Ripple Unveils Ripple Mint Platform for Institutional RLUSD Operations

Ripple has introduced Ripple Mint, an enterprise platform designed to help institutions access, mint, redeem, and manage its U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, RLUSD. Aimed at high-volume financial operations, the platform supports workflow automation, integration with existing systems, and digital dollar liquidity management across multiple blockchain networks. Ripple said on X that Ripple Mint brings together a web-based interface and API connectivity. Institutions can manage RLUSD through a dashboard or automate minting, redemption, and treasury processes through direct integrations. Ripple added that the platform is available immediately to existing RLUSD customers. The company positions Ripple Mint as a replacement for fragmented, manual stablecoin procedures, offering a unified setup for exchanges, fintech firms, payment providers, market makers, and asset managers. Users can mint and redeem RLUSD directly, bridge the stablecoin across supported chains, monitor activity in real time, and connect stablecoin operations with treasury, settlement, compliance, and accounting systems. The platform also includes advanced APIs and real-time webhook alerts intended to provide end-to-end visibility through the mint-and-redeem cycle. Ripple said unified reference IDs allow users to track fiat deposits, mint requests, on-chain settlement, and redemption payouts, simplifying reconciliation and reducing operational complexity. The launch comes as Ripple expands RLUSD beyond the XRP Ledger (XRPL) and Ethereum. The regulated stablecoin is extending to Base, Optimism, Ink, Unichain, and the XRPL EVM Sidechain, increasing institutional reach into decentralized finance, cross-border payments, digital asset exchanges, and tokenized real-world asset markets. Ripple described the XRPL EVM Sidechain as central to its multichain strategy, pairing Ethereum Virtual Machine compatibility with the speed, low cost, and efficiency of the XRP Ledger. The company said this lets developers and enterprises deploy Ethereum-based applications while staying connected to XRPL's high-performance ecosystem. Ripple also reiterated that RLUSD is meant to complement, not replace, XRP. RLUSD is framed as a regulated digital dollar for payments, settlement, and treasury management, while XRP remains the network's liquidity and bridge asset for cross-chain transfers, decentralized swaps, collateralization, and global payment flows. Alongside Ripple Mint and recent integrations including RedotPay's XRPL-powered RLUSD payment card, Ripple said it is accelerating an institutional-grade digital finance stack where regulated stablecoins and XRP work together to support faster, more efficient global financial infrastructure.