Ripple RLUSD Sees Multichain Expansion With Wormhole Integration

Ripple USD (RLUSD) is preparing for a major expansion after integrating with Wormhole’s Native Token Transfers (NTT) framework. The move will allow the Ripple-backed stablecoin to operate across multiple blockchain networks while maintaining native issuance and compliance controls.

The development marks one of the biggest infrastructure upgrades for RLUSD since its launch. Until now, the stablecoin primarily operated on the XRP Ledger and Ethereum. Through Wormhole’s interoperability infrastructure, RLUSD is expected to reach dozens of additional blockchain ecosystems and support a wider range of institutional and decentralized finance applications.

RLUSD Goes Multichain Through Wormhole

According to the announcement, RLUSD’s multichain expansion will expand its reach and enable it to support multiple use cases. The stablecoin, which launched in 2025, currently has a circulating supply of $1.75 billion.

It has seen relatively significant growth in recent times, including a 13% increase in the past month. Still, it remains far below the mega-cap stablecoins such as Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC which control over 80% of the market.

With Ripple focused on boosting RLUSD adoption through institutions, enabling cross-chain operability has become crucial. Wormhole acknowledged this in its post, noting that RLUSD was designed for institutional finance.

However, it stated that institutions typically require assets that can operate across multiple networks. With the Wormhole infrastructure layer, RLUSD can do so, expanding its accessibility while remaining in regulatory compliance.

RLUSD can now be used across several blockchain ecosystems, supporting use cases in payments, on/off ramps, tokenization, and decentralized finance.

RLUSD Stablecoin Sees Increased Adoption with Expansion into Turkey

The technical upgrade for RLUSD is coming at an ideal time as the stablecoin has been seeing increased adoption. It recently became available in Turkey after Ripple partnered with three local firms.

Two crypto exchanges, Bitexen and Bitlo, and a crypto infrastructure platform, Bitlira, all said they will integrate the stablecoin. Interestingly, the integration is designed not just for retail users but also supports enterprise use cases.

Turkey is the largest crypto market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, making RLUSD adoption and growth more likely there.

Meanwhile, Mastercard recently tapped the RLUSD as one of the stablecoins it will support for settlement. Mastercard selected USDC, PYUSD, RLUSD, USDG, USDP, and SoFiUSD.

The payment processor had also expanded its settlement infrastructure to include blockchain networks such as Solana, Arbitrum, and Base for the supported stablecoins.

It already enables settlement on five other networks, including Ethereum, XRP Ledger, Polygon, Tempo, and Canton.