$RLUSD
Sovereign Assets • Layer 1s • Payment Networks
institutional-grade USD stablecoin
$RLUSD is Ripple’s fully regulated stablecoin designed to maintain a 1:1 peg with the U.S. dollar, backed by short-term U.S. Treasuries, cash, and cash equivalents held in segregated accounts with BNY Mellon as primary custodian. Issued natively on the XRP Ledger and Ethereum, $RLUSD brings enterprise-grade transparency, regulatory alignment, and composability into the XRPL ecosystem. Chartered under the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) with 75+ global licenses, it is engineered for real-world integration including cross-border payments, liquidity provisioning, remittance flows, and tokenized settlements.
Use Case: $RLUSD is used for near-instant payments on XRPL, stable liquidity pairs on native DEXs, and as a fiat-anchored bridge between institutional finance and tokenized assets. Financial institutions leverage it for treasury operations, cross-border settlement, and as compliant on/off-ramp infrastructure.
Key Concepts:
- Regulated Stablecoin — Fully backed by U.S. Treasuries and compliant with NYDFS charter
- BNY Mellon Custody — Reserves held by oldest US bank in segregated accounts
- XRPL Integration — Native to the XRP Ledger, supporting seamless on-chain use cases
- Institutional Trust — Monthly third-party attestations and enterprise-grade transparency
- Cross-Chain Utility — Deployable on XRPL and Ethereum for multi-network liquidity
- Stablecoins — Digital assets designed to maintain steady value
- Tokenized Treasuries — Government bonds represented as blockchain-native assets
- Cross-Border Payments — International transfers powered by blockchain rails
- Depegging — Risk mitigated by full collateral and redemption rights
- $XRP — Native asset of the XRP Ledger, complementary to $RLUSD
- Financial Sovereignty — Self-custody and regulatory clarity combined
Summary: $RLUSD represents the new standard for institution-grade stablecoins. By combining full reserve backing (US Treasuries + BNY Mellon custody) with NYDFS regulatory compliance and monthly audits, Ripple has positioned $RLUSD to become the backbone for trusted stable payments, tokenized real-world assets, and enterprise DeFi. For those seeking hard asset backing beyond fiat, $KAG and $KAU offer the physical metal equivalent — together they represent the spectrum of sovereign-grade stable value.
RLUSD Infrastructure
what makes it institutional-grade
US dollar deposits
Short-term US Treasury bills
Cash equivalents
Segregated accounts
103%+ collateralization ratio
Monthly third-party attestations
BNY Mellon primary custodian
NYDFS trust company charter
75+ global licenses
ISO 27001 + SOC 2 Type II
DFSA (Dubai) approved
GENIUS Act compliant
Native on XRP Ledger (~20%)
ERC-20 on Ethereum (~80%)
Sub-second XRPL settlement
Ethereum DeFi composability
Cross-chain liquidity
Future: Cardano expansion
Raghuram Rajan (Former RBI Governor)
Kenneth Montgomery (Former Fed COO)
Sheila Bair (Former FDIC Chair)
Chris Larsen (Ripple Co-founder)
Institutional credibility
Regulatory navigation expertise
RLUSD vs USDC vs USDT
stablecoin transparency comparison
RLUSD Use Cases
how institutions are using it
Near-instant settlement on XRPL
70% reduction in FX friction
Ripple Payments integration
90+ markets supported
$70B+ processed infrastructure
Enterprise SLAs
On-chain USD liquidity
$1B+ corporate holdings
Programmable disbursements
Time-locked smart contracts
24/7 capital deployment
No banking hours limits
Lending/borrowing collateral
DEX liquidity pairs
Yield strategies on XRPL
Tokenized RWA settlement
Smart contract composability
Ethereum + XRPL access
Institutional on-ramp
Compliant off-ramp to USD
1:1 redemption guaranteed
Bank-grade settlement
Regulatory certainty
Global accessibility
Stablecoin Stability Spectrum
from algorithmic risk to sovereign-grade backing