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Ripple has minted 50,000 RLUSD tokens, increasing the total supply to 48.6 million. The minting is part of Ripple’s testing phase for RLUSD, aimed at facilitating secure cross-border payments. CEO Brad Garlinghouse emphasizes the company’s focus on expanding the stablecoin market rather than competing with existing players. Ripple has minted another 50,000 RLUSD tokens, increasing its stablecoin supply. The minting was confirmed on the Ethereum blockchain by a community-based tracker and recorded at block height 21041720. This process involved the transfer of tokens to a designated wallet. This issuance is part of Ripple’s strategy in the ongoing testing phase before unveiling RLUSD for public use. By offering RLUSD, Ripple aims to support enterprises and financial institutions in executing secure, large-scale cross-border payments. Ripple Expands RLUSD Supply to $48M The latest minting is significantly smaller than previous ones. On October 16, Ripple minted 4 million RLUSD in one transaction. The day before, Ripple had minted a massive 9 million RLUSD tokens in another single transaction. Even more staggering, 18 million tokens were minted earlier on October 15, bringing the total minted on that day to 27 million RLUSD tokens. With the latest record, the total circulating supply of RLUSD is 48.6 million tokens, according to Etherscan.  It is worth noting that the minting activities of RLUSD are often followed by a series of transfers to unknown wallets. These transactions typically involve thousands of RLUSD, including a recent transfer of 100,000 RLUSD on October 19. This series of minting events reflects Ripple’s commitment to thoroughly testing of RLUSD ahead of its full public launch. Ripple began testing RLUSD on both the XRP Ledger and Ethereum mainnet in early August, and the stablecoin remains in private beta on both blockchains.  Garlinghouse on Ripple’s Strategic Push for Stablecoins In a recent interview with the…

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