Robinhood Adds Ripple's RLUSD Stablecoin for Its 28.6 Million Customers
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Robinhood has announced it will list Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin on its platform, making it available to approximately 28.6 million customers. The move is notable because Robinhood already backs a rival stablecoin, USDG. RLUSD has reached a market capitalization of approximately $2.5 billion.
WHY IT MATTERS
Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies designed to maintain a steady value, usually pegged to one US dollar. Think of them like digital dollars that can be moved around on blockchain networks. When a major platform like Robinhood — which many people use as their first introduction to investing and crypto — adds a new stablecoin, it gives millions of everyday users easy access to that particular digital dollar. This listing is also interesting because Robinhood supports a competing stablecoin called USDG, which is a bit like a grocery store stocking two competing brands of the same product. For newcomers, this highlights that there are multiple stablecoin options in crypto, each issued by different companies, and platforms are increasingly letting users choose between them.
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- coindesk.com
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