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XRP Expands Beyond Crypto Trading as Banks and AI Agents Adopt XRPL

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XRP’s role extends into cross-currency settlement and automated commerce as its underlying blockchain attracts financial institutions. Tokenized funds, stablecoin custody, and brokerage products illustrate the ecosystem’s connections with traditional finance beyond cryptocurrency trading. The XRP account on X highlighted cross-currency payments, institutional finance, and software-driven transactions in a community guide posted Oct. 20. Jointly managed by Ripple and the XRP Ledger Foundation, the account stated: “Individuals, developers, companies and institutions are using XRP for everything from buying and holding to payments, trading, apps and new financial use cases, and much of that activity runs on the XRP Ledger,” it continued. Transactions on the XRP Ledger, or XRPL, settle in three to five seconds for fractions of a cent, the account explained.

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