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On May 18, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) stating that the agency has improperly granted national trust charters to at least nine cryptocurrency companies since December 2025. Elizabeth Warren pointed out that the businesses these companies plan to engage in exceed the limited functions allowed by law for national trust banks, essentially attempting to circumvent the fundamental protections and obligations of banking through crypto banking. It is reported that the companies that have received or conditionally approved include Ripple, Circle, Paxos, Fidelity, BitGo, Coinbase, Stripe's subsidiary Bridge, and Crypto.com. The American Bankers Association urged the OCC in February to slow down the approval of related licenses, and Elizabeth Warren warned that this move would weaken consumer protections and pose regulatory arbitrage risks.

Data shows that the five spot XRP ETFs listed in the U.S. recorded a total net inflow of $25.8 million on Monday, setting a record for the largest single-day fund inflow since January 5, 2026, with a cumulative net inflow now reaching $1.35 billion. Among them, Franklin Templeton's XRPZ saw an inflow of $13.6 million, Bitwise XRP ETF saw an inflow of $7.6 million, and Grayscale GXRP saw an inflow of $4.6 million.Reports indicate that this round of fund inflows is related to several recent developments by Ripple. Ripple recently announced the completion of a $200 million debt financing to expand its institutional brokerage platform, Ripple Prime. Additionally, last week, Ripple, in collaboration with JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard, and Ondo Finance, completed a tokenized settlement test for U.S. Treasury bonds on the XRP Ledger, with the redemption process taking less than 5 seconds. Meanwhile, Ripple also announced a "four-phase roadmap," planning to achieve a "quantum-resistant" upgrade for the XRP Ledger by 2028, including an emergency mechanism to recover funds through zero-knowledge proofs in extreme situations.Market analysis suggests that as the application of XRP increases in cross-border payments, institutional settlements, and tokenized assets, its ETF demand is gradually shifting from pure speculation to an infrastructure narrative. Despite the continuous inflow of ETF funds, the price of XRP has still fallen by about 39% over the past six months, with the current price around $1.47, significantly down from its historical high of about $3.65 in July 2025.

According to Businesswire, the NYSE-listed closed-end fund C1 Fund (CFND) announced its financial report for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2025, indicating that its private investment strategy in digital assets continues to expand, with the portfolio advancing in sync with liquidity events.As of now, its digital asset infrastructure investment portfolio includes Alchemy, Blockchain.com, Chainalysis, Consensys, Figment, Kraken, and Ripple, among others. This year, it has made additional investments exceeding $10.47 million in projects such as BitGo, Fireblocks, and Polymarket (Blockratize Inc.), and has completed additional allocations in holdings like Ripple.

According to Bloomberg, Ripple's main brokerage division has secured a maximum of $200 million in asset-backed debt financing from Neuberger Berman to expand its collateral financing services offered to institutional investors.The report states that the financing is provided by Neuberger Berman's specialized finance division, and Ripple can draw up to $200 million in phases based on the borrowing needs of institutional clients in the equity, fixed income, and cryptocurrency markets.

According to market news, since December 2025, more than 12 cryptocurrency and fintech companies have applied for or obtained national trust bank licenses from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), including Coinbase, Ripple, Circle, BitGo, as well as Morgan Stanley and Fidelity Digital Assets.Kraken's parent company Payward has also submitted an application to establish Payward National Trust Company, which will provide bank-grade cryptocurrency custody and trust services for institutional and individual clients. The OCC's auditor stated that new entrants into the federal banking sector are beneficial for consumers, the banking industry, and the economy, and the OCC will continue to provide pathways for traditional and innovative financial services. The national trust bank license allows companies to manage assets under a single federal regulation, reducing reliance on external banking partners. However, most companies are still in the conditional approval stage, with only Anchorage Digital Bank being the sole fully operational national trust bank.Another major unresolved issue is access to the Federal Reserve's payment infrastructure. Federal Reserve governors have indicated they are exploring ways to simplify account structures, but no formal framework has been established yet.

According to Bits.media, the Moscow Exchange announced that it will launch new settlement futures trading for three digital asset indices: Solana, Ripple, and Tron, starting on May 14, limited to qualified investors.These instruments are settled in Russian rubles and do not involve physical delivery of digital assets. The quotation unit for Solana index futures is in US dollars, with a minimum price fluctuation and fluctuation value of 0.01 dollars; the minimum price fluctuation for Ripple and Tron index futures is 0.0001 dollars, with a fluctuation value of 0.01 dollars. The contract duration is one month, with the last trading day being the last Friday of each month. Contracts expiring in June, July, and August will be available starting May 14. Additionally, the Moscow Exchange will begin calculating and publishing indices for four cryptocurrencies: Solana, Ripple, Tron, and BNB on May 13.

