Crypto
Rakuten opens XRP payments, linking 44 million users and 5 million merchants
Rakuten, Japan\'s largest e-commerce conglomerate, decided to integrate XRP across its ecosystem, opening a way for about 44 million users in Japan to use XRP for payments and transactions in daily life. Rakuten added XRP as a payment option in its Rakuten Pay app, enabling payments at more than 5 million merchants nationwide. It also supports spot trading via Rakuten Wallet and allows users to buy XRP with Rakuten Points and store assets in the wallet.
