Ripple Expands RLUSD Into Turkey as a $200B Crypto Market Signals Bigger Stablecoin Demand

Movement pivot to stablecoin payments with licensed rails in the US, Canada and EU sets up a remittance push as MOVE unlocks add supply risk through summer.

Prolonged oil output recovery may sustain high crude prices, impacting inflation and potentially altering crypto market dynamics and rate cut expectations. The post Kuwait Petroleum Company estimates 10-12 weeks to restore oil output after Hormuz reopens appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Evernorth says daily activity on the XRP Ledger has climbed to nearly 3 million transactions, up from about 1 million in mid-2025, and the firm is now pointing to banks and other financial companies as the next source of demand. Real Banks Are Moving In According to the XRP-focused treasury company, some of the busiest names on the network over the past year include Bitstamp, Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin, and Braza Bank. The firm says that kind of traffic shows more than trader interest, with real financial activity taking place on the ledger. Related Reading: XRP Dips In The Short Run, But A Bigger Setup May Be Forming: Analyst Asheesh Birla, Evernorth’s chief executive, has argued that XRP’s long-term value will come from banks and businesses using it as working capital rather than treating it as a coin to trade. He has also said the gap between adoption and price remains wide, even as usage and tokenization continue to set records. Birla has pointed to macro pressure, geopolitical tens

Economist and macro trader Alex Krüger has argued that “crypto” has largely failed as an asset class, even as blockchain-based adoption accelerates across stablecoins, tokenization, prediction markets, perps, AI and privacy-focused assets. In a post on X, Krüger drew a sharp distinction between the speculative crypto market of recent cycles and the parts of the industry he believes are still showing meaningful traction. His central claim was blunt: most crypto tokens have failed to produce durable value for holders, while founders and insiders have repeatedly used the sector’s weak guardrails to extract liquidity from retail investors. “I largely think of ‘crypto’ as a failed asset class at this point,” Krüger wrote. “I’ve written about the causes multiple times. Mainly, most crypto assets are worthless, or have dreadful value accrual, and most founders have abused the lack of guardrails and dumped on people indiscriminately, or are outright scammers.” Krüger said the damage was compou

Mastercard is moving deeper into stablecoin infrastructure, adding Ripple’s RLUSD to a broader settlement expansion that will allow issuers and acquirers to settle card transactions through regulated digital assets alongside traditional fiat rails. The payments giant said Wednesday that it plans to expand its settlement capabilities with intraday, weekend and holiday settlement options, as well […]

XRP’s 14th anniversary renewed attention on Ripple’s strategy and the crypto’s long-running community support. The milestone comes as Mastercard’s settlement plans add fresh enterprise relevance to XRPL. XRP Anniversary Highlights Community Growth and Long-Term Payments Ambitions XRP has turned 14, marking a milestone that has renewed attention on the digital asset’s longevity and role in […]

Coinbase and Circle shares have come under pressure after a CoinDesk report said Coinbase is weighing a role in a new stablecoin platform backed by Stripe, Visa, and Mastercard. CoinDesk reported that Coinbase Global is evaluating whether to participate in…

Deel is the first enterprise to combine Bridge, Privy, and Tempo in a single product, issuing a custom USD-denominated stablecoin for 1.5 million contractors across 150 countries, starting in Argentina.