Ripple Teams Up With Stripe’s Privy to Enable XRP Payments in Apps

Gadgets360 - Oct 14, 2026

Ripple is integrating Privy’s programmable wallet technology into the XRP Ledger to help developers build payment systems within applications. The infrastructure will support wallet creation, management, and transaction signing for XRP, Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin, and other XRPL assets. Privy also sees potential for server-side wallets that allow AI agents to make ...

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