Ripple [XRP] News Roundup: XRP Jumps 4.3% As CLARITY Vote Looms

XRP is trading at $1.40, up 4.3% over 24 hours, a bounce from the $1.34-$1.35 range it held for much of the week, against a backdrop of unusually busy institutional and infrastructure news across the Ripple ecosystem.

Smart Money and Retail Are Moving in Opposite Directions

On-chain data shows a widening gap between retail and institutional XRP activity, with retail traders losing nearly twice what they’re gaining while larger holders do the opposite. The data flagged $1.3459 as a level where a wave of retail selling coincided with accumulation from larger wallets, the same pattern seen just before XRP’s run to $1.68 in August.

A European Manufacturer Plugs Into Ripple’s Treasury Stack

German logistics and manufacturing giant TRATON has connected to Ripple’s treasury infrastructure, gaining access to both XRP and RLUSD on the same platform without needing new vendors or wallets. 

RLUSD lets the company move money across borders in minutes rather than days before converting to local currency, while XRP is treated like a standard bank account with a full audit trail, real-time valuation and 15-decimal precision. 

First Public-Chain Tokenized Fund Cleared by an EU Regulator

Aviva Investors has launched a tokenized share class of its USD Liquidity Fund on the XRP Ledger in partnership with Ripple, approved by the Central Bank of Ireland, marking the first public-chain tokenized fund structure cleared by a major EU regulator. 

The operational stack spans BNY Mellon for underlying asset custody, Komainu for digital asset custody, and Licuido for tokenization infrastructure, with the fund retaining the same investment objective, risk profile and regulatory protections as its traditional share class under a “digital twin” model.

Ripple Eyes Institutional Lending as XRP’s Next Use Case

Ripple product head Jazzi Cooper says institutional credit remains largely untapped in on-chain finance and could become a significant new role for XRP. The XRP Ledger’s Lending Protocol already enables fixed-term loans funded through Single Asset Vaults, with borrowers undergoing offchain underwriting while the lending itself runs on XRPL infrastructure. A protocol update is expected alongside XRPL 3.4.0 next week.

RLUSD Supply Surges Past $2.4 Billion

RLUSD’s total supply has climbed to roughly $2.42 billion, split between $1.37 billion on Ethereum and $1.05 billion on the XRP Ledger, up more than 50% over the past 30 days. 

Ripple Expands Its Team and Global Presence

Ripple has hired Craig Beveridge as VP of Talent Acquisition, following five years building out talent acquisition at Cedar, as the company continues staffing up heading into its next growth phase. 

Ripple’s Abdallah Mukalled, Senior Policy Manager for the Middle East and Africa, is set to speak at the Middle East Stablecoin Forum 2026 in Dubai on September 17, an event expected to draw more than 300 participants and 30-plus speakers, including regulators and banks from across the GCC region.

All Eyes on Tuesday’s CLARITY Act Vote

Adding urgency to the week, Senate Majority Leader John Thune is reportedly urging Democrats to advance the CLARITY Act in Tuesday’s procedural vote, with the understanding that further changes could still be negotiated afterward. 

Commentators following the bill describe Tuesday’s cloture vote as the closest crypto legislation has come to clearing this specific hurdle, with significant attention on whether it succeeds.