Ripple USD (RLUSD) is a US dollar-denominated stablecoin issued by Standard Custody & Trust Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ripple Labs. It operates across both the Ethereum and XRP Ledger ecosystems, positioning it within the broader multi-chain landscape. The token is fully backed by an equivalent amount of US dollars and cash equivalents held in reserve, categorizing it as a fiat-collateralized stablecoin issued in the United States. The primary purpose of RLUSD is to serve as a digital representation of the US dollar for cross-border payments, enabling financial institutions, enterprises, and developers to move value efficiently across blockchain networks. It is designed to combine the stability of the dollar with the speed, transparency, and programmability of distributed-ledger technology. By leveraging Ripple's long-standing relationships in the payments industry and its portfolio of regulatory licenses, RLUSD aims to provide a compliant and liquid on-chain dollar instrument suitable for institutional and enterprise-grade use cases.
Approval gives Ripple a regulated yen corridor to a G7 market where licensed banks and trust companies have dominated stablecoin issuance, putting RLUSD in rare company among non-domestic entrants.
Japan runs one of the world's strictest stablecoin regimes, so clearing a foreign-issued dollar token for both institutional and retail use is a credential the rest of Asia will read closely.
Japan is the first major Asian market for Ripple's dollar stablecoin, and SBI VC Trade is the only on-ramp. Distribution is the gate now, not the approval.
The Luxembourg 'Green Light Letter' plus a Series E investment in Flutterwave give Ripple both ends of a regulated corridor, but RLUSD's $1.6B float is still a rounding error next to USDT and USDC.
The Luxembourg CASP license gives Ripple a single-passport to offer stablecoin payments across all 27 EU states, but it also lands as Brussels opens a formal review of MiCA's stablecoin rules.
The Swell stage pick is small in dollar terms but tells a bigger story: Ripple is seeding RLUSD into remittance corridors where the cheapest existing rails already run on XRP.
The venue's tenth edition pairs with Apex for the first time and promises institutional scale — but long-time $XRP holders read the RLUSD-first framing as a pivot away from the native token.
Squid has integrated Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin into its cross-chain routing layer, letting users swap into and out of…
Ripple has invested in Flutterwave's Series E funding round, valuing the African payments company at $3.2 billion…
Ripple has taken a strategic position in Flutterwave's Series E round at a $3.2 billion valuation, deepening a product…
XRP briefly broke above the long-standing $1.20 ceiling that had capped rallies for weeks, climbing as much as 10% and…
XRP is setting up for a potential 10% move higher as a bullish chart pattern converges with steady spot XRP ETF inflows…
Ripple launched an XRPL AI Starter Kit this week, giving developers tools to build AI agents that send payments on the…
Ripple's new developer toolkit lands with RLUSD stablecoin rails already integrated — a play to make the XRP Ledger the default settlement layer for machine-to-machine commerce, not just another…
Mastercard is expanding its stablecoin settlement infrastructure to support three major dollar-pegged assets: Circle's…
Turkey handled nearly $200B in annual crypto volume — roughly 4x the UAE's — and a lira under pressure has turned digital dollars into functional capital preservation, giving Ripple's regulated…
The push pairs a top-10 stablecoin with a $200B-year crypto market shaped by lira volatility — and tethers Ripple’s institutional pitch to local rails that already settle in dollar-linked tokens.
RLUSD reaches a 70%-inflation economy in under twelve months from launch, taking direct aim at USDT and USDC's regional dominance with locally licensed rails.
The headline is the rotation thesis: stocks, metals, oil, even potatoes are at highs while crypto lags — and the Saylor, Tom Lee, and Clarity Act reads point to a violent catch-up trade into midterms.
Sixfold monthly growth is real, but USAT's market cap is still under 0.2% of USDC's — the GENIUS Act is opening the door, and Tether is walking in through Anchorage last.
Where Zipp's editorial desk has weighed in on this token.
Gold and stablecoins climb as meme, DeFi and crypto equities soften, leaving Bitcoin stalled while liquidity turns selective.
The adoption delta is moving from crypto exposure to financial plumbing, with BlackRock's $311B Ethereum move leading a day of mixed signals.
BlackRock tokenized $311 billion on Ethereum. Bitcoin stalled below $65K as jobs data looms. The market looked past everything, and the mood is the story.
BlackRock's $311B Ethereum push meets a Coldcard shock and choppy token rotation, leaving risk appetite active but sharply selective.
Bitcoin reclaimed $64K on $170M of ETF demand while Coldcard wallets bled up to $130M. The flow picture is bullish; the price has not yet been tested.
Washington lobbies for the CLARITY Act while Brussels dismantles A7 and treasury unwind accelerates across BTC.
Ripple USD (“RLUSD”), issued by Standard Custody & Trust Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ripple Labs, is a USD denominated stablecoin created with trust, liquidity, and compliance at its core.
Ripple USD (RLUSD) is categorised as: Stablecoins, USD Stablecoin, Ethereum Ecosystem.
The official Ripple USD site is https://ripple.com/solutions/stablecoin/.
Most recent Ripple USD coverage: "RLUSD Approved: Ripple Stablecoin Cleared for Japan Market" — read at /en-US/a/rlusd-approved-ripple-stablecoin-cleared-for-japan-market.
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