[DigitalToday reporter Yoonseo Lee (이윤서)] XRP’s monthly transaction count rose 65 percent over the past year, sharpening a trend toward broader real-world use.

The Crypto Basic, a blockchain media outlet, reported on May 12 local time that monthly transactions on the XRP ledger increased from about 43 million in May 2025 to 71 million a year later. The figure was presented as an indicator that XRP is expanding its use beyond simple trading demand into actual fund transfers and payment infrastructure.

Asset management firm Evernorth said on X, formerly Twitter, that speculative trading tends to surge for a short period and then fall quickly, while networks with real use cases show steady, repeatable growth. It added that the rise in monthly transactions is a sign that companies are moving funds using XRP.

Robinhood’s global crypto exchange Bitstamp was cited as a main driver of the increase in transactions. Bitstamp has supported XRP for a long time and was named as one of the main platforms through which major investors move XRP.

DeFi platform Justoken was also cited as a key source of inflows. On Justoken, XRP accounts for 67 percent of the value of tokenised real-world assets (RWA) worth $2.63 billion.

Ripple USD (RLUSD) stablecoin, Brazil’s commercial bank Braza Bank and capital market infrastructure firm VERT Capital were also mentioned as major examples contributing to the expansion of XRP transactions. That suggests the XRP ecosystem is expanding beyond exchange liquidity into stablecoins, banks and capital market infrastructure.

Expansion on the payments infrastructure side is also continuing. Ripple recently said its payments infrastructure is connected to 13,000 banks worldwide and that payment volume through it totals $12.5 trillion. That indicates XRP is still broadening its base of use in settlement, an area where it has long shown strength.

The XRP ledger is also growing in RWA tokenisation. The size of tokenised U.S. Treasuries increased more than eightfold to $418 million from $50 million a year earlier. Evernorth assessed the trend as evidence that the rise in monthly transactions is a clear signal of real utility.

In this situation, the point the market is watching is whether XRP’s rise in transactions will go beyond a one-off event and lead to structural expansion into payments, stablecoins and RWA tokenisation. Based only on the figures disclosed so far, the XRP ledger is widening its base of use as participation increases among both retail users and institutions.

1/3 Utility is rare in digital assets. On XRP, it's measurable, and last month it set a record. 12 months of XRP transaction data: 43M → 71M (+65%) This content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Digital assets involve risk,… pic.twitter.com/RoFzNRgEqG