• Ripple has over 1,700 institutional contracts (per SEC court filings)
• Ripple manages 34B+ XRP in escrow
• U.S. banks & gov agencies are watching regulatory clarity closely
• Ripple is:
→ Establishing Ripple Bank
→ Applying for a Fed Master Account
→ Meeting with Trump, Fed insiders, and finance players in D.C.
→ 4 major acquisitions: GTreasury, Rail, Palisade, and Hidden road now Ripple Prime
This is not random.
2/ So how much $XRP would U.S. infrastructure actually need?
Let’s break it down by function, not price.
🔹 Scenario A:
XRP as liquidity rail (domestic + cross-border)
Purpose: Replace SWIFT friction, improve USD rail velocity
→ Required: 5B–10B XRP in high-frequency liquidity rotation
→ No need to “own” — just throughput for speed + messaging settlement