Circle wants its USDC payments network to be the Ripple killer
Crypto exchanges report around $55M in RLUSD volume over the last 24 hours — 99.4% less than Circle’s $9.8B for its much larger USDC.
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PayPal and Ripple stablecoins still sub-1% despite ‘stablecoin gold rush’
Despite excellent political and banking conditions for stablecoins, PayPal’s PYUSD and Ripple’s RLUSD are still less than 1% of the market.
Ripple founders lobbied for XRP reserve, got sell-only stockpile instead
Ripple and Fairshake tried to convince the US government to buy XRP as part of a crypto reserve. They failed at the eleventh hour.
Genesis-era XRP unlocked, sent to exchange after Trump endorsement
Movements of XRP by Chris Larsen and Ripple insiders are drawing suspicion from skeptics of Donald Trump’s recent endorsement.
Ripple featured CBDC tech for years, dumped it after Trump victory
After Donald Trump decided they weren’t a good idea, Ripple scrubbed years of its work on a US dollar CBDC.
Bitcoiners attack Ripple after Strategic Bitcoin Reserve flop
After Ripple scored a political victory that deprioritized BTC, critics say it's derailing plans for a US National Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
Ripple scores victory against the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
Ripple’s lobbying efforts scored decisive victories, eliminating the word “bitcoin” from all executive orders signed by Donald Trump.
Ripple billionaires’ RLUSD captures less than 0.04% of stablecoin market
The billionaire-backed Ripple USD (RLUSD) has failed to capture even 0.05% of the stablecoin sector’s market capitalization.
No, Saudi Arabia isn’t ditching the dollar for Ripple in its oil trades
Many people believe the US and Saudi Arabia signed a 50-year pact to sell oil for dollars. However, this never happened.
Ripple can’t save Fortress after all
No reason has been given for abandoning the Fortress acquisition but Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said that his firm will remain an investor.