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Ripple Climbs to No. 16 on CNBC Disruptor 50 List

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Nidhi Kolhapur

Ripple secured the No. 16 spot on CNBC’s 2026 Disruptor 50 ranking, making it the highest-ranked crypto-native company on a list dominated by AI giants like Anthropic and OpenAI. CNBC highlighted Ripple’s blockchain payment network, XRP Ledger, XRP token, and RLUSD stablecoin as key drivers behind its growth, especially in Asia and emerging markets. The report also said Ripple’s 2025 SEC case resolution helped remove regulatory uncertainty that had slowed US adoption, though institutional demand for crypto services is still developing unevenly.

Nidhi Kolhapur

Qadir Ak is the founder of Coinpedia. He has over a decade of experience writing about technology and has been covering the blockchain and cryptocurrency space since 2010. He has also interviewed a few prominent experts within the cryptocurrency space.

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