2026-01-15 14:59:56

Ripple's stablecoin ecosystem has once again achieved significant progress. The payment technology company recently announced a multi-year strategic partnership with institutional trading platform LMAX Group. This collaboration will directly transform the infrastructure for institutional-level trading.

Specifically, LMAX Group will integrate Ripple's USD stablecoin RLUSD into its trading system, serving multiple purposes — it can act as the core collateral asset and settlement currency for spot crypto trading, support fiat-to-crypto trading pairs, and even be used as margin for perpetual contracts and CFD trading. In other words, RLUSD is gradually evolving from a payment tool into an essential part of trading infrastructure.

Notably, Ripple, as a partner, is also providing substantial support — offering 1.5 (specific amount unit to be confirmed) in liquidity support. This is not just a simple ecosystem collaboration but also reflects Ripple's confidence in stablecoins within institutional trading scenarios.

From a market perspective, this cooperation model reveals a trend: stablecoins are evolving from retail payments to institutional liquidity hubs. The adoption of RLUSD by top-tier institutional trading platforms indicates its increasing liquidity and credit recognition. For institutional investors looking to participate in crypto trading, this multi-layered trading support also lowers the entry barrier.

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RugResistant

· 3h ago

Ripple is playing chess again, RLUSD is about to become a trading infrastructure? The pace is a bit fast.

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ForumLurker

· 3h ago

Hmm... RLUSD this time really has something. Upgrading trading infrastructure directly from payment tools, institutions are finally about to embrace stablecoins.

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DeFiChef

· 3h ago

RLUSD is indeed gathering strength this time. The logic of transforming from a payment tool to a trading infrastructure still has some value.

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StakeHouseDirector

· 4h ago

Ripple is up to something again. RLUSD is aiming to become a foundational trading infrastructure? To be honest, institutional-level recognition is indeed different, but can the liquidity really keep up?

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WalletWhisperer

· 4h ago

watching the liquidity clustering patterns here... RLUSD's infiltration into institutional rails suggests we're witnessing address profiling at scale. the real tell isn't the partnership—it's the behavioral shift toward stablecoin as settlement infrastructure.

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MetaMisery

· 4h ago

Ripple is paving the way again, and this time bringing LMAX in is indeed significant... RLUSD transforming from a payment tool into trading infrastructure, essentially aiming to take a slice of the institutional cake.

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