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XRP Ledger

Open-source blockchain network launched in 2012, powering the XRP cryptocurrency and used for payments, tokenized assets, and stablecoins like RLUSD.

Known aliases

  • XRP
  • XRPL
  • xrpld

Current stories

investConfirmed5 publishers

Cross River Bank adds Ripple's RLUSD beside ACH and wires on its fintech platform

Cross River Bank will let fintech clients send Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin through the same connection as ACH and wires, in a limited number of US states. The speed claims come from the companies' own release.

Perspective Coverage

5 publishers
Builder
Builder 32%
Operator
Operator 32%
Investor
Investor 36%

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+20
Incentives70
Confidence65
investConfirmed3 publishers

DriveWealth to use Ripple's RLUSD on XRP Ledger for settlement, starting in Europe

Ripple and DriveWealth will settle in RLUSD on the XRP Ledger across a brokerage network of more than 100 partners, starting in Europe. The companies did not disclose volumes or fees, so the only size on offer is the partner count.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 25%
Operator
Operator 42%
Investor
Investor 33%

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+20
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence60
investOne report1 publisher

DriveWealth turns to Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin to fund 24/5 US equity trading

DriveWealth, whose network powers investing for more than 100 partners, is integrating Ripple's RLUSD for European settlement, with the US planned. The announcement says partners could gain flexibility to fund outside bank-transfer hours. It does not say how many will use it.

Publishers:news.bitcoin.com

Reality

Evidence30
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+25
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence45
investConfirmed7 publishers

Standard Chartered begins holding Ripple's RLUSD for institutions through its Dubai branch

Standard Chartered opened institutional custody of Ripple's RLUSD on the XRP Ledger on Oct. 12, a token with about $2.4 billion in circulation. The plan to post it as LMAX collateral has no launch date and still needs testing, documentation and approvals.

Perspective Coverage

7 publishers
Builder
Builder 19%
Operator
Operator 45%
Investor
Investor 36%

Reality

Evidence68
Adoption22
Hype gap+20
Incentives60
Confidence72
investOne report1 publisher

XRPL Commons opens XRP Ledger lending to 400-plus builders ahead of validator approval

XRPL Commons will let more than 400 registered builders test XRP Ledger lending amendments XLS-65 and XLS-66 on Oct. 24-25, with no mainnet date set. Validators have yet to approve either, so any lending exposure on the ledger remains prospective.

Publishers:crypto.news

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption8
Hype gap+20
Incentives60
Confidence60
investConfirmed6 publishers

Stripe's Privy adds XRP Ledger wallets as Ripple cites 13 million agent payments it counted itself

Stripe-owned Privy is bringing its wallets to the XRP Ledger, where Ripple says agents have made 13 million payments. Ripple is the only source for that count. The announcements leave developers free to settle in XRP or in other assets.

Perspective Coverage

6 publishers
Builder
Builder 42%
Operator
Operator 27%
Investor
Investor 31%

Reality

Evidence35
Adoption20
Hype gap+40
Incentives70
Confidence62
investConfirmed3 publishers

Evernorth gives a Coinbase veteran charge of 473 million XRP as XRPN debuts on Nasdaq

Evernorth named Coinbase veteran Hugo Jeandesboz chief investment officer as XRPN began trading on Nasdaq with about 473 million XRP. His mandate is yield on a stack Cointelegraph prices at $657 million and Cryptobriefing at $672 million.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 17%
Operator
Operator 27%
Investor
Investor 56%

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+35
Incentives60
Confidence66
buildOne report1 publisher

An integer overflow in XRPL's payment engine could have charged a buyer a much smaller wrapped total

Researchers found an integer overflow in the XRPL payment engine that could theoretically have created XRP from nothing. The 18 trillion XRP figure came from controlled testing, and a dev.to write-up says nobody minted it on the public ledger.

Publishers:dev.to

Reality

Evidence50
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap−20
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence45
investConfirmed3 publishers

Ripple's $250,000 bounty equals 0.0003% of the XRP value Veria says the bug put at risk

Ripple paid Veria Labs the $250,000 program maximum for an XRP Ledger bug that could have minted about 18.45 trillion XRP. ZachXBT called the sum too small and warned it could tempt the next finder to exploit instead of report.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 28%
Operator
Operator 30%
Investor
Investor 42%

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption80
Hype gap+25
Incentives60
Confidence62
investConfirmed8 publishers

Decade-old xrpld overflow bug could have minted XRP past its 100-billion cap

XRP Ledger developers disclosed an integer-overflow bug in xrpld 3.4.0 and earlier that could have minted XRP beyond its 100-billion supply cap. The patch skipped the validator vote, so the cap's defence rested on one team and on node operators upgrading fast.

