Yesterday, the decentralized asset management platform Trident splurged 500 million dollars to include XRP in its strategic reserve! As soon as the news broke, the crypto community was left dumbfounded: retail enthusiasm had long since waned, and community discussions were quiet; why are the big players betting wildly on this 'has-been internet celebrity'? Is it true that the once powerful 'XRP Iron Army' era of retail investors must completely give way to institutional dominance?
XRP's 'dark history' is well known:
- 🎩 The 'centralized' label is firmly attached;
- ⚖️ The lawsuit against the SEC has dragged on for five years, slowing down technological progress;
- ❄️ Community enthusiasm has hit an all-time low, resembling a 'relic of the old era'.
However, the plot is quietly reversing!
1️⃣ The price remains frighteningly stable: withstood multiple rounds of crashes, firmly standing above 2 dollars, and at one point surged back into the top three globally!
2️⃣ Institutions are pouring in real money:
- Hong Kong giant Webus International invested 300 million dollars to build a global payment system for XRP;
- The US-listed company VivoPower raised 121 million dollars (led by the Saudi royal family!), specifically hoarding XRP as a core reserve;
- Whales' wallets devoured 1.4 billion XRP in a year, worth about 3.8 billion dollars!
3️⃣ Ecological upgrade, no longer just 'doing payments':
- Ripple aggressively promotes Ethereum-compatible EVM sidechains, unlocking smart contracts;
- Launched institutional-grade stablecoin RLUSD (market value nearly 390 million 💵);
- Incubating a new ecology of 'XRPFi' (XRP + DeFi), activating a market value of hundreds of billions!
- On-chain lock-up (TVL) soared past 40 million dollars, with funds pouring in from South Korea and the Philippines!
Behind-the-scenes drivers revealed:
- Compliance breakthrough: The SEC lawsuit has come to an end, XRP has finally been classified as 'not a security', clearing the obstacles for institutional entry;
- Technological empowerment: The Flare network maps XRP to FXRP, instantly transforming it into a DeFi income-generating asset! Protocols like Doppler are creating a matrix for XRP lending and leveraged mining, leading to explosive yield strategies;
- Super application scenario: The king of cross-border payments is back — efficiency improved by 90%, costs dropped by 75%, now a core pillar of G20 financial infrastructure!
> 💡 I think: XRP's recent 'quietly making a fortune' is very much like the strategies of traditional financial giants — not heating up the search trends, but accumulating positions, paving the way for compliance, and building the ecosystem. While retail investors are still entangled with the 'old relic' label, institutions have already voted with billions of dollars: the era of XRPFi has arrived!
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