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The new regulations from the Central Bank of Brazil require virtual asset service providers to meet compliance requirements related to capital, auditing, anti-money laundering, and ongoing reporting, with capital requirements reaching up to 37.2 million reais, approximately 7.2 million US dollars. Currently, among about 300 related institutions, only 20 to 25 may meet the conditions to apply for authorization, and it is expected that only 10 will obtain licenses.Some small platforms have ended or restructured their retail operations, including Bitnuvem, NovaDAX, Digitra, and Coinext, but these platforms did not attribute their decisions to the new regulations. Institutions that fail to meet the requirements will also face ongoing compliance costs, and some businesses may struggle to maintain operations. Related institutions must apply for authorization by October 30, and those that do not apply will cease operations within 30 days and notify customers.Isabel Longhi, Head of Public and Regulatory Policy for Ripple Latin America, stated that market consolidation is expected to occur as the Brazilian crypto market matures, but the new regulations will limit innovation in the short term.

Jack McDonald, Senior Vice President of Ripple Stablecoin, stated in an interview with CoinDesk that corporate treasuries represent a significant growth opportunity for the RLUSD stablecoin, with Ripple Treasury clients processing approximately $13 trillion in transactions annually. This business is built on Ripple's acquisition of financial management software provider GTreasury for $1 billion last year, providing Ripple with a vast customer pool of around 1,200 corporate treasurers and CFOs who transfer funds across borders, between subsidiaries, and domestically.McDonald pointed out that the circulating supply of RLUSD has increased by over 50% in the past month, reaching $2.4 billion, with about $1 billion on the XRP Ledger and $1.4 billion on Ethereum. However, he emphasized that he values the token's utility and daily activity more than its market capitalization, noting that RLUSD's daily active volume has more than doubled since the beginning of the year, rising from about $200 million last month to approximately $750 million. Payments and capital markets are currently the two main application areas, and Ripple has collaborated with institutions such as Franklin Templeton and DBS in tokenized money market funds and lending.In the European market, Ripple plans to introduce RLUSD locally through a dual issuance structure compliant with the EU MiCA framework and has already obtained regulatory authorization in Luxembourg.

Ripple announced the introduction of the GSmart AI intelligence in its corporate treasury platform Ripple Treasury, used for monitoring corporate cash, risks, and forecasts, and providing action recommendations to finance teams. Ripple Treasury is the GTreasury platform that the company acquired for $1 billion last October.These intelligences can cover processes such as liquidity, forecasting, and reconciliation, recommending responses and citing relevant company policies when issues are identified, but all operations must be approved by a human before execution. Ripple stated that financial calculations are completed by deterministic software, and AI is only used to interpret policies, identify patterns, and explain recommendations to reduce the risk of errors.GSmart was launched before Ripple's acquisition of GTreasury, going live in June 2025. This update expands it to more treasury workflows and introduces a policy layer called Knowledge Studio and an Ask GSmart assistant for querying corporate financial data. Ripple claims that 60% of qualified clients have enabled the Risk Insights feature, and 44% use Forecast Insights. The platform now supports the simultaneous management of traditional and digital assets.

According to Bitcoin.com, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse pointed out that the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) has redeployed approximately 86 tons of gold from New York and Ottawa to London over several months, involving an amount of about 11 billion dollars. About 59 tons were completed through market transactions (sold in New York, bought in London), and more than 27 tons were physically transported.After this operation, DNB's gold reserves in London increased from 18.1% to 32.1%, while the total reserves remained unchanged at 612.4 tons. Garlinghouse stated that cryptocurrency has evolved from a 1.5 billion dollar experiment in 2013 to a 27 trillion dollar asset class, while the way central banks transfer value is still stuck in the 1940s, "this is precisely the ideal use case for cryptocurrency—instant, secure, and low-cost storage and transfer of value globally."

Ripple has reached a multi-year marketing partnership with the University of Florida, and the XRP logo will appear at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, on digital platforms, and on Gainesville event branding starting this football season. The University of Florida Athletic Department officially announced the news on Friday.In addition to brand exposure, Ripple has also committed to providing financial and technological education support for University of Florida student-athletes and the broader campus community, covering both traditional finance and digital assets. University of Florida Athletic Director Scott Stricklin stated that Florida has a long history of embracing innovation and technology, and Ripple has become an innovative leader in the fintech space, looking forward to XRP joining Gator Nation.This is Ripple's latest foray into college sports marketing, having previously signed a multi-year agreement with the University of Kansas earlier this year to feature the XRP logo on Jayhawks basketball team jerseys. At the time of the announcement, the price of XRP was approximately $1.41, up 0.6% in 24 hours, and up about 34.9% over the past 30 days, but still down about 49.8% over the past year. Additionally, demand for spot XRP ETFs has recently cooled, with fund flows remaining flat on September 4, with a cumulative net inflow still around $1.6 billion.

