Ripple has made its USD-backed stablecoin Ripple USD (RLUSD) available in Turkey, positioning it for local settlement use. RLUSD's market capitalization has climbed past $1.7 billion, and the token is already listed on Binance, Bitstamp, Kraken, and OKX. Local firms including BiLira, Bitexen, and Bitlo plan to use RLUSD for dollar-denominated settlement for corporate and institutional clients.

Ripple carried out its regular monthly escrow release, unlocking 1 billion XRP in three transfers totaling more than $1.33 billion. The moves included 500 million XRP ($666.07 million), 400 million XRP ($532.86 million), and 100 million XRP (about $133.21 million). Based on early June 2026 Binance market data, around 61.85 billion XRP are circulating and roughly 38.15 billion remain in escrow.

The Cardano Foundation has called off its planned flagship summit in Singapore for 2026 after a revised treasury request was rejected in on-chain governance. The proposal sought 7.8 million ADA (about $2 million) and fell short of the 66.67% DRep approval threshold, ending near 65.21%.

Stellar's XLM surged about 60% while XRP remained largely flat, following a DTCC and Stellar Development Foundation announcement tied to tokenizing DTC-custodied traditional assets on the public Stellar blockchain. Separately, XRP saw heavy exchange movements: 22.80 million XRP flowed onto exchanges on Thursday at a 15-week low, while 25.24 million XRP later moved back into self-custody.

CME Group will enable around-the-clock trading for a range of crypto futures and options starting this Friday, covering contracts tied to XRP and Cardano (ADA). The change is designed to better match 24/7 crypto markets, with only a brief weekend maintenance break of at least two hours. CME also cited recent scale metrics for its crypto suite, including $62.87 billion in XRP futures notional volume over the past year.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called on Congress to move rapidly on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, arguing the U.S. should become a global center for digital assets. The bill passed the House with bipartisan backing in July 2025, but has since slowed in the Senate despite a 15-9 Senate Banking Committee vote on its version. Polymarket pricing put the odds of the measure being signed into law at 56% at the time of writing.

A New York man identified as Noah Doe and two corporate entities sued “John Does 1–39,069” in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, seeking a declaration that they own 39,069 long-inactive digital wallets and the cryptocurrency inside, described as 3.8 million BTC. The filing says Doe located wallets with no activity for at least five years, then used OP_RETURN notices and other outreach; 424 owners signaled on-chain that their funds were not abandoned while the remaining wallets did not respond.

On May 26, XRP spot ETFs logged a $1.55 million daily net inflow even as Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs posted net outflows of $105.19 million and $33.16 million. Total net inflows for U.S. XRP ETF products have moved past $1.4 billion to about $1.409 billion, with ETF net assets at $1.12 billion. XRP was trading around $1.33, valuing the asset near $82.2 billion in market cap.

The XRP Ledger community is nearing an operational deadline: in less than 36 hours, nodes and validators running versions older than XRPL 3.1.3 are expected to be cut off from the network. Vet (@Vet_X0) urged infrastructure providers, DEXs, and NFT marketplaces to upgrade, noting that only 40% of the network had updated at the time of the warning. The issue affects service operators rather than everyday XRP holders, and access should resume once affected servers update.