GraniteShares submitted an N-1A form amendment to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 15, 2026, planning to launch two leveraged XRP exchange-traded funds—GraniteShares 3x Long XRP Daily ETF and GraniteShares 3x Short XRP Daily ETF, with an intended listing date of April 23 on the Nasdaq. These two products have been in development since 2025, with the listing date repeatedly adjusted (from April 2 to April 9, then to April 16), ultimately based on the 1933

In April 2026, a market report shows that BlackRock, Mastercard, and Franklin Templeton are simultaneously exploring the application potential of the XRP Ledger, covering directions such as asset tokenization, cross-border payments, and institutional-grade settlement. This development has sparked extensive discussion in the industry about changes in the path for institutional adoption of crypto assets. Recently, Odelia Torteman, the enterprise adoption lead at XRPL Commons, confirmed that the above institutions have clear interest in the XRP Ledger and are evaluating the feasibility of integrating it into their digital asset strategies. The shared attention of these three financial giants points to a more important issue worth examining: is the focus of institutional adoption shifting from Bitcoin and Ethereum toward more diversified blockchain infrastructure? What core capabilities of the XRP Ledger are being valued by asset management and payment giants? Asset management companies and payment giants