XRP has fallen nearly 40% since May 2025, after major catalysts like the launch of spot XRP ETFs failed to sustain momentum. Ripple's stablecoin, RLUSD, could supplant XRP as the preferred bridge ...

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ILLUSTRATION - 11 August 2025, Baden-Württemberg, Rottweil: The cryptocurrency XRP can be seen on the display of an iPhone in the crypto trading platform Koingecko. Photo: Silas Stein/dpa (Photo by ...

Now that XRP is officially a "digital commodity," it makes it a lot easier for Wall Street firms to launch new financial products, including exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that appeal to big ...