Topic: #ripple
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Ex-Ripple CTO David Schwartz unboxes Fuzzy Cards, an XRP Ledger card game
Former Ripple CTO David Schwartz posted a photo of himself unboxing physical Fuzzy Cards packs. In this XRP Ledger card game, players burn NFT packs on-chain to get sealed paper boosters.
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Ripple's Swell agenda puts AI payments and XRP Ledger verification on stage
Ripple's Swell conference runs October 27 to 29 in New York, with sessions on AI agents moving money and an ongoing effort with Common Prefix to formally verify the XRP Ledger, U.Today reported.
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Ripple's David Schwartz warns of SecuX-branded Android alert seeking recovery phrases
Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz said an Android notification that appeared to come from the SecuX wallet app linked to a scam page asking for 12- or 24-word phrases. Its origin is unknown.
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Standard Chartered launches custody for Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin in Dubai
Standard Chartered said eligible institutional clients can hold XRPL-issued RLUSD through its DIFC branch. A planned LMAX collateral link has no launch date and still needs approvals.
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Bitcoin slides to October low near $80,000 as Evernorth readies XRPN Nasdaq debut
Bitcoin hit an October low of $80,420 on Oct. 9 before recovering toward $83,000, while Ripple-backed Evernorth completed its Armada merger and the XRP Ledger activated a new permissions feature.
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Ripple treasury mints 30 million RLUSD in a single transaction, tracker shows
Ripple's stablecoin treasury minted 30 million RLUSD in one transaction, according to the Ripple Stablecoin Tracker cited by U.Today. RLUSD's market cap was about $2.53 billion as of Oct. 7, per CoinGecko.
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Ripple's Monica Long outlines XRP Ledger institutional push at XRP Seoul
Ripple President Monica Long discussed institutions moving on-chain via the XRP Ledger at XRP Seoul, where a forecast put tokenized real-world assets growing from $6 billion to $30 billion.
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Absa launches Ripple-powered digital-asset custody for South African institutions
Absa launched an institutional digital-asset custody platform in South Africa on September 21, 2026. It's built on Ripple technology and supports Bitcoin, Ether, XRPL assets and USDC, Crypto Briefing reported.
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Ripple unlocks 1 billion XRP from escrow as October begins, Whale Alert shows
Ripple released its scheduled 1 billion XRP from escrow at the start of October in four transactions, leaving about 31.845 billion XRP escrowed for now, according to XRPScan data cited by U.Today.
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Ripple and CSD BR mirror BTG Pactual fund records on the XRP Ledger
Ripple and Brazilian market infrastructure operator CSD BR announced on Sept. 29 a first phase to mirror BTG Pactual fund-share ownership records on the XRP Ledger. CSD BR keeps the official register.
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XRP Seoul lineup lists Kyobo Securities, Woori Bank and Kakao Bank for Oct. 3
XRP Seoul is scheduled for October 3 at the Grand Hyatt Seoul, with sessions featuring Kyobo Securities, Woori Bank and Kakao Bank on tokenization, crypto-rail payments and DeFi, per XRPL Foundation's Hussein Zangana.
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Ripple Prime expansion reinforces XRP's role in institutional strategy
Ripple's $1.25 billion acquisition of Hidden Road and launch of Ripple Prime positions the company as a global prime broker, but the expansion into institutional financial services doesn't diminish the role XRP plays in Ripple's broader strategy.
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Ripple's $50M RLUSD Mint on Ethereum Narrows XRP Ledger Gap
Ripple issued 50 million RLUSD tokens on Ethereum, pushing the stablecoin's total circulating supply to $1.63 billion and narrowing the supply gap with XRP Ledger to just $5.7 million. Capital is flowing from Ripple's native network to Ethereum as corporate clients prefer the latter's infrastructure.
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Ripple Issues Critical XRPL 3.2.1 Hotfix for Manifest Flood Attacks
Vijay Khanna, Director of Engineering at Ripple, has urged XRP Ledger node operators to upgrade to version 3.2.1, which contains a critical hotfix preventing manifest flood attacks following an incident observed on July 31.
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Ripple CTO Emeritus Signals Continued XRP Involvement After Year-End Departure
David Schwartz, Ripple's CTO emeritus and original XRP Ledger architect, pushed back on retirement speculation in late September 2025, signaling he remains actively engaged with the protocol despite his planned step-down from day-to-day operations.
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Ripple Funds $250K Grant Program for Veteran-Owned Businesses
Hire Heroes USA announced the first 25 recipients of Ripple's Certified Veteran Employer Grants Program, awarding $10,000 to each veteran- and military spouse-owned business as part of the company's broader philanthropic effort.
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UK Treasury Report Names Ripple for Wholesale Tokenization Push
A Treasury-backed report authored by Chris Woolard names Ripple as a credentialed firm central to the UK's plan to move repo, gilts, and funds onchain within 12 months, proposing a hybrid model combining permissionless and permissioned networks.
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Ripple Cuts RLUSD Ethereum Supply to $692M in Stablecoin Rebalancing
Ripple USD (RLUSD) supply on Ethereum has fallen to $692 million from a February peak of $1.24 billion, as Ripple adjusts stablecoin circulation through burns. The shift reflects RLUSD's growing dominance on XRP Ledger, where supply has surged to roughly $800 million since end of 2024.
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Ripple wins MiCA approval from Luxembourg, eyes EU expansion
Ripple received preliminary approval for a Crypto Asset Service Provider license under the EU's MiCA regulation, clearing the path to offer stablecoin payment systems across Europe.
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Ripple invests in Flutterwave, integrating RLUSD and XRP Ledger into African payments
Ripple has invested in African payments platform Flutterwave as part of its Series E round, valuing the company at $3.2 billion. The deal will integrate Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin and the XRP Ledger network to reduce costs and speed cross-border payments across Africa.
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Ripple CTO Emeritus Schwartz Explains XRP Ledger Design in Poem
David Schwartz, Ripple's CTO emeritus and co-creator of the XRP Ledger, responded to an X user's dismissal with a lengthy poem explaining his role and the ledger's design, drawing on 15 years of crypto experience.