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The financial system is moving fast — and XRP keeps showing up exactly where the next phase of money is being built.

Mastercard is sponsoring the XRP Ledger Hackathon in New York just ahead of Ripple Swell. At the same time, 39 U.S. state banking associations are launching the BankChain Alliance to explore tokenized deposits, stablecoins, and smart payments.

Crypto-backed mortgages are moving into the mainstream. AI-driven finance is expanding on XRPL. Hedera is pushing blockchain directly into AI development tools. And Michael Saylor is still stacking Bitcoin at a scale almost nobody else can match.

These are not isolated headlines.

They point to the same thing:

The line between traditional finance and digital assets is disappearing.

And if XRP is already positioned inside the rails being built for payments, tokenization, stablecoins, and agentic finance...

there may be NO GOING BACK.

Tonight on On The Chain, Jeff and Chip break down:

• Mastercard’s move into the XRP Ledger ecosystem

• Why the XRPL Hackathon ahead of Ripple Swell matters

• 39 state banking associations building blockchain infrastructure

• Tokenized deposits, stablecoins, and smart payments

• Crypto-backed mortgages moving into traditional finance

• The rise of agentic finance on XRPL

• Hedera, AI tools, and the emerging machine economy

• Michael Saylor’s latest Bitcoin move

• What all of this could mean for XRP and the broader crypto market

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XRP just crossed a line — and there may be no going back.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse joined the inaugural CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee alongside some of the biggest names in traditional finance — Nasdaq, CME Group, CBOE, NYSE, DTCC and more.

For years, crypto fought to get a seat at the table. Now Wall Street, Washington and crypto are sitting in the same room.

Meanwhile, millions of Americans own crypto, crypto-related economic activity continues to grow, and the line between traditional finance and digital assets is getting harder to see.

Tonight, we break down what this shift could mean for XRP, Ripple and the future of crypto.

PLUS — we get into the latest political and geopolitical stories, including the battle brewing in Seattle, Florida's dramatic political shift, U.S.–Canada trade negotiations and more.

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XRP exploded higher this morning, briefly hitting $1.68 after a massive move over the past 48 hours.

So what changed — and why now?

Today we break down the XRP price surge and the bigger developments happening underneath it: institutional lending coming to the XRP Ledger, Ripple-backed private credit, RLUSD growth, record XRP ETF activity, Permission Delegation, Ripple Prime’s $275 million raise, and Brad Garlinghouse back at the White House.

Is the market finally reacting to infrastructure that has been building for years?

Plus, we dig into the latest from Washington, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the rapidly changing financial system, the breakdown in U.S.-Canada trade negotiations, and plenty more from around the world.

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XRP was built to move value quickly, efficiently, and globally.

But as the financial system moves toward tokenization, programmable liquidity, DeFi, and onchain finance, one question is becoming impossible to ignore:

WHAT IS XRP STILL MISSING?

Tonight, Flare takes center stage.

Flare is working to extend XRP beyond payments and settlement—opening the door to programmable financial applications through FXRP, FAssets, Smart Accounts, and XRPFi while preserving the XRP Ledger as the underlying settlement and trust layer.

So, is Flare the missing piece that unlocks the next phase of XRP utility?

And if XRP can move value, settle transactions, connect markets, access liquidity, and participate in programmable finance...

NOW WHAT?

Jeff and Chip connect the latest developments surrounding XRP, Ripple, the XRP Ledger, Flare, XRPFi, tokenization, stablecoins, institutional adoption, and the future of global finance.

The headlines are only individual pieces.

The real story is what happens when they are all stacked together—and that story may be moving much faster than most people realize.

Do not just follow the headlines.

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Ripple Changed the Rules | XRP

Ripple isn't slowing down. XRP adoption continues to expand as institutions, universities, regulators, and AI developers build on the XRP Ledger. Tonight Jeff and Chip connect the biggest Ripple, XRP, RLUSD, Clarity Act, AI, and crypto stories to explain why these developments together could signal a major shift for the future of digital assets.

We'll break down Ripple's University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI) reaching more than 60 academic partners, Ripple being named one of the World's Top Fintech Companies for the fourth consecutive year, growing momentum behind the Clarity Act, BNY's expanding partnership with RLUSD, and the National Cryptocurrency Association's new report showing crypto now supports more than 232,000 American jobs.

We'll also dive into the rapid rise of AI on the XRP Ledger, where more than 1.4 million agentic transactions have already settled, and discuss why Ripple believes AI-powered payments could become one of the next major use cases for XRPL.

Join Jeff and Chip as they separate the signal from the noise and connect the dots behind the biggest XRP, Ripple, crypto, AI, and geopolitical stories shaping the future.

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