In the latest development, AEON has partnered with Ripple, adding to the growing list of strategic collaborations for the platform. With this alliance, the XRP token and the RLUSD stablecoin are now available in online and offline payment environments. The official press release states:
"Users can seamlessly use RLUSD to pay for their daily purchases, such as restaurants, shopping, top-ups, and more, all through AEON Pay's mini app on Telegram and a dapp integrated in leading wallets like Bitget Wallet and TokenPocket. Initially, this will facilitate offline payments at 20 million merchants in Southeast Asia across more than 10,000 consumer brands such as UNIQLO, McDonald's, PizzaHut, and Starbucks, with plans for expansion to Africa, Latin America, and other emerging markets soon."
This milestone comes after comments from BitGo CEO Mike Belshe, who harshly criticized XRP and praised Ripple USD. Belshe argued that Ripple failed to realize its vision of establishing XRP as a bridge currency, which ultimately led to the creation of the stablecoin.
WrathofKahneman, a prominent figure in the XRP community, has also drawn attention to this significant collaboration. In his recent post on X, WrathofKahneman wrote: "Aeon has partnered with Ripple and will now use XRP and RLUSD on its Web3 mobile payment platform."
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