According to Cointelegraph, Ripple announced a partnership with digital asset infrastructure company SettleMint to provide tokenized asset custody and management solutions for financial institutions. Ripple's institutional-grade digital asset custody infrastructure, Ripple Custody, will integrate with SettleMint's Digital Asset Lifecycle Platform (DALP), covering the entire lifecycle of tokens and simplifying the custody process for institutions.Just the day before, digital asset service provider Coincheck Group announced a partnership with wallet infrastructure company DFNS to build digital asset wallet technology and custody services in Japan. DFNS's wallet-as-a-service can provide institutions with complete transaction lifecycle management, including workflow orchestration and governance controls, and supports over 100 blockchain networks. Both collaborations aim to build more institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure to address the barriers for traditional financial institutions entering the crypto space.The 2025 Global Crypto Adoption Index released by Chainalysis shows that on-chain crypto activity in the Asia-Pacific region has the fastest growth rate in the world, with a year-on-year increase of 69%. Currently, several Asian countries are formulating their own cryptocurrency regulatory frameworks. The bill passed in Japan in July classifies crypto assets as financial assets under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. Japan's Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki previously expressed a desire to bring crypto assets under the same regulatory framework as traditional financial assets.

According to Businesswire, the cryptocurrency asset investment fund C1 Fund announced its performance for the second quarter of 2026, revealing that as of the second quarter of this year, its portfolio has expanded to 11 cryptocurrency companies, covering areas such as cryptocurrency payments, custody, compliance, staking, exchanges, infrastructure development, and prediction markets. Its two major investment exposures are Ripple (accounting for 17.5% of net assets) and Kraken's parent company Payward (16.9%), and it has also made a new investment in the prediction market platform Polymarket, although the specific investment amount has not been disclosed.C1 Fund also stated that as of July 31, it has repurchased and canceled 249,300 shares of the company's stock, with a total cost of approximately $824,000, and it is currently authorized to repurchase up to $3 million in stock.

Ripple announced that it will donate $300,000 to World Central Kitchen and Mercy Corps to support emergency food, drinking water, and sanitation facilities assistance for Nepal and Tibet after devastating floods. World Central Kitchen is a nonprofit organization that provides meals in humanitarian emergencies, while Mercy Corps is an organization that provides humanitarian aid and supports post-disaster reconstruction.

Ayo Akinyele, Senior Director of Engineering at Ripple, stated that the company is developing a four-phase quantum-resistant migration plan for the XRP Ledger, aiming to complete the transition before quantum computers become a real threat. The plan includes assessing the network's exposure, testing quantum-resistant cryptographic solutions, running existing security systems in parallel with quantum-resistant alternatives, and preparing emergency response pathways for scenarios where quantum computing advances exceed expectations.Akinyele emphasized that migration is not just about replacing a cryptographic algorithm, but requires more flexible infrastructure, stronger key management, and clearer upgrade paths. The XRP Ledger has supported changing the keys that control accounts without altering the accounts themselves, a feature that is expected to reduce the difficulty of future migrations, but independent validators on the network still need to coordinate any broader rule changes.Meanwhile, Anthropic's model last month reduced the workload required to break leading post-quantum signature candidates by 67 million times, and Bitcoin and Ethereum developers also released their respective migration plans this week. Akinyele pointed out that AI and quantum computing are different technologies, but they are driving financial infrastructure to evolve in the same direction, as AI agents begin to trade and pay autonomously, raising new requirements for payment infrastructure that is always online and natively internet-based.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the merger registration documents of Evernorth, a treasury company supported by Ripple, with the special purpose acquisition company Armada Acquisition Corp. II, clearing the way for the company to land on Nasdaq. Armada shareholders will vote on September 30, and if approved, the merged entity will be listed on Nasdaq under the code XRPN, with Evernorth expecting the transaction to be completed by the end of September or October.Evernorth is a company based in San Francisco, aiming to incorporate XRP into a public balance sheet and planning to invest in XRP infrastructure, gradually increasing the corresponding XRP reserve per share. The company was founded and is led by Asheesh Birla, who has been responsible for payment operations at Ripple for over a decade. In addition to Ripple, institutions such as Arrington Capital, Japan's SBI Group, Pantera Capital, Kraken, and GSR are also involved in the investment.As of the time of publication, XRP is quoted at approximately $1.41, with a weekly increase of over 27%.

Ripple's multi-asset brokerage business Ripple Prime has launched the Delta One service aimed at institutional investors, officially expanding into the U.S. equity derivatives market. This service allows clients to execute total return swaps linked to U.S. listed stocks, indices, and digital assets, and supports cross-asset margin calculations.Noel Kimmel, President of Ripple Prime, stated that this is an important step in the development of Ripple Prime and a natural extension of the platform. The service is primarily aimed at financial institutions such as hedge funds and asset management companies, allowing clients to trade around the clock through a single counterparty. Ripple Prime currently has over $1 billion in regulatory net capital.Ripple Prime was renamed after Ripple's $1.25 billion acquisition of Hidden Road completed in October 2025. In August of this year, Ripple Prime completed a $275 million private placement of senior unsecured notes, and in May, it secured $200 million in debt financing from a fund managed by Neuberger Specialty Finance to expand its institutional lending capabilities.

