Absa Corporate and Investment Banking has introduced a regulated digital asset custody service in South Africa, leveraging Ripple's custody technology. This platform offers institutional clients a secure environment to safeguard crypto assets with strong governance, compliance, and recoverability controls, addressing key challenges like key management and access control. The move is timely, given the rapid growth of crypto value in Sub-Saharan Africa, which saw over $205 billion in onchain crypto transactions between July 2024 and June 2025. Ripple's expanding custody capabilities mark a strategic shift beyond payments, positioning custody as a significant institutional revenue stream.
XRP (Ripple) trades at Rp27.344 on Pluang, with a market cap of Rp1.734,94 trillion and a 1-day change of -0.91% as of Sep 27, 2026 20:21 WIB. This trading data highlights Ripple's ongoing market presence as it expands custody services in Africa's rapidly growing $205 billion crypto market. The platform shows a 64% sell and 36% buy order activity, indicating active investor engagement during this strategic shift beyond payments.
Ripple is hosting an XRP event in Seoul on October 3, 2026, featuring major Korean banks like Woori Bank, Kyobo Securities, and Kakao Bank. The event will focus on tokenization, crypto payments, and decentralized finance (DeFi), highlighting Ripple's...
Ripple is valued at about $50 billion in the private market following a $750 million share buyback, but owning XRP tokens does not grant investors any ownership stake in Ripple. The buyback benefits only Ripple shareholders and employees with company...
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse acknowledged that XRP is not the ideal asset for every payment scenario, highlighting that stablecoins may better solve some customer needs. He also revealed he personally owns Solana (SOL) and rejects the idea of choosin...
Traders on Kalshi are betting that XRP will hit $1.70 before the end of September, driven by its strong price rally and breaking resistance at $1.6. Currently trading at $1.53, XRP would need to rise over 11% in the next few days to reach this target...
Bitcoin held steady around $84,626, marking a 0.84% daily gain and a 43.5% rise this quarter, its best Q3 since 2017. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $2.4 billion last week, the largest weekly inflow in nearly a year, signaling strong institutional ...
