🚨NEW: The @CFTC is also delivering some regulatory clarity for crypto markets today.
Staff is clearing the way for software developers to build tools connecting users to registered futures firms and exchanges without having to register as brokers.
For too long, regulatory uncertainty has prevented responsible, yet critical innovation from taking root in the United States.
It has been a priority of my chairmanship to reverse this trend.
Though temporary, the Innovation Exemption is a principled, structured grant of relief designed to resolve genuine legal uncertainty, while providing investor protections and upholding market integrity standards.
Through this order and a number of ongoing initiatives, we will ensure that America remains the world’s premier destination to build the next generation of financial infrastructure.
Today, we are taking a significant step forward, within our statutory authority, to bring America’s capital markets into the digital age by facilitating onchain trading of certain tokenized stocks through the "Innovation Exemption." 🇺🇸
🚨JUST IN: SEC Opens the Door to Wall Street Onchain With Innovation Exemption
The @SECGov has rolled out its long-awaited innovation exemption, providing a compliant pathway for tokenized U.S. equities to trade onchain.
All the details here. ⬇️
https://t.co/Jxo3ynkIK5
COINBASE ACTIVATES XRP FUTURES TRADE AT SETTLEMENT ON MAY 1, PUTS XRP ON SAME FOOTING AS BTC AND ETH
@coinbase filed with the CFTC to activate Trade at Settlement (TAS) for XRP futures on May 1, covering both nano XRP and full-sized contracts.
TAS lets institutional block traders execute large orders at the official daily settlement price rather than fighting live intraday prices. It's a standard tool in traditional commodity futures markets.
The move puts XRP on the same TAS footing as Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold, and crude oil on Coinbase Derivatives.
It comes after ripple:native was classified as a digital commodity in March under the joint SEC-CFTC framework, and as Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse joined the CFTC's Innovation Advisory Committee.
🚨UPDATE: RIPPLE RELEASES INSTITUTIONAL DEFI BLUEPRINT FOR $XRPL WITH $XRP AS SETTLEMENT BACKBONE
@Ripple published its Institutional DeFi roadmap Feb 5, positioning $XRPL as "an end-to-end operating system for real-world finance" with $XRP playing a central role in payments, liquidity, and credit markets.
$XRPL ranked among the top 10 chains for real-world assets and surpassed $ 1 B in monthly stablecoin volume.
🚨NEW: $XRP LEDGER ENABLES PERMISSIONED DOMAINS AFTER XLS-80 APPROVAL
$XRP Ledger has activated XLS-80 following 91%+ validator approval, introducing credential-gated domains designed to support compliant use cases on the public $XRPL.
The activation of permissioned domains on $XRPL signals a push toward institutional and regulated adoption.
As @ripple USD $RLUSD inches closer to their milestone of $1.5B as #XRP continues to expand liquidity supply, here's what you need to know about #XRP's very own stablecoin:
⭐️ $RLUSD is a stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the US dollar
⭐️ $RLUSD is issued by #XRP's wholly owned subsidiary
⭐️ $RLUSD has two major blockchain networks #XRP and #Ethereum
BONUS:
⭐️ $RLUSD will soon have base pairs available for spot trading on #Bitrue!
Details: https://t.co/pfu7eDupn2
LATEST: 💎 A Ripple-backed diamond tokenization project has moved over $280 million in certified polished diamonds on-chain in the UAE using XRP Ledger.
Hyperliquid, meet Ripple Prime: https://t.co/xZnpJ9Q5jQ
We’re now enabling institutions to access onchain derivatives liquidity through @HyperliquidX in a streamlined and secure way. Customers can also efficiently cross-margin crypto with all asset classes supported by our prime brokerage platform.
Institutions, welcome to the onchain economy.
The last couple of weeks have been an absolute firestorm of action to get the Market Structure bill passed. While @BankingGOP clears its logjam (thank you @SenatorTimScott!), congrats are in order to @SenateAgGOP and Chairman @JohnBoozman for advancing the Senate Agriculture Committee’s market structure bill out of committee today.
As I’ve said before, clarity is better than chaos. The legislative process can be messy and complex, but it is 100% necessary to have clarity for this and future generations of crypto entrepreneurs, builders, and users as this technology becomes increasingly ingrained into our global financial infrastructure.
Today, we're proud to introduce Ripple Treasury, Powered by GTreasury: the world's first comprehensive treasury platform combining 40 years of proven enterprise expertise with cutting-edge digital asset infrastructure.
Many finance teams are stuck managing growing complexity with fewer resources, constrained by outdated legacy infrastructure.
Ripple Treasury changes that equation with:
💡 Unmatched innovation capacity: With Ripple's backing, we reinvest 100% of earnings into platform innovation with zero debt constraining our roadmap. In just 90 days, we've doubled engineering capacity, acquired Solvexia for best-in-class reconciliation, and enhanced AI-powered solutions across cash forecasting, risk management, and analytics.
💸 Treasury excellence: Complete solutions for liquidity management, reconciliation, cash forecasting, risk management, netting, and payments, backed by 40+ years serving the world's leading companies.
🪙 Digital asset leadership: Enterprise-grade infrastructure trusted by hundreds of global financial institutions, licensed in 75+ jurisdictions, with real-time 24/7/365 cross-border payment rails and institutional custody.
Ripple Treasury offers real impact for your operations:
→ Unified visibility across traditional cash and digital assets
→ 24/7 yield optimization putting every dollar to work
→ Instant cross-border settlements reducing FX costs
→ Eliminate pre-funding requirements and unlock trapped working capital
→ Future-ready infrastructure for tokenized assets and programmable payments
The future of treasury has no friction or boundaries.
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"The solution lies in central banks channeling stablecoin momentum, not fighting it."
Matthew Osborne, our Policy Director for UK & Europe, shares his latest with @OMFIF on why integrating stablecoins into the regulated financial "safety net" is a key to global stability and innovation.
#Bitrue 🤝 #XRP#Bitrue has always stood behind the #XRPCommunity and it’s no different with $RLUSD this time! 🚀
Stay tuned as we get ready to launch something special for our #XRP fam.. 👀
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.