Mastercard Expands XRP Ledger for Stablecoin Settlement as XRP Turns 14

According to the XRP Ledger Foundation, on June 4, Mastercard announced plans to expand its integration with the XRP Ledger to support always-on settlements and time-sensitive intraday payment flows. The expansion will leverage XRPL's near-instant finality and low fees, with support for stablecoins including USDC, PYUSD, RLUSD, USDG, USDP, and SoFiUSD across Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, and XRPL networks.

The milestone coincided with XRP's 14-year anniversary, marked by reflections from Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and CTO Emeritus David Schwartz on the ledger's sustained operation and community-driven growth in cross-border finance and institutional payment use cases.