The final 24 hours have seen main developments for XRP, RLUSD and the XRP Ledger ecosystem.
The world’s main derivatives market, CME Group, introduced that Spot-Quoted XRP futures are stay and able to commerce. This permits merchants to commerce the recognized XRP spot value on regulated U.S. exchanges with bite-sized contracts and low margin.
Ripple took a vital step towards a multichain future, with the launch of RLUSD on its first layer-2 (L2) networks forward of an official debut subsequent yr (pending regulatory approval). Testing will start on Optimism, Base, Ink and Unichain, in partnership with main multichain interoperability protocol Wormhole and its NTT token commonplace.
Latest weeks have additionally seen vital bulletins for XRP and Ripple. Towards final weekend, Hex Belief introduced the issuance of wXRP for cross-chain interoperability, beginning with Solana, a step that may make it considerably simpler for XRP holders to make use of XRP alongside RLUSD as a premier buying and selling and liquidity pair on supported chains.
Ripple has been granted an OCC constitution, which might in the end present RLUSD with each state and Federal oversight, a twin regulatory construction that no stablecoin at the moment holds.
Ripple Funds sees its first European financial institution adoption with AMINA Financial institution. The brand new partnership marks the following step in Ripple’s increasing relationship with AMINA Financial institution, constructing on their earlier adoption of RLUSD.
XRP at convergence level
Ripple Senior Govt Officer/Managing Director, Center East and Africa, Reece Merrick explains the push behind XRP and Ripple’s present momentum.
For my part, it feels quick as a result of we’ve lastly reached the convergence level. For years, the tech, the market, and the regulators have been transferring at completely different speeds.
Now, greater than ever, it appears like they’re syncing up.
With clear regulation offering the inexperienced mild and…
— Reece Merrick (@reece_merrick) December 16, 2025
Merrick reacted to the launch of Spot-Quoted XRP futures on CME group, which indicated institutional curiosity, with an XRP neighborhood member asking him afterwards why the whole lot appears to be rushing up, “Abruptly, years are occurring in weeks,” he added.
Merrick answered that in his view, the whole lot feels quick for XRP as a result of a “convergence level” has lastly been reached. He added that for years the tech, the market and the regulators have been transferring at completely different speeds, however now they’re syncing up.
“Now, greater than ever, it appears like they’re syncing up,” the Ripple government added.
In a significant milestone, XRP spot ETFs have recorded 30 consecutive days of inflows surpassing $1 billion, contrasting with outflows from BTC and ETH ETFs.
