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Ripple Prime Head Marc Asch to Step Down as XRP Slips Toward $1.05
A Ripple spokesperson told CoinDesk that Marc Asch, founder of Hidden Road and head of Ripple Prime, will leave at year-end. SVP Noel Kimmel will lead the business. XRP traded as low as about $1.03.
Coinbase Gets a Full OCC Trust Charter as XRP Tests $1.10
The OCC elevated Coinbase National Trust from conditional to a full national trust charter, Coinbase said. It is the same class of charter Ripple received last month. XRP traded as low as about $1.08.
Ripple Applies for a Brazil Crypto License as XRP Slides to $1.12
Banco Central do Brasil's public VASP register, published Friday, lists Ripple Brasil as a broker application under examination — not an approval. XRP spent Sunday around $1.15–$1.16 after a soft week.
XRPL Activates a Token-Minting Fix as XRP Rallies Toward $1.33
The fixCleanup3_4_0 amendment switched on at 14:52 UTC, closing a delegated-permissions flaw that could have allowed issued tokens to be minted. XRP later traded as high as about $1.33.
Garlinghouse: RLUSD Competes With Stablecoins, Not XRP, as Supply Tops $2.5B
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said again that RLUSD competes with other stablecoins, not with XRP. The same day, circulating RLUSD crossed $2.5 billion, with about two-thirds of it on Ethereum.
Ripple Got a Federal Bank. XRP Got 3%. Here’s Why.
Ripple National Trust Bank won final OCC approval on Oct 26. XRP barely moved. Economist Dana Love, PhD argues the news was priced in 10 months ago and the bank was built for RLUSD, not XRP. We checked his receipts.
Ripple Eyes a $900M Run Rate as XRP Holds $1.25. Is the Token Being Left Behind?
Ripple says it will exit 2026 at a $900M annualized product revenue run rate while XRP sits near $1.25. A viral critique says the token is becoming ‘disposable gas.’ We ran the numbers.
September Escrow: Ripple Releases 1B XRP and Re-Locks 700M, Leaving 300M Out
Ripple’s monthly escrow released 1 billion XRP on September 1 in three transactions, and Whale Alert shows 700 million going straight back into new escrow.
Ripple and SettleMint Team Up on Custody and Tokenization for Banks in Asia Pacific
Ripple Custody is being integrated with SettleMint's Digital Asset Lifecycle Platform so regulated institutions in Asia can hold, issue and manage tokenized assets on one system.
Ripple Backs an RLUSD Credit Fund on XRPL as XRP Has Its Best Week in Months
Ripple, Clearpool and Cicada Partners are building an institutional fund that lends RLUSD to fintechs on the XRP Ledger, while XRP jumps about 30% in a week to around $1.30.
XRP Slips Below $1 for the First Time Since 2024 as Jeonbuk Bank Adopts Ripple Payments
XRP dropped to about 98 cents in Asian trading, its lowest since November 2024, on the same day Ripple named Jeonbuk Bank its first Korean regional bank on Ripple Payments.
Ripple Invests in ZILO and Licuido to Bring Tokenized Fund Plumbing to the XRP Ledger
Ripple has taken stakes in UK firms ZILO and Licuido, both partners on the Aviva Investors build. Together they add transfer agency, issuance and collateral mobility to Ripple's XRPL stack.
Ripple Re-Locks 700M XRP Before the August Unlock, Its Tightest Escrow Release Yet
For August, Ripple put 700 million XRP back into escrow before the scheduled 1 billion release instead of after it. Net new supply is about 300 million XRP, the same as most months this year.
July 2026 Wrap: XRP Ends the Month Near $1.08 as ETFs Log a Fourth Inflow Month
XRP finished July a few percent higher in a tight $1.04 to $1.16 range. Ripple shipped Mint, full MiCA approval and new RLUSD partners, Aviva went live on XRPL, and ETFs kept adding.
Aviva Investors Puts Its First Tokenized Fund on the XRP Ledger as XRP Holds $1.07
Aviva Investors has launched a tokenized share class of its US Dollar Liquidity Fund on the XRP Ledger, approved by the Central Bank of Ireland, with Ripple, Komainu and Licuido behind it.
Ripple Launches Ripple Mint and Takes RLUSD Multichain, Anchored by the XRPL EVM Sidechain
Ripple Mint gives institutions one console and a set of APIs to mint, redeem and bridge RLUSD. At the same time RLUSD is expanding to the XRPL EVM Sidechain, Base, Optimism, Ink and Unichain.
Ripple Invests in Notabene and Plugs RLUSD Into a $2 Trillion Compliance Network
Ripple has made a strategic investment in Notabene, the Travel Rule and transaction-authorization network. RLUSD is headed into Notabene Flow, its B2B stablecoin payments platform.
Ripple Gets Full MiCA Authorisation in Luxembourg, Opening All 30 EEA Countries as XRP Holds $1.16
Two weeks after a preliminary ‘Green Light Letter,’ Luxembourg’s CSSF has granted Ripple a full MiCA crypto-asset service provider license. Ripple now calls itself fully MiCA-compliant, days after the EU’s transition period ended.
XRP ETFs Close a Third Straight Month of Inflows as Ripple Re-Locks 700M in July
US spot XRP funds took in about $59.4M in June, their third positive month in a row, while bitcoin and ether ETFs bled. Ripple’s July escrow cycle kept net new supply at 300M XRP.
June 2026 Wrap: XRP Falls 21% as Ripple Stacks Licenses and ETF Buyers Keep Coming
XRP lost about a fifth of its value in June, its worst month in a while, even as Ripple won regulatory ground in Europe and Japan and US spot ETFs kept taking in money. Here is the month in one page.