Breaking: USDC Goes Live on XRP Ledger Through Uphold – A Game Changer for Cross-Chain Liquidity

XRP Ledger just got a major liquidity boost—Uphold bridges the gap with USDC integration.

Subheader: The Stablecoin Invasion Continues

Another domino falls as Circle’s dollar-pegged asset muscles into Ripple’s ecosystem. No more wrapping, no more hopping—just straight-shot dollar liquidity on one of crypto’s most battle-tested networks.

Subheader: Traders Win, Banks... Not So Much

Market makers can now arbitrage XRP-USDC pairs without touching legacy rails. Meanwhile, traditional finance still charges $30 wire fees and takes three business days to ‘process’ transactions.

Closing Thought: This isn’t just another listing—it’s a silent revolution. The more bridges we build, the faster the old financial guard becomes obsolete. Tick-tock, bankers.

New regulation strengthens trust in USDC and stablecoins

The strategic combination comes at a time of significant change in the regulatory environment in the US. On June 18, American legislators introduced the Genius Act, which was designed to establish a federal framework for regulating fiat-backed stablecoins such as USDC.

The Genius Act includes better licensing, disclosure, and reserve requirement parameters. The act should boost legitimate companies like Circle, the issuers of which will be seen as more credible and trustworthy in mainstream eyes.

This institutional maturity is the introduction of USDC on XRPL by Uphold. Businesses receiving that guidance will have a clearer direction on complying with US law and financial best practices when using stablecoins.

As the regulation progresses, stablecoins like USDC will evolve from tools for crypto traders to trusted components of the global financial infrastructure for payments, fintech, payroll, and treasury operations.

This might even push more adoption of XRPL as a network for regulated digital assets.

XRP ledger hits key deflationary milestone

Meanwhile, the XRP Ledger nears an imminent epoch of massive deflation. More than 13.8 million XRP were burned this way as of June 2025.

This burn has been hard-coded in the XRPL protocol from the very beginning. Each time you make a transaction, there is a small fee, and that fee is not paid out to miners or validators but is burned, thus effectively taking XRP out of circulation.

This WOULD eventually reduce supply and contribute to value growth and longevity.

While 14 million XRP is not much when you consider that there are 100 billion that will ever exist at one point, it can illustrate a steadfast network use case, not to mention the continued working deflationary nature.

Fast-finalizing, low-cost, green, deflationary aspects of XRPL provide an attractive venue to issue stablecoins and tokenize assets.

Now that USDC is on XRPL through Uphold, you have a stable digital dollar and a network with no speed, efficiency, or value shortages.

For developers, that also unlocks the ability to release payment applications, remittance tools, and DeFi protocols, which merge stable value with the speed of blockchain.

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