Ripple’s ecosystem is seeing notable momentum, with XRP and its RLUSD stablecoin making main advances within the crypto market.
Coinbase lists XRP futures
On April 21, Coinbase launched XRP futures contracts on its US derivatives platform. These contracts, regulated by the Commodity Futures Buying and selling Fee (CFTC), supply merchants a compliant method to entry XRP with out immediately holding the asset.
Futures contracts permit buyers to take a position on future worth actions or hedge positions.
In accordance with Coinbase’s submitting, the trade launched two XRP futures contracts: commonplace contracts containing 10,000 XRP for institutional gamers and “nano” contracts comprising 500 XRP or about $1,000 every, tailor-made for retail individuals. Each contracts use the MarketVector Coinbase XRP Index as a benchmark and settle in US {dollars}.
This itemizing locations XRP alongside different main cryptocurrencies reminiscent of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana on Coinbase’s derivatives platform.
In the meantime, the launch additionally arrives amid a rising wave of institutional curiosity in XRP, evidenced by the introduction of a number of XRP-based monetary merchandise in latest weeks.
RLUSD stablecoin faucets into DeFi by way of Aave
Ripple’s new stablecoin, RLUSD, additionally marked a key milestone with its integration into Aave’s V3 Ethereum Core Market on the identical day.
In accordance with the X publish, Aave, the biggest decentralized lending protocol by whole worth locked (TVL), now permits customers to produce and borrow RLUSD. The lending pool is capped at $50 million, and the borrowing pool is proscribed to $5 million.
Aave’s help is a major improvement for RLUSD, contemplating the protocol’s affect in DeFi. Aave operates throughout 17 blockchain networks, together with Ethereum, Sonic, Base, Optimism, Polygon, and Arbitrum. So, this integration presents RLUSD publicity to a broader on-chain person base.
Nevertheless, exercise has been modest, with simply $241 provided and a utilization fee of round 41%.
However, the transfer paves the best way for RLUSD to develop inside DeFi purposes. Since launching in December, the stablecoin has grown to a market cap of $294 million, fueled by elevated buying and selling quantity and new partnerships.