Perspective Coverage

8 publishers
Builder
Builder 36%
Operator
Operator 29%
Investor
Investor 35%

Reality

Evidence70
Adoption80
Hype gap+25
Incentives55
Confidence74
securityOne report1 publisher

XRP Ledger patched a 2015 overflow bug three days after the report, ahead of the usual validator vote

XRP Ledger developers pushed an emergency patch on September 25 for a 2015 integer overflow that could have minted XRP past its supply cap. Skipping the usual two-week validator vote has reopened the argument over how decentralized its security response is.

Reality

Evidence35
Adoption80
Hype gap+30
Incentives55
Confidence40
investOne report1 publisher

Doppler's XRP vault is adding coins at a fifth of its spring pace

Doppler Finance's XRP vault passed 90 million XRP on Oct. 12, up about 76% from 51.09 million on Feb. 27, according to its transparency reports. As much as 83% of that gain was in hand by June 19, before Evernorth's Nasdaq listing.

Publishers:news.bitcoin.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+25
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence55
investOne report1 publisher

Standard Chartered sets a year-end target for Singapore crypto custody that still needs regulatory approval

Standard Chartered Singapore targets end-2026 for institutional crypto, stablecoin and tokenized-asset custody, pending regulatory approval. Until the bank lists supported assets, the claim that it will hold Ripple's RLUSD rests on an X post.

Reality

Evidence50
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+30
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence55
investOne report1 publisher

XRP Ledger's 13.5 million AI-agent payments have settled 12,010 RLUSD and 6,982 XRP

XRP Ledger payments by AI agents over the x402 protocol passed 13 million across 166 merchants, RippleX engineering head J. Ayo Akinyele said on October 10. On the tracker run by Ripple-backed t54, they have settled less than one RLUSD per thousand payments, so merchants are getting traffic with very little income behind it so far.

Publishers:crypto.news

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption25
Hype gap+55
Incentives80
Confidence55
investOne report1 publisher

Ripple Prime's leveraged-ETF swaps earn Ripple fees that XRP holders do not share

Ripple Prime writes total return swaps for US leveraged ETFs and collects the financing fees, while XRP fell more than 8% in a week to $1.39. Swap clients need no XRP, so the revenue builds Ripple's value without adding token demand.

Publishers:en.sedaily.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption35
Hype gap0
Incentives60
Confidence50
investOne report1 publisher

Thirty of 35 XRP Ledger validators switch on bundles that can settle or fail as one

XRP Ledger's Batch amendment went live on mainnet with 30 of 35 validators in favour, letting one operation bundle two to eight transactions. In its all-or-nothing mode one failed leg stops the rest, so OTC and delivery-versus-payment trades can settle on the ledger itself.

Publishers:crypto.news

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption20
Hype gap+30
Incentives60
Confidence55
investOne report1 publisher

XRP Ledger's Permission Delegation splits payment and compliance duties without capping amounts

XRP Ledger's Permission Delegation went live Oct. 8, letting institutions hand specific transaction rights to other accounts without sharing primary keys. Because the grants cannot carry spending limits, institutions keep their own checks on how much a delegate sends.

Publishers:cryptoslate.com

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption30
Hype gap+22
Incentives65
Confidence45

Earlier coverage

  1. Brevan Howard's funds will clear and borrow through Ripple, the company they invested in

    Invest · October 6, 2026 · Confirmed6 publishers

  2. Ripple charges a 2x Sandisk ETF about 8% a year to finance its leverage

    Invest · October 7, 2026 · Confirmed3 publishers

  3. XRP ETF holders sit $97 million below cost after 12 straight weeks of inflows

    Invest · October 7, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers

  4. Cardano's CIP-0113 catches up to rival chains on issuer freeze and seize powers

    Invest · October 6, 2026 · Confirmed4 publishers

  5. Issuers and protocols have frozen about 0.2% of the $387 million taken from Bitget

    Invest · October 3, 2026 · Confirmed3 publishers

  6. Bitcoin dominates Absa's custody book as Africa's first bank crypto custodian

    Invest · October 4, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers

  7. XRP Asia launches in Singapore to steer XRPL builders toward Ripple's existing grant programs

    Invest · October 4, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers

  8. Seoul blesses Ripple's third bank deal and blocks Polymarket on the same day

    Invest · August 18, 2026 · Confirmed3 publishers