Ripple has closed its $1 billion purchase of GTreasury, marking a major expansion into corporate treasury management and signaling a deeper push into global corporate finance. The deal could accelerate enterprise adoption of blockchain-based settlement and liquidity tools.
Ripple announced on Dec 4, 2025 that it has snapped up four major firms to create an integrated payments and custody stack, aiming to streamline cross-border settlement and bolster institutional access to digital assets. The push is framed as a move to deliver a full end-to-end rails for fiat-to-crypto flows and secure custody solutions.
At Binance Blockchain Week, Ripple’s Reece Merrick announced a collaboration with Mastercard to modernize payment rails, emphasizing XRP and RLUSD on the XRP Ledger as key tools for improving value transfer.
At Binance’s Blockchain Week in Dubai (Dec. 3–4), Ripple CEO said stablecoins are gaining recognition, signaling growing institutional and regulatory attention. His remarks highlight potential momentum for on‑chain payments and firms working with fiat‑linked tokens, including XRP.
OpenEden, led by former Goldman Sachs executive Jeremy Ng, has secured backing from Ripple and prominent venture firms as its TBILL token and yield-bearing stablecoin USDO see rising institutional and on-chain adoption.
XRP fell roughly $2 after Whale Alert flagged Ripple’s routine monthly transfer of 500 million XRP, reviving trader concerns about added sell-side pressure. Market participants are watching on-chain flows and exchange inflows for signs of distribution.
On Dec 1, 2025 Ripple said Singapore’s MAS upgraded its license, allowing broader regulated crypto payment services across the Asia-Pacific. The approval aims to accelerate integration of digital tokens into global payment rails.
Ripple has obtained licenses allowing Singapore businesses to use XRP and RLUSD as approved settlement options, marking a regulatory milestone. The move could broaden on-ramps and corporate use of digital assets for payments and treasury functions.
Sony Bank plans to issue a U.S. dollar–pegged stablecoin by 2026 in collaboration with Ripple and Circle to power payments across its global entertainment ecosystem. The move joins major issuers and signals broader corporate interest in tokenized payments.
Ripple said it has received approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore to upgrade its payment license, enabling wider use of RLUSD and XRP across Singapore and the region.