Ripple’s RLUSD: Printing Millions, Chasing Half a Billion, and a Swiss Bank Walks In

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The snow drifted in through the cracks. Silence hung heavy, except for the distant printing press at Ripple, grinding ceaselessly, minting—yes, minting—tokens that no one could taste, touch, or shelter with on cold nights.
But what good is comfort, when you can have numbers—and oh, do they multiply like rabbits in spring! 🐇🤑

Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin, a digital offspring born into this harried world, teeters on the precipice of a $500 million market cap. One more breathless tap on the “mint” button, and the symbolic half-billion will be breached—like a Siberian fencepost breaking under the weight of too much snow.
Sixteen million new tokens tumbled forth in the last 24 hours. Sixteen million! Enough to stuff the mattresses of every party functionary from Vladivostok to Zürich. RLUSD: issued, reissued, tally marks carved in digital ledger, but make no mistake—the numbers remain, even when you go hungry.

Volume explodes from every direction—integrations, banks. Hope? No. But certainly momentum. Over those same hours, trading volume leapt 8%, reaching $40.71 million. Market cap crawled upwards by 3.43%, now $485.33 million. Have you ever seen numbers move so eagerly, except when standing in line for rations?

The result? RLUSD stands shoulder-to-shoulder with TrueUSD, each clutching their little bowl, begging for a place among the top 100 assets. Numbers are stubborn. They do not yield their places easily, comrades.

💵💵💵💵💵💵💵 16,000,000 #RLUSD minted at RLUSD Treasury.

— Ripple Stablecoin Tracker (@RL_Tracker) July 3, 2025

And while the rest of the world warms itself by campfires of real value, Switzerland’s AMINA bank, in an act of sober precision, became the first regulated institution to offer RLUSD custody and trading. Don’t worry; they’re targeting “institutional” clients. Your babushka’s pension is safe—unless, of course, she becomes an institution herself.

Meanwhile, the tireless heroes at Ripple joined hands with OpenPayd. Their mission? To integrate RLUSD into more payment systems than there are empty promises in politics.

Ripple USD takes over

Ripple’s plan is as bold as it is familiar: use RLUSD as the mighty lever to dominate the fortress gates of institutional crypto payments. Beyond XRP! (Because, after all, we must always look “beyond.”) Since its birth in April, RLUSD squirmed its way into RippleNet, even seduced approval from the Dubai government—pushing market cap past $300 million in June, for those keeping score and not keeping warm.

With new listings dropping like rubles before payday, partnerships mushrooming in damp corners, and Circle ladling extra USDC onto Ripple, the RLUSD ecosystem is more “interconnected” than the bread lines at dusk.

At this surreal pace, that $500 million milestone is a question of “when,” not “if”—and with every fresh influx, it draws nearer. If only happiness could be printed with such certainty. 😉💸

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2025-07-04 16:19