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According to official news, Ripple and SBI Holdings announced that the RLUSD stablecoin has officially launched in Japan and received approval from the Financial Services Agency of Japan, opening up to institutional and retail users through the VCTRADE platform of SBI VC Trade. RLUSD is classified as a new type of electronic payment tool under Japan's Payment Services Act, designed to meet the safety and regulatory standards for foreign-issued stablecoins. Jack McDonald, Senior Vice President of Ripple's stablecoin division, stated that this launch is an important step in expanding access to regulated US dollar stablecoins for Japanese financial institutions and businesses, with RLUSD serving as a bridge for payments, tokenization, and collateral management.

Zelle operator Early Warning Services announced that India will be the first country for U.S. users to remit money to overseas friends and family through Zelle, with the service expected to launch by the end of this year. The company also introduced its own dollar-backed stablecoin ZelleUSD (ZLUSD) to support future international payment capabilities in other markets, with more details to be announced in the coming months. Early Warning Services is jointly owned by seven U.S. financial institutions, including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo.

According to CoinDesk, Ripple is attempting to introduce XRP along with its stablecoin Ripple USD into the AI agent payment market, aiming to penetrate the on-chain micropayment system currently dominated by the USD stablecoin USD Coin. It has released the "XRPL AI Starter Kit," providing developers with a toolkit to build AI Agent payment capabilities, enabling agents to complete payments, check balances, and perform wallet operations on the XRP Ledger, and supporting automated payment processes based on the x402 protocol.However, Ripple has not yet disclosed any scaled landing customers or real production-level AI Agent payment transaction data; the solution is still in the early exploratory stage of infrastructure and developer ecosystem.

According to Cointelegraph, Ripple announced the official introduction of its USD-backed stablecoin RLUSD into the Turkish market through partnerships with three local institutions: BiLira, Bitexen, and Bitlo. Turkish institutional users will thus gain access to enterprise-level USD liquidity support.

SuperEx will launch VRTUSDT, AMATUSDT, and DELLUSDT U-based perpetual contract trading pairs on May 29, 2026, at 03:00 (UTC); the above contract trading pairs support full margin, cross margin, and split margin modes. You can experience trading through the Web and APP.

According to the official announcement, Binance will launch the BILLUSDT perpetual contract on May 7, 2026, at 16:15, with a maximum leverage of up to 20 times. This contract will support a multi-asset model, allowing users to use assets other than USDT as margin for trading.

OKX will officially launch the BILLUSDT perpetual contract on May 6, 2026, at 16:00. Users can trade on the web, App, and API. The contract trading will support leverage from 0.01 to 20 times, and trading hours will be 7×24.

OKX will officially launch USD-based perpetual contracts (X-Perp) on May 4, 2026, at 16:00, supporting trading pairs XAGUSD UM (X-Perp), CLUSD UM (X-Perp), and BZUSD UM (X-Perp).

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 the official announcement, Binance Futures will automatically close and settle the perpetual contracts for OLUSDT, HIPPOUSDT, RLSUSDT, and PUFFERUSDT on April 8, 2026, at 09:00 (UTC), and for WIFUSD and WLDUSD on April 9, 2026, at 09:00 (UTC), and will subsequently delist them. Users need to close their positions on their own before the respective times.

According to the official announcement, Bybit officially launched the CLUSDT perpetual contract on March 24, with the underlying asset being Crude Oil Futures (CL).Recently, the volatility of crude oil prices has intensified. In response to the actual market situation, Bybit rapidly launched the CLUSDT perpetual contract to provide platform users with a professional trading experience, helping traders efficiently hedge risks and capture arbitrage opportunities. This product also marks Bybit's successful expansion of the crypto perpetual model to more traditional assets, enriching users' global allocation of RWA (real-world assets).It is reported that the minimum price precision for this perpetual contract is 0.01, the initial margin rate is only 1%, and the maximum leverage can reach 50 times. Bybit reminds that users trading this contract for the first time must log in to the web version to sign the user agreement before they can start trading.

According to TheBlock, Soil has launched the first RWA-compliant yield protocol on the XRP Ledger, with its initial $1 million liquidity pool fully raised within 72 hours.This launch adds yield functionality to Ripple's USD-pegged stablecoin RLUSD. Meanwhile, according to data from RWA.xyz, the tokenized real-world asset value on the XRP Ledger has surpassed that of Solana.

Binance has now completed the integration of Ripple USD (RLUSD) on the XRP network and has opened the deposit service. The withdrawal service will be available once liquidity is sufficient. Users can obtain their exclusive token deposit address through this page.

According to the official announcement, Binance will launch the RLUSD spot product on January 22, 2026, at 8:00 AM (UTC) on Simple Earn. At the same time, users can buy and sell RLUSD using a credit card or account balance through the "Buy Crypto" page within one hour after the RLUSD spot goes live, and can trade RLUSD with zero fees in the instant exchange.In addition, Binance will add RLUSD as a borrowable asset and the RLUSD/USDT trading pair in cross-margin and isolated-margin trading on January 23, 2026, at 10:00 AM (UTC), and RLUSD will also be available in VIP lending.

Binance will launch Ripple USD (RLUSD) on January 22, 2026, at 16:00, and will open the RLUSD/USDT, RLUSD/U, and XRP/RLUSD spot trading pairs.At the same time, all eligible users can enjoy zero trading fees for RLUSD/USDT and RLUSD/U spot and margin trading pairs, with the promotion valid until further notice.

According to market news, Ripple and LMAX Group announced that they have reached a multi-year strategic partnership agreement. Ripple will provide $150 million in financing to support the widespread use of the RLUSD stablecoin as collateral and settlement assets in LMAX's global institutional trading system.RLUSD will support cryptocurrencies, perpetual contracts, CFDs, and some fiat cross products, aiming to enhance cross-asset margin efficiency and achieve 24/7 on-chain settlement. This collaboration also includes the custody of RLUSD through LMAX Custody's segregated wallets, as well as integration with Ripple Prime to expand institutional liquidity and reduce market fragmentation.

According to the official blog, Ripple announced the first expansion of its stablecoin RLUSD to Layer 2 networks. Ripple will collaborate with the cross-chain interoperability protocol Wormhole and the NTT token standard to launch tests on Optimism, Base, Ink, and Unichain.Ripple expects to launch RLUSD on more chains after obtaining final regulatory approval next year. The launch of RLUSD on subsequent chains will require testing and approval from the New York Department of Financial Services. It is reported that RLUSD was initially issued only on XRPL and Ethereum.

OKX will delist the following perpetual contracts on December 17, 2025, at 16:00: ZENTUSDT, PRCLUSDT, GOATUSDT, NEWTUSDT, and SONICUSDT.When the contracts are delisted, trading for those contracts will stop, all user orders will be canceled, and the delivery price will be based on the arithmetic average of the OKX index one hour prior to the delisting. After the contracts are delisted, users with a position value greater than $10,000 will be restricted from transferring any assets in their trading accounts, with normal operations resuming after 30 minutes.

Cointelegraph posted on the X platform that the supply of Ripple's RLUSD on Ethereum has reached an all-time high, with a market capitalization of 1.1 billion dollars.