- Ripple crosses $100 billion as payments expansion strengthens institutional market position
- RLUSD mint activity adds fresh momentum to Ripple’s broader payments push
- Reece Merrick says Ripple’s scale reflects a new global phase
Ripple has crossed $100 billion in payment volume, a milestone that now strengthens its effort to present itself as a larger financial technology provider serving institutions across multiple markets rather than remaining tied to its earlier image as a cross-border remittance-focused blockchain company.
According to Reece Merrick, the $100 billion milestone shows that Ripple has built a payments business that now operates at institutional scale, supporting its wider push into enterprise financial infrastructure.
The company has already built a presence in more than 60 global markets, giving more weight to the latest update as Ripple is no longer speaking only about future goals but about a network that already supports significant payment activity across several jurisdictions and settlement rails.
That growth has also been supported by RLUSD, which has climbed to a $1 billion market capitalization in less than a year since launch, adding another layer to Ripple’s payments narrative as regulated stablecoins take on a larger role in settlements, treasury operations, and liquidity movement.
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RLUSD Supply Expansion Added to Ripple’s Busy March Start
Earlier this month, on March 3, 36crypto reported that Ripple minted 69 million RLUSD on the XRP Ledger, marking the stablecoin’s largest single mint on record. On-chain records later showed the tokens moving toward Gemini, drawing fresh attention to exchange balances and liquidity positioning.
That activity unfolded during an active week for the RLUSD Treasury, as Ripple also carried out several multi-million token mints and calculated burns across both the XRP Ledger and Ethereum. These actions underscore Ripple’s effort in actively managing stablecoin liquidity while its wider payments business continued expanding.
Ripple expands its payments stack as institutional reach grows
Ripple has also said that it now holds more than 75 regulatory licenses globally, reinforcing its effort to maintain a compliance-driven business as compliance remains central for businesses that want blockchain-based infrastructure without taking on added legal uncertainty when moving funds across borders.
At the same time, the company has linked its $100 billion payment milestone to recent acquisitions that have broadened the services available on its platform, with Palisade strengthening custody, wallet infrastructure, and treasury automation, while Rail has added global virtual accounts and collection capabilities for enterprise users.
These additions allow businesses to receive funds in fiat currencies or stablecoins and then convert them into preferred currencies, which helps reduce foreign exchange exposure and removes the need to establish local corporate entities in every market where they want to operate.
Ripple has also said that users can manage balances through named virtual accounts and wallets, while the platform now supports payouts across more than 60 major markets and runs on 51 real-time payment rails, which together reinforce the company’s effort to position itself as a broader enterprise-grade payments provider.
In conclusion, Ripple’s latest milestone shows that the company is tying its growth story to scale, compliance, stablecoin utility, and institutional payment infrastructure.
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