Ripple, JPMorgan, Mastercard, and Ondo Finance jointly completed a cross-border settlement pilot for tokenized U.S. Treasury funds.The transaction was executed on the XRP Ledger: first, Ondo completed the redemption of its tokenized U.S. Treasury product OUSG on-chain, then the instruction was transmitted through the Mastercard network and JPMorgan's blockchain payment system, and finally, JPMorgan completed the U.S. dollar settlement to Ripple's Singapore account. The project team stated that this pilot achieved real-time collaboration between blockchain and the traditional banking system, marking the beginning of tokenized assets integrating into the global financial infrastructure.

According to the official blog of Ondo Finance, Ondo Finance (Ondo) has completed its first near-real-time tokenized U.S. Treasury fund cross-border interbank exchange in collaboration with Kinexys by J.P. Morgan, Mastercard, and Ripple.In this pilot project, Ripple exchanged its Ondo short-term U.S. government bonds (OUSG) held on the XRP Ledger. After processing the exchange, Ondo sent fiat payment instructions via the Mastercard Multi-Token Network, with the settlement of funds executed by the blockchain infrastructure of Kinexys by J.P. Morgan, and the U.S. dollar funds delivered to Ripple's bank account in Singapore through its correspondent banking network.This project demonstrates the feasibility of public blockchain infrastructure working in conjunction with interbank settlement systems, establishing a framework for global banks to utilize tokenized assets for 24/7 real-time cross-border settlements.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse stated that the next two weeks will be a critical window for advancing cryptocurrency legislation in the United States.He pointed out that if the Senate Banking Committee fails to complete the bill review in the near term, the probability of the bill passing will "significantly decrease," especially with the midterm elections approaching, as related issues may become further politicized. Currently, the U.S. is pushing for the first federal-level cryptocurrency regulatory framework, involving the regulatory division of responsibilities between the SEC and the CFTC. Although the House version has passed, progress in the Senate has been relatively slow, but recent compromises around stablecoin yield issues may bring a turning point for advancement this month.

According to ETHNews, Ripple Prime has joined the tokenization pilot working group of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) in the United States, with participating institutions including BlackRock, JPMorgan, HSBC, Anchorage Digital, Bank of America, BitGo Bank, and others.The report states that the working group aims to promote the infrastructure and industry standards related to tokenized securities, covering various market roles such as custodians, asset management companies, brokers, trading venues, application providers, and back-office service providers.DTCC previously stated that it plans to initiate limited production trading of tokenized assets in July 2026 and to fully commercialize related services in October 2026. This plan will support tokenization services for major index ETFs, Russell 1000 index constituents, and U.S. Treasury securities, among other assets.

According to CoinDesk, Ripple announced on Monday that it will share its internal intelligence on North Korean hackers with the cryptocurrency industry threat intelligence sharing organization Crypto ISAC to help businesses identify coordinated infiltration actions.This move comes against the backdrop of a recent shift in attack patterns faced by the cryptocurrency industry. Ripple stated, "The strongest crypto security posture is a shared posture. A threat actor who has not passed a background check at one company may submit resumes to three other companies in the same week. Without shared intelligence, each company starts from scratch."

According to Crowdfund Insider, Ripple and the digital asset trading platform Bullish announced an expansion of their long-term partnership, with Bullish's Bitcoin options market opening to Ripple Prime institutional clients.According to the announcement from both parties, this integration will allow Ripple Prime users to directly access Bullish's regulated BTC options market. Bullish stated that its platform is currently the second largest cryptocurrency settlement Bitcoin options market in the world by open interest and supports spot, perpetual contracts, and futures trading.In addition, both parties revealed that OKX has reached a strategic partnership with Ripple to introduce the stablecoin RLUSD (Ripple USD) in the compliant market. Ripple Prime, as one of the largest non-bank prime brokers globally, has exceeded a clearing scale of $30 trillion in 2025 and can provide multi-asset brokerage, clearing, and financing services.

