RIPPLE JUST MADE THE SHIFT | IT'S STARTING NOW FOR XRP ($46 TRILLION!)

Stablecoin Market Growth & Trends - Stablecoins are experiencing significant growth in on-chain value and transfer volume, with monthly transfer volume exceeding $4 trillion and projected to reach $10 trillion [2][3] - Monthly transfer volume increased by over 37%, reaching $29 trillion, while the stablecoin market cap rose by over 3% to $296 billion in the last 30 days [5] - Monthly active addresses are up 13% to over 30 million, and the number of holders is up 245% to almost 200 million [5] - Stablecoins processed $46 trillion in transactions over the past year, nearly three times Visa's volume ($16 trillion) and closing in on the ACH network ($87 trillion) [27][28] - Stablecoins offer significant cost efficiencies compared to traditional payment methods, with transaction fees near zero compared to banks (1266%), MTOs (535%), and mobile carriers (387%) for a $200 transfer [29] ROUSD Performance & Adoption - ROUSD is highlighted as a trustworthy, transparent, and fully backed stablecoin, gaining attention from institutional players [7][8] - ROUSD's value on-chain is closing in on $900 million, up over 21% in the last 30 days, with monthly transfer volume up almost 90% to $65 billion [13][14] - ROUSD recorded its highest monthly trading volume in history, with $17 billion transacted in the week of October 12th [14] - ROUSD experienced a 31% jump on the XRP ledger, surpassing $100 million, with transfer volume surging almost 84% to almost $9 million [15] - All recent mints of ROUSD have been on the XRP ledger, including $245 million, $13 million, $18 million, and $500,000+ [17] - Visa is highlighting Ripple's ROUSD alongside USDC and USDT in its new report on stablecoins powering on-chain lending [19] Ripple's Strategic Moves & XRP Ledger Growth - Ripple's acquisition of G Treasury allows it to tap into a $120 trillion corporate treasury payments market [9] - Ripple aims to unlock idle capital (previously $27 trillion in Nostro/Vostro accounts) and enable real-time cross-border payments using stablecoins and the XRP ledger [10][11][12] - The stablecoin market cap on XRP surpassed $300 million for the first time, indicating major growth and usage of the XRP ledger [15] - The industry anticipates that increased stablecoin usage on networks like the XRP Ledger will drive network effects and positively impact the value of underlying gas tokens like XRP [33][34]