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In brief Wellgistics Health plans to build out an XRP treasury and XRP-enabled payment infrastructure, using a $50 million equity line of credit. The healthcare infrastructure company aims to connect manufacturers directly to pharmacies with its blockchain-powered payment infrastructure. The firm is one of the latest public companies to add crypto to its corporate treasury. Wellgistics Health, a publicly traded healthcare infrastructure firm, plans to accept payments in XRP and will add Ripple Labs’ token to its corporate treasury—aligning the business with a growing list of publicly traded companies that have embraced digital assets in the U.S.  Tampa-based Wellgistics plans to adopt XRP for payments infrastructure that will connect manufacturers directly to pharmacies, the company said Thursday in a statement. The firm’s blockchain-powered platform, which is still under development, could reduce costs, increase transaction speeds, and promote financial transparency across its healthcare network, according to the company.    “We are developing a platform that connects manufacturers directly to pharmacies and patients—bypassing the red tape and placing control back in the hands of those who deliver care,” Wellgistics Health CEO Brian Norton said Friday in a statement.   XRP was recently trading at $2.35, up 5% in the past 24 hours, according to data provider CoinGecko.  Wellgistics Health plans to capitalize its XRP initiatives with a $50 million equity line of credit.  It is not immediately clear how much that credit line will go toward the company’s crypto-enabled payments network and its XRP treasury, respectively.   Wellgistics Health did not immediately respond to Decrypt’s request for comment.  The firm’s plans to develop a blockchain-powered payments platform come as various publicly traded companies dabble with digital assets and distributed-ledger technology, emboldened by lawmakers’ recent push to establish more favorable crypto industry regulations in the U.S.  Biglari Holdings subsidiary Steak ‘n Shake announced it would…

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