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Ripple Launches Institutional Platform in Brazil, Seeks Central Bank VASP License

Brazilian institutions show early uptake, with banks using payments rails, exchanges listing RLUSD, plus partners tokenizing assets on XRPL.

Overview

  • Ripple unveiled an institutional suite in Brazil that bundles cross-border payments, digital asset custody, prime brokerage and treasury tools, citing $100 billion processed across 60+ markets.
  • The company said it plans to apply for a Virtual Asset Service Provider license with the Central Bank of Brazil under the country’s new crypto framework.
  • Reported adoption includes Banco Genial for same-day U.S. dollar transfers, Braza Bank for FX flows and a real-backed stablecoin on the XRP Ledger, and Nomad for Brazil–U.S. stablecoin settlement.
  • Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin has grown past roughly $1.5 billion in market capitalization and is listed or supported by Mercado Bitcoin, Foxbit, Ripio, Banco Genial, Braza Bank and Attrus.
  • Ripple Custody launched locally with Chainalysis and Elliptic monitoring, while partners CRX have settled close to $100 million on-chain and Justoken reports over $1.7 billion in tokenized assets.