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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.
FXRP Goes Live as Collateral on Derive, Bringing XRP Options On-Chain as XRP Sits Near $1.02
Flare says FXRP is now accepted as collateral on Derive, letting holders trade XRP options, perpetuals and spot from their own wallets, with options cash-settled in USDC.
XRP Holders Can Now Borrow RLUSD on Ethereum as Sentora Approves FXRP Collateral
Sentora's roughly $280 million RLUSD vault on Morpho has accepted Flare's FXRP as collateral, its first XRP-linked asset. Holders can now borrow RLUSD against XRP exposure instead of selling.
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.
XRP Slips About 6% on the Week Near $1.07 as the Fed Holds and Whales Keep Buying
XRP is about 6% lower than a week ago after the Clarity Act stalled and the Fed held rates. Mid-size wallets are still adding, and traders are watching $1.05 and $1.10.
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.
Flare Smart Accounts v1.3 Cuts XRP-to-Yield to One Signature as XRP Dips to $1.07
Flare's latest Smart Accounts release lets XRP holders mint FXRP and deposit into a yield vault with a single XRPL signature, adds a second vault, and opens access to Xaman, Ledger, Joey Wallet and WalletConnect.
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.
XRP Jumps 4% as Traders Watch a Triangle Breakout Toward $1.35
XRP pushed to about $1.13, the level traders say could trigger a short-term triangle breakout. The bigger picture is less clear: the daily chart is still inside a descending channel capped near $1.24–$1.28.
Iran Ceasefire Collapse Hits Crypto: Bitcoin Drops to $62K and XRP Slips Below $1.10
DEVELOPING: The US and Iran traded airstrikes and President Trump said the ceasefire is 'over.' Oil jumped, the dollar firmed, and crypto sold off, with XRP giving back part of its early-July bounce.
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.
XRP Defends $1 as Leverage Clears Out and ETF Inflows Run Eight Weeks Straight
XRP is at a 19-month low near $1.05, but futures leverage has been flushed, active addresses are up sharply, and US spot ETFs just logged an eighth straight week of inflows.
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.
Ripple Proposes a Native Lending Protocol for the XRP Ledger as XRP Trades Near $1.05
XLS-65 and XLS-66 would add single-asset vaults and on-ledger loans so institutions can borrow against tokenized assets. It’s on a dev network now and still needs validator approval.
RLUSD Launches in Japan Through SBI After JFSA Approval as XRP Slips to $1.11
Japan’s Financial Services Agency cleared RLUSD as an electronic payment instrument, and SBI VC Trade will offer it to institutions and retail. It’s a regulatory first for Ripple’s stablecoin in Asia.
Ripple Wins a Preliminary MiCA License in Luxembourg, Opening All 30 EEA Countries as XRP Sits at $1.13
Luxembourg’s CSSF sent Ripple a ‘Green Light Letter’ for a MiCA crypto-asset service provider license. Paired with its EU e-money license, Ripple says that makes it fully MiCA-compliant once final conditions are met.