XRP Weekly Newsletter #7

Hello! Back again after a couple of weeks enjoying the summer. As usual loads happening in the digital assets (crypto) world so let’s dive in.

After nearly five years the Ripple and SEC legal case is finally 100% over. If you had told me back in December 2020 that the case would have dragged onto August 2025 I would have thought you are mad. I knew it was a farce then and that conviction has been vindicated completely as the SEC have completely exonerated Ripple of any wrong doing after both parties dropped their appeal. The initial ruling ordered that Ripple pay $125 million fine which they put into escrow. Now following the two sides dropping their appeals and the dismissal of the case Ripple will pay just $50 million with $75 million returning to them from the escrow. XRP is the only digital asset with legal clarity in the U.S. as it was declared not a security in 2023 and Ripple has come out of the legal process with a complete clean bill of health. The SEC was another example of a weaponised Government agency which needs total reform which I’m confident it will get under the stewardship of Paul Atkins who seems, by his actions to date, to be a decent, fair actor.

So it’s back to business for Ripple and last week they didn’t hang around as they were back on the acquisition trail buying a company called Rail. I’d never heard of them so asked my Brave AI app for details, this is what it told me.

Ripple has acquired Rail, a Toronto-based stablecoin-powered platform for global payments, for $200 million. The acquisition, announced on August 7, 2025, aims to strengthen Ripple's position in the stablecoin payments market by integrating Rail's technology into its existing ecosystem. Rail specializes in facilitating fast, low-cost, cross-border business-to-business (B2B) payments using stablecoins, which are digital currencies pegged to the U.S. dollar. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, pending regulatory approval.

• Core Business: Rail is a payments platform that uses stablecoins to enable real-time international business payments, significantly reducing settlement times from days to hours.

• Technology & Features: The platform provides virtual accounts and automated back-office infrastructure, allowing businesses to transact in digital assets without needing to open traditional crypto wallets or accounts. It includes compliance features like know-your-customer (KYC) workflows and transaction monitoring.

• Market Position: Rail is projected to handle approximately 10% of the $36 billion global B2B stablecoin payment market in 2025. It operates with over 12 banking partners and serves fintechs, payment providers, neobanks, and enterprise organizations.

• Funding & Backing: Before the acquisition, Rail raised $10.7 million in funding from investors including Galaxy Ventures and Accomplice

There’s been lots of talk about the anticipated XRP ETF’s with a publication called The Block stating a BlackRock spokesperson had claimed the company had no plans to launch a XRP ETF at the moment which obviously means that BlackRock are planning to launch a XRP ETF in the very near future. Remember, former Ripple employee, Robbie Mitchnick, is the head of digital assets at BlackRock and when he was at Ripple he created a predictive formula for the potential future price of XRP based on a bunch of assumptions which was in the thousands. And interestingly Robbie’s LinkedIn profile has scrubbed all mention of working at Ripple. Why would he not want anyone to know that he worked at Ripple? Why is Ripple and XRP always kept out of crypto narratives while Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana is pumped by the crypto marketing machine? Also, in 2023 there was a trust filing for a XRP ETF by BlackRock that showed up on an official Delaware website which spiked the XRP price until the deep state publication Bloomberg came out and reported the filing was fake. Also, Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock was asked directly about a XRP ETF and he said he can’t talk about that. Here is that video clip.

Conspiracies aside common sense tells us that there is no way BlackRock will miss out on the massive opportunity of a XRP ETF and I bet you they will throw there hat in the ring at the last minute and be the first to have a XRP ETF approved.

Things are getting very interesting at The Federal Reserve Bank. Soon, when I get time to write it, I will tell the short version of the amazing story of the creation of The Fed. Reading “The Creature from Jekyll Island” by G Edward Griffin was one of the biggest wake up books I’ve ever read.

Did you know that The Federal Reserve Bank is the 3rd private central bank there has been in the US. President Andrew Jackson ended the second private central bank in 1832 which saw a re-shaped, very successful U.S. economy operate without a central bank until the formation of The Federal Reserve Bank in 1913. And did you know Andrew Jackson is one of Trump’s favourite past Presidents, he has a portrait of Jackson in the Oval Office of the White House. It is no coincidence that the formation of The Fed in 1913 was the beginning of a century of non stop wars. Back to the present and last week Adriana Kugler resigned from the board at The Fed to be replaced by Stephen Miran who has helped Trump shape his economic strategy including tariffs. Is Trump putting his people in place to replace Jerome Powell who’s tenure comes to an end in May 2026? We must remember The Federal Reserve Bank and all central banks for that matter are responsible for the enslavement of humanity. There is nothing Federal about The Federal Reserve and it doesn’t have gold or anything else in reserve. The Fed’s system was only designed to last 100 years and it actually broke in 2008. A new system is ready and Trump is going to help usher it in and put an end to The Fed.

Meanwhile Ripple's application for a national banking license from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is now publicly accessible, with Volume 1 of the application released, revealing that Ripple is seeking to charter a limited-purpose national trust bank focused on B2B banking and infrastructure. This development, announced on July 2, 2025, marks a significant step in Ripple's strategy to gain federal oversight for its RLUSD stablecoin and expand its operations within the traditional financial system.