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July 27, 2026

Banks Won’t Use RLUSD, But XRP—Here’s Why

Banks Won’t Use RLUSD, But XRP—Here’s Why. Jake Claver on stablecoin.

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What this recording covers

Claver explains why major financial institutions are unlikely to adopt third-party stablecoins for wholesale settlement operations. Large commercial banking institutions prefer to issue proprietary stablecoins backed by their own treasury reserves to retain interest revenues and eliminate counterparty risk associated with external technology vendors. While smaller regional banks with limited capital resources may utilize third-party stablecoin infrastructure, tier-one financial institutions will deploy independent digital instruments. Because multiple proprietary bank stablecoins create fragmented liquidity, institutions require a neutral digital bridge asset to achieve cross-bank settlement. Claver argues that routing transfers through decentralized liquidity pools using XRP enables seamless interoperability between disparate stablecoins without requiring banks to expand costly pre-funded correspondent banking accounts globally.

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