Crypto
OpenUSD launches with Visa and Mastercard as ex-Ripple engineer says XRPL was 15 years ahead
OpenUSD, a stablecoin project involving about 140 financial firms including Visa, Mastercard, Stripe and BlackRock, has launched, renewing attention on the early design philosophy of the XRP Ledger. Former Ripple principal engineer Matt Hamilton said the project’s structure is effectively the same as what XRPL envisioned when it was first designed in 2012. He said XRPL was built for banks to issue their own stablecoins and exchange them on one network.