According to Techfundingnews, the artificial intelligence application platform Certifyde announced the completion of a $2 million seed round financing, with participation from angel investors including K5 Global, Flamingo Capital, co-founder of Honey George Ruan, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, and co-founder of Nutra Roland Peralta.

OKX will open RLUSD (Ripple USD) deposits on April 29, 2026, at 19:00. The pre-order time will be from 21:00 to 23:00 on the same day, and RLUSD/USDT spot trading will open at 23:00. Withdrawal time will be at 01:00 on April 30, 2026.

According to Insight Korea, South Korea's digital bank K Bank has established a strategic partnership with blockchain company Ripple to advance the verification of next-generation cross-border remittance technology based on blockchain.Both parties will focus on assessing the optimization potential in remittance speed, cost structure, and transaction transparency through Ripple's global payment network and infrastructure. The current collaboration includes proof of concept based on digital wallets, joint development of cross-border remittance models, and expansion in the digital asset field. The ongoing second phase of testing has simulated the connection between the bank's internal systems and customer accounts, testing on-chain fund transfers aimed at the UAE and Thailand. K Bank is also evaluating the adoption of Ripple's SaaS digital wallet Palisade to enhance compliance and deployment efficiency.

Ripple officially announced its quantum resistance roadmap, with the core goal of making the XRP Ledger (XRPL) quantum-resistant by 2028. The roadmap primarily addresses the potential attack mode of "harvest now, decrypt later," where attackers collect encrypted data now and wait for future quantum computers to mature before cracking it.The entire plan will be implemented in four phases:Phase 1: Q-Day Emergency Preparedness (Already Started). Establish a Q-Day emergency response mechanism. If the existing classical encryption system is suddenly compromised, the network will immediately stop accepting traditional public key signatures, forcing a migration to quantum-safe accounts. At the same time, explore asset ownership verification solutions based on Post-Quantum ZK-proofs, allowing existing account holders to safely recover funds in emergencies without exposing vulnerable keys.Phase 2: Risk Assessment and Algorithm Testing (First Half of 2026). Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the impact of post-quantum cryptography on the performance, storage, and bandwidth of the XRP Ledger network. Collaborate with Project Eleven to conduct validator-level testing and Devnet benchmarking, deploy NIST standardized ML-DSA quantum-safe signature schemes, and develop prototypes for post-quantum custodial wallets. Core engineer Denis Angell has already deployed ML-DSA signatures on XRPL's AlphaNet.Phase 3: Devnet Hybrid Integration (Second Half of 2026). Parallel integration of candidate post-quantum signature schemes with existing elliptic curve signatures on the developer network (Devnet), allowing developers to test performance and system impacts without affecting the mainnet. At the same time, explore post-quantum zero-knowledge proof primitives and homomorphic encryption technologies for Confidential Transfers to enhance the privacy and compliance capabilities of tokenized real-world assets on XRPL.Phase 4: Full Mainnet Upgrade (Target 2028). Submit a formal protocol amendment, which will be fully enabled on the mainnet after being approved by validator votes, to implement native post-quantum cryptography. Focus on production-ready optimization: throughput tuning, validator reliability assurance, and coordinated migration of the ecosystem, ensuring a complete transition without affecting network speed and settlement finality.

The crypto fund C1 Fund announced a partial exit from its investment in Ripple, achieving approximately 150% returns in less than four months, but has not disclosed the amount of profit. The portfolio of C1 Fund also includes Kraken, Consensys, and Chainalysis, and it stated that it will continue to invest in high-quality crypto companies in the future.

Ripple has partnered with Kyobo Life to launch a pilot project for tokenized government bonds, aiming to validate a blockchain-based government bond trading structure.The project issues and trades tokenized government bonds in a test network environment, achieving synchronized processing of trading and settlement, and utilizes stablecoins to test a 24-hour settlement mechanism to enhance trading speed and reduce settlement risk. The two parties have initiated technical feasibility testing starting from September 2024 and are assessing the stability of the entire process, including digital asset custody. At the same time, they are analyzing the regulatory environment in South Korea and studying the feasibility of integrating stablecoin settlements and tokenized bonds into the existing financial system. Ripple stated that this collaboration helps promote the establishment of institutional-level digital asset infrastructure in South Korea and supports its long-term strategic layout in the South Korean market.

According to CoinDesk, SBI Ripple Asia has completed the development of a token issuance platform based on the XRP Ledger and has registered as a prepaid payment tool issuer in Japan. Corporate users can now issue tokenized payment tools through this platform.