According to Bloomberg, Ripple's institutional brokerage division Ripple Prime has officially launched its Delta One business, expanding into the stock trading sector for the first time, further broadening the range of traditional financial and digital asset services aimed at institutional investors. This move marks Ripple's further extension from cryptocurrency services into the traditional financial market.Through the Delta One product, Ripple Prime aims to provide institutional investors with an integrated trading channel covering stocks, indices, and digital assets, enhancing its competitiveness in the intersection of digital assets and traditional capital markets. It is reported that the new business will allow investors to execute Total Return Swap transactions on U.S. listed stocks, indices, and digital assets, serving institutional clients including hedge funds, market makers, and ETF issuers.

According to CoinDesk, Ripple's stablecoin RLUSD has surpassed a market capitalization of $2 billion, becoming one of the fastest-growing projects in the stablecoin market. Data shows that the total issuance of RLUSD is currently around $2 billion, with approximately $963 million deployed on the XRP Ledger and about $1.1 billion issued on the Ethereum network.Ripple previously stated that RLUSD will combine with its global payment network to provide more efficient on-chain liquidity solutions for businesses and financial institutions.

Jeonbuk Bank has partnered with blockchain payment company Ripple to deploy its cross-border payment system, providing faster and cheaper remittance services for business clients such as import and export companies, tech startups, and online content creators, replacing the traditional transfer method that takes several days via the SWIFT network.Meanwhile, the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) has opened the application portal for crypto licenses. Companies providing virtual asset services on or before March 5 must submit a No Objection Certificate (NOC) application by September 5, or they will cease operations. PVARA stated that the licensing window is officially open, providing a clear path for businesses to enter Pakistan's regulated virtual asset market.In addition, Laser Digital, a digital asset subsidiary of Nomura Group in Japan, has received approval from the Financial Services Agency (FSA) to become the first platform to obtain a crypto exchange license in four years, the last being Binance Japan in October 2022.

Token Terminal data shows that in the past 7 days, the scale of stablecoins issued by Circle increased by 1.7 billion dollars, nearly 5 times the 357.3 million dollars increase in assets issued by Ripple; Tether issued stablecoins increased by 202.2 million dollars, ranking third among issuers.From the perspective of public chains, the stablecoin market capitalization on Tron saw the largest increase, rising by 950 million dollars in the past 7 days; HyperEVM and Solana increased by 614.7 million dollars and 407.4 million dollars respectively, with the three chains collectively growing by 1.97 billion dollars.

According to CoinDesk, Ripple announced a partnership with the lending platform Clearpool and the credit management institution Cicada Partners to launch a credit fund aimed at institutions, which will provide working capital loans to fintech and payment companies in the form of the RLUSD stablecoin on the XRP Ledger.Cicada is responsible for borrower screening, loan term setting, and credit risk monitoring; Clearpool is responsible for building and managing the loan pool infrastructure; Ripple participates as a limited partner, contributing funds and enjoying the same terms as other institutional investors.

According to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, sources revealed that before President Trump and crypto industry leaders spoke at the White House, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, a16z's Chris Dixon, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, and Kraken co-founder Arjun Sethi met with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick. The discussion focused on the importance of the Clarity Act and its implications for U.S. jobs, economic growth, and attracting crypto businesses back.Participants also discussed the remaining obstacles to the passage of the bill, including issues related to ethical clauses, and how the White House could help facilitate a bipartisan consensus.

According to CoinDesk, U.S. President Trump met with SEC Chairman Atkins, CFTC Chairman Selig, and executives from Coinbase, Ripple, Gemini, Polymarket, Kalshi, Nasdaq, NYSE, CME, and DTCC at the White House.The meeting was to prepare for the inaugural CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee meeting held on Thursday, discussing topics related to regulatory innovation.

According to The Block, Ripple has completed a private placement of senior unsecured notes expanded to $275 million. The notes were issued by its non-bank prime broker Ripple Prime, and the funds raised will be used for working capital and expansion of its business in the United States.This issuance received a BBB investment-grade rating from KBRA, and Ripple Prime plans to further expand multi-asset clearing, financing, and prime brokerage services.

Ripple officially announced that Jeonbuk Bank has become the first local bank in South Korea to deploy Ripple Payments, providing its corporate clients with near real-time, 24/7 cross-border settlement services to replace the time-consuming SWIFT transfers. This collaboration will help the bank enhance its cross-border payment efficiency and service capabilities.This is Ripple's third partnership in South Korea this year, having previously collaborated with Kyobo Life Insurance and Kbank on custody, wallet infrastructure, and payment services. Several leading financial institutions in South Korea are continuing to advance cooperation with Ripple in the fields of payments and related infrastructure.