused on integrating with the largest existing value-transfer systems on Earth.
That is why ISDA membership attracts attention.
Not because ISDA guarantees XRP adoption.
Not because membership means control.
But because it places Ripple inside a forum where the contractual standards governing hundreds of trillions of dollars are discussed and developed.
Ripple built connections to the rooms that manage the overwhelming majority of institutional value on Earth.
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“In 2026, settlement changes are PRIMARILY focused on ISO 20022 testing in the current platform and enhanced functionality in the modernized platform, with activity concentrated in Q3.”🙇♂️
The DTCC’s ISO 20022 migration and tokenization initiatives are both scheduled for launch in July 2026.😏💨
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Arsenal doesn't have any European trophies. Arsenal doesn't have this. Arsenal doesn't have that.
Sometimes, when I see people saying Arsenal don't have any European trophies, I just stay quiet and let them continue living in ignorance.
These days, you'll see an 18 year old who probably started watching football just five years ago set up a camera and start lecturing people about Arsenal's history, despite knowing very little about football.
Do I blame them? Absolutely not. 😂
Maybe someone advised them that the quickest way to go viral in the football content creation industry is to start talking about Arsenal. And boom! They dive right into it without doing proper research.
Arsenal have won two European trophies and it's written in the history books. Rival fans can argue all they want, but facts don't disappear because people choose to ignore them. 😂
DTCC: 30 days from now
Not a POC
Not Stellar
Not XRPL
This is the @CantonNetwork infra with some new working partners and new types of trades.
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