
{"id":218981,"date":"2026-08-27T06:26:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T06:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=218981"},"modified":"2026-08-27T06:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T06:26:24","slug":"2-major-ripple-xrp-updates-mastercard-gets-involved-etf-changes-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=218981","title":{"rendered":"2 Major Ripple (XRP) Updates: Mastercard Gets Involved, ETF Changes Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent update from the XRP Ledger Foundation welcomed the TradFi giant, which has a long history with Ripple, to a hackathon taking place just ahead of the major conference, Ripple Swell.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 21Shares\u2019s XRP ETF has changed how it prices the underlying token amid renewed inflows into all such funds.<\/p>\n<h2>Mastercard Joins<\/h2>\n<p>The XRP Ledger Foundation said it was \u201cthrilled\u201d to welcome the global technology behemoth in the payments industry as a sponsor of the XRP Ledger Hackathon, scheduled for late October. It\u2019s a 36-hour pre-event to the Ripple Swell 2026 conference, which runs from October 27 to October 29, while the hackathon is open on October 24-25.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a decade of proven robustness and architecture, the XRP network is ideally suited for payment use cases.\u00a0Register, build, and connect with industry leaders like Mastercard. It\u2019s your time to shine,\u201d said the team.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement comes just a few months after Mastercard expanded its relationship with the broader Ripple ecosystem, as well as other crypto giants. As <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/mastercard-enlists-ripple-binance-and-paypal-in-new-crypto-partnership-report\/\">reported<\/a> in March, the TradFi firm enlisted several industry companies, such as Binance, Gemini, PayPal, Paxos, Circle, and Ripple, in a new partnership program aiming at connecting blockchain with its own vast global payments infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Mastercard took it a step further, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/ripples-rlusd-in-focus-as-mastercard-expands-stablecoin-strategy\/\">expanding<\/a> the blockchain integration with new support assets like Ripple\u2019s own stablecoin, RLUSD, and Circle\u2019s USDC.<\/p>\n<h2>ETF Changes to TOXR<\/h2>\n<p>An SEC filing showed that 21Shares has switched the pricing of the underlying assets for its XRP ETF (TOXR), moving from the CME Group to the new FTSE XRP Index, effective today.<\/p>\n<p>The other notable change to their financial vehicle means the sponsor will be paid once every three months instead of every week. More importantly, the sponsor will be paid in XRP.<\/p>\n<p> 21Shares XRP ETF (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=%24TOXR&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$TOXR<\/a>) just switched how it prices XRP moving from CME to the new FTSE XRP Index starting Aug 27.<\/p>\n<p>They also changed how the sponsor gets paid now once every 3 months instead of every week, and paid in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=%24XRP&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$XRP<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I1dHswlJ9t\">https:\/\/t.co\/I1dHswlJ9t<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U6oHwAVlzi\">pic.twitter.com\/U6oHwAVlzi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\uddd5\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf8XRP (@BankXRP) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BankXRP\/status\/2092741149551374451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the spot XRP ETFs have <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/ripple-etfs-see-best-week-since-may-as-xrp-exploded-to-7-month-high\/\">extended<\/a> their impressive streak of net inflows, attracting $13.82 million on Monday, $24 million on Tuesday, and just over $28 million on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>TOXR, however, remains the only XRP ETF in the red, with cumulative net flows of -$20.06 million. In contrast, Bitwise\u2019s XRP ETF remains the largest of the bunch, currently holding $575 million in cumulative net inflows.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/2-major-ripple-xrp-updates-mastercard-gets-involved-etf-changes-announced\/\">2 Major Ripple (XRP) Updates: Mastercard Gets Involved, ETF Changes Announced<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent update from the XRP Ledger Foundation welcomed the TradFi giant, which has a long history with Ripple, to a hackathon taking place just ahead of the major conference, Ripple Swell. Meanwhile, 21Shares\u2019s XRP ETF has changed how it prices the underlying token amid renewed inflows into all such funds. 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