Topic: #ripple
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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.