Guides
Ripple Price in Pounds: How to Read XRP's GBP Quote
The ripple price in pounds tracks XRP to GBP, not a GBP/USD conversion alone. Today's rate, why it moves, and how UK investors actually hold …
XRP & Cross-Border Payments: Ripple, SWIFT & the XRPL
XRP’s investment case rests on one idea: that the XRP Ledger becomes plumbing for cross-border value transfer. This hub tracks how close that thesis is to reality — the deals, the licences and the ledgers actually moving money.
See whether XRP is decoupling from Bitcoin on ETF flows, what the SWIFT blockchain ledger actually uses, and how the Ripple–Flutterwave deal pushes the XRP Ledger into African payment rails. Read together, they separate the payments signal from the price noise.
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News
Does the ECB Use XRP? Pontes Platform Explained
Does the ECB use XRP? No — Pontes settles tokenized bank assets in central bank money, and Axiology's XRPL tech is a private fork, not XRP.
Guides
What Is the Ripple Ledger? XRP Ledger Explained
The 'ripple ledger' people search for is the XRP Ledger, not Ripple the company. Here's how the XRPL actually works, who runs it, and what …
Analysis
Ripple Currency Price: What's Driving XRP's 2026 Surge
The ripple currency price is XRP, not Ripple the company — here's today's price, why XRP jumped 24% this week, and what's driving 2026's …
News
Aviva Investors Puts a Tokenized Fund on the XRP Ledger
Aviva Investors launched an XRP Ledger tokenized fund approved by the Central Bank of Ireland, days after Ripple's full MiCA license cleared …
News
Does SWIFT Use XRP? The Blockchain Ledger, Explained
Does SWIFT use XRP? No — SWIFT's new blockchain ledger routes to any chain through Chainlink CCIP. Here's what the live 17-bank pilot …
News
Ripple MiCA CASP License: What Luxembourg's Nod Means
Ripple secured a preliminary MiCA CASP license in Luxembourg, unlocking passporting across 30 EEA countries as the July 2026 deadline forces …
Analysis
Is XRP Decoupling From Bitcoin? ETF Flows Say Maybe
Is XRP decoupling from Bitcoin? Strong XRP ETF flows and whale accumulation are diverging from Bitcoin as MicroStrategy sells to fund …
News
Ripple Flutterwave Deal: XRP Ledger Enters Africa
The Ripple Flutterwave deal on June 16, 2026 put an equity stake and RLUSD into Africa's $50B payment rails. Why the XRP Ledger move …