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Buying XRP doesn’t give you shares in Ripple, although the company’s growing list of new ventures and financial partners makes it easy to assume their fortunes should move together. Ripple can earn a lot of money from those relationships without passing a dollar to token…
Maple disclosed about 225 million XRP across its syrupUSDC and syrupUSDT products, with displayed collateral totaling roughly $280.2 million. Three XRP-backed positions carry about $151.8 million in stablecoin principal and mature in December and January, but those dates do not guarantee collateral release.
Bets on rising prices accounted for nearly 84% of forced closures, with Binance handling almost half the total. A rebound has since started catching short sellers.
The Binance attacker spent at least 36 hours preparing for the $6.36 billion crypto exchange hack that began with $296 million in XRP. According to an Oct. 29 investigation by TRM Labs, the attacker began preparing the operation on Oct. 28 before executing coordinated transfers…
Stablecoin issuers, including Tether, Circle, Ripple, and World Liberty Financial, have frozen more than $2.6 billion in digital assets linked to a suspected Binance security breach involving nearly $6 billion. On Oct. 29, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the company had frozen…
XRP traded roughly a quarter below XRP Insights’ acquisition estimate, while three sessions showed a small, concentrated net holdings reduction. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin has launched on Coinbase and its Base blockchain after Moody's assigned the token an investment-grade credit rating. The agreement announced Wednesday makes RLUSD available on Coinbase's retail and institutional trading platforms, expanding the…
Ripple is expecting its strongest business year on record even as XRP heads toward its worst annual performance since 2022. The blockchain company said on Oct. 28 that it is on track to exit 2026 with a record $900 million annualized product revenue run rate, supported by…
An experimental change would let companies cover the reserve for customer and AI-agent accounts, allowing users to start with stablecoins without first acquiring XRP.
RLUSD already trades on Bitstamp, while the new agreement adds expected Robinhood app access and planned XRP Ledger settlement. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Eligible clients can now hold XRP through BNY, while transfers of existing tokens would not establish additional purchases. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Speaking at Ripple's conference, the U.S. Treasury Secretary said the SEC and CFTC action could help fill the gap left by the Clarity Act's failure, while curbing crypto debanking.
Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin is live on Robinhood Chain and Bitstamp, and heads to the Robinhood app later this year as the companies deepen ties in treasury and institutional trading.
Ripple said it secured final US approval for a national trust bank despite objections from traditional banking groups concerned about crypto firms entering regulated finance. The company announced on Oct. 26 that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) had granted…
Ripple also expanded its collaboration with BNY on digital asset custody and partnered with C2FO to bring trade finance settlement onto the XRP Ledger.