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Why Visa\'s stablecoin strategy draws more attention than Mastercard\'s

Visa and Mastercard are both investing aggressively in stablecoins as a new growth engine, but their approaches differ sharply, fintech and payments expert Tom Noyes said. Mastercard is pursuing a centralised ownership model through acquisitions such as BVNK, while Visa is expanding an ecosystem via partners and stablecoin-linked card programmes. Noyes said Visa\'s distributed model could be more advantageous by generating more value-added services revenue per unit of stablecoin volume.

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XRPL tokenised assets expand; former Ripple CTO says RWA, stablecoins are growth pillars

Former Ripple Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz said the role of the XRP Ledger (XRPL) is expanding from a payment-focused blockchain into tokenised financial infrastructure. He said XRPL now supports stablecoins, tokenised real-world assets and other issued assets. XRP community figure BankXRP cited rising indicators such as RWA market value and daily transactions, and said RippleUSD is operating on more than 40 blockchains. Data from rwa.xyz also showed increases in asset values, holders and tokenised assets.

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XRP plunges 66 percent but big holders hold on; rebound factors in focus

XRP has slid to around $1.15, down about 66 percent from its July 2025 peak, stoking concern over a prolonged downturn. On-chain data show more than 25 million XRP moved off exchanges and whale wallets holding at least 10,000 tokens hit a record 332,230. Institutional money stayed positive, with spot XRP ETFs drawing $131.94 million in May. Analysts also cite heavy short positioning, oversold indicators and U.S. regulatory developments as key variables.