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A token is only as strong as the product behind it. Stronghold's focus has always been payments infrastructure. This thread breaks down how the platform works and where $SHx fits in.

Today, @Zebec_HQ launches enterprise payroll on Stellar 💵 Employees and contractors can receive funds instantly into digital wallets, spend through Zebec’s Mastercard-powered cards, or convert digital dollars into local currency, all on Stellar. zebec.io/blog/zebec-launches…

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The speed of XRP’s growth will shock everyone.😶‍🌫️ Years ago, Ripple ran a pilot for XRP-based payments across the U.S. to Mexico corridor. The pilot succeeded.🤝 Every participant saw positive results. And one detail stood out above everything else. Mexican banks asked Ripple to SLOW DOWN the payments. 🙇‍♂️ XRP was processing transactions FASTER than the banks could handle on their end.💨 Think about that. XRP settles a standard bank transaction before the bank itself can finish processing it.💯 That was one corridor. Ripple has payment corridors mapped across the globe. 🌎 When XRP is activated across ALL of them, the volume and velocity of settlements will be unlike anything the banking system has ever operated at before.☝️ The same way Mexican banks were introduced to a new standard of speed in that pilot, financial institutions worldwide will experience that same upgrade at scale.📈 Processing speeds they have never had access to. Settlement windows that free up capital faster. Efficiency the current system has been waiting for. XRP will sit at the center of that upgrade.🌐 Moving faster than anyone can comprehend.😏💨 Listen closely.👇

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.@Mastercard is expanding its settlement capabilities with additional intraday, weekend and holiday card settlement using regulated stablecoins. Programmable, always-on payments now on Stellar.

AI agents are beginning to transact, pay for services, and settle value autonomously. Today, we're introducing the XRPL AI Starter Kit, a new set of tools and integrations designed to help developers build agentic payment applications on the XRP Ledger: on.ripple.com/4v7STIm Phase 1 includes: → XRPL Docs MCP Server → Claude Skills for wallet creation, payments, and transaction tracking → X402 support for agent-to-agent payments using $XRP and $RLUSD XRPL's fast settlement, predictable costs, and native payment functionality make it a strong foundation for agentic payments.

As AI agents begin to act, payments move into the background — at machine speed and massive scale. Today we’re introducing Mastercard Agent Pay for Machines — bringing structure, governance, and trust to this new class of payments. Launching with 30 partners to bring this to life from day one. This isn’t just more payments. It’s a new operating model for commerce. 👉 Learn more: mastercard.com/us/en/news-an…

$XRP perpetuals contracts are here – now live on @Kalshi!

@Ripple CTO Emeritus @JoelKatz on where XRP is headed: "Tokenized securities. Money market funds. Stocks. Repos. Loans." Enterprise adoption is already here. Mass retail is next. XRP in a Minute ⬇️ youtu.be/cqGfRNZSD-0

Ripple 🤝 JP Morgan Bank of America Wells Fargo Citi Documented.📝👇

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New assets now available to trade on Robinhood Crypto, including NY. $BAT (Basic Attention Token) $FLR (Flare) $STRK (Starknet)

@RobinhoodApp just listed $FLR 👀

Mastercard releases the list of banks and money transmitters that will be utilizing the stablecoin service. -ARQ Finance -CBW Bank -Cross River Bank -Lead -Nuvei RLUSD🇺🇸

‼️JUST IN: RIPPLE PARTNER THUNES ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF REAL TIME PAYMENTS IN THE US WITH TIER 1 BANK CONNECTIVITY ‼️ Today, global payments provider Thunes announced the expansion of its real time payment service into the United States. 🤝 This expansion became possible through a direct connection to a Tier 1 financial institution.🏦 Ripple maintains a strategic partnership with Thunes.😏💨 This gives XRP another clear path for use by Tier 1 banks in the U.S.☝️ Thunes also holds money transmitter licenses in all 50 states. 🇺🇸 Just like Ripple.✅ These licenses allow both companies to establish direct institutional grade connections to local clearing systems.🔒 The Ripple partnership with Thunes grants XRP direct access to a massive global network.🎯 Spanning 140 countries and more than 90 currencies. Reaching billions of mobile wallets. This is a major step to scale XRP’s use globally.🌐 Documented.📝👇

Mastercard plans to expand its integration with the XRP Ledger to support always-on settlements and time-sensitive intraday payment flows. The move will leverage the XRP Ledger’s near-instant finality, predictable low fees, and proven 14-year track record.

1/6 For everyone who's wondered when "real banks" will use blockchain: they already are. The next 18 months will be about how much, on which chains, and under which set of rules. One of Europe's biggest banks has put its euro stablecoin on XRP. Here's why that matters. 🧵👇 This content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Digital assets involve risk, including potential loss of principal. Learn more about Evernorth: evernorth.xyz/blog-post-03-1…

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Crypto Clarity Act added to Senate Legislative Calendar, making it eligible for full Senate consideration.