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Ripple XRPL AI payment toolkit and institutional expansion

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Ripple XRPL AI payment toolkit ~~integration~~ and institutional expansion

Ripple has introduced the XRPL AI Starter Kit, a developer toolkit designed to facilitate autonomous payments by artificial intelligence agents using XRP and the RLUSD dollar-pegged stablecoin. The toolkit integrates with the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP), an open standard co-authored by Stripe and the payments blockchain ~~Tempo. This integration enables~~ Tempo, enabling machine-to-machine payments over ~~HTTP, allowing AI agents to pay~~ HTTP for services like computing ~~power, data,~~ power and cloud ~~services without human intervention.~~ data. Through the MPP ‘sessions’ primitive, agents can authorize spending limits upfront to stream continuous micropayments or use signed off-chain vouchers. Additionally, the kit incorporates the Open Wallet Standard to allow for wallet management across multiple blockchains. Ripple is a Premier Member of the x402 Foundation, an initiative alongside entities such as Coinbase, Circle, and American Express, aimed at providing “first-class options wherever developers are building” agentic applications within the fintech ecosystem. Following the toolkit’s deployment, the XRP Ledger (XRPL) has experienced a surge in x402 payment activity. The network has surpassed 13 million agentic transactions—payments made by AI agents without human approval—across 166 x402 merchants. These automated payments now account for approximately 25% of all activity on the ledger. To support ~~this ecosystem,~~ this, Ripple ~~has~~ partnered with Privy, a wallet infrastructure company owned by Stripe, to integrate programmable embedded wallets into the XRPL. This ~~integration~~ allows developers to build applications where users and AI agents ~~can~~ manage assets ~~like XRP and RLUSD~~ without manual cryptographic key management, specifically focusing on “agentic commerce” via the x402 protocol. Following the toolkit’s deployment, the XRP Ledger (XRPL) has seen a surge in x402 payment activity, with AI agents processing over 13 million payments across 166 merchants, accounting for approximately 25% of all ledger activity. Ripple is further expanding its ecosystem through institutional and banking integrations. Ripple Prime has launched 24/7 perpetual swap trading for exposure to over 100 markets, including stocks and ETFs. Additionally, Evernorth Holdings has selected Ripple, alongside Kraken, Coinbase, and BitGo, to manage its 473 million XRP treasury. In the stablecoin sector, Cross River Bank has integrated RLUSD into its Core Operating System to provide a 24/7 payment rail, while DriveWealth is collaborating with Ripple to implement RLUSD settlement for its brokerage infrastructure.

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