Ripple has launched Ripple Mint, adding API and web-console access for institutional RLUSD minting, redemption, bridging and transaction tracking.
XRP Ledger v3.2.0 has reached about 89% adoption on the default validator list, but its fixCleanup3_2_0 amendment still needs a separate on-chain vote.
Santiment says XRP's 30-day and 365-day MVRV readings hit record loss levels, even as XRP rebounds near $1.16 and traders test whether sellers are exhausted.
Ripple received preliminary Luxembourg MiCA approval, moving its regulated crypto payments platform closer to serving clients across 30 EEA countries.
Ripple joined Flutterwave's Series E at a 3.2B valuation, putting RLUSD, XRP Ledger and Ripple Payments into African payment rails.
Ripple's XRPL AI Starter Kit adds x402 payments with XRP and RLUSD, testing whether agentic payments can move beyond USDC and Base.
Mastercard's Agent Pay for Machines brings stablecoins into AI agent payments, with Coinbase, Stripe, Polygon, Solana, Ripple and OKX among early supporters.
Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin now moves across 40+ chains via Wormhole NTT, widening distribution for a 1.73B dollar token built for payments and tokenization.
Mastercard will support regulated stablecoin settlement with USDC, PYUSD, USDG, USDP, RLUSD and SoFiUSD across major blockchain networks.
The CFTC opened a lane for bitcoin margin collateral as a broader SEC-CFTC reset put crypto market structure back in focus.
Polymarket odds for the CLARITY Act fell to 62% as major U.S. banks weighed legal action over OCC trust-charter approvals they say could let crypto firms scale bank-like services without the full banking rulebook.
A White House meeting between major banks and crypto firms ended without agreement on stablecoin yield, as banks pressed for a sweeping ban on rewards and negotiators faced a late-February drafting deadline.
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