Ripple's $200 million acquisition of Rail officially completed, further expanding the stablecoin payment landscape

2025-12-12 04:26:18

【Blockchain Rhyme】Ripple’s $200 million acquisition has finally been finalized! On December 12th, they officially took over the stablecoin payment platform Rail.

This news was actually hinted at as early as August this year, when it was announced that they planned to spend $200 million to acquire this global payment platform. Now that everything is settled, Ripple’s ambitions are becoming more apparent—they aim to build a complete ecosystem for stablecoin payments.

Thinking about it, Ripple Payments already has an existing payment network and digital asset liquidity, with over 60 compliant licenses. Now, with the acquisition of Rail’s virtual account system and automated backend, their payment infrastructure has been elevated to a new level. After the merger, their influence in the “digital asset payments” arena is expected to grow even stronger.

The stablecoin payment track is becoming more and more lively, with resourceful and technically skilled players starting to integrate upstream and downstream, and there may be more major moves ahead.

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RetroHodler91

· 2025-12-14 22:26

Investing 200 million dollars, Ripple is really going all out for a big move.

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TokenTherapist

· 2025-12-14 00:46

Ripple's hand is really fierce, dropping over 60 licenses all at once, and now they've swallowed Rail... The entire payment ecosystem is now in their control.

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RatioHunter

· 2025-12-12 04:53

Ripple’s move is indeed aggressive—over 60 licenses plus Rail’s account system, they’re aiming to monopolize stablecoin payments. Just hearing about the $200 million shows how much Ripple wants to grab this piece of the pie—truly a capital player. By the way, Rail was so low-profile before; only after being acquired did we realize what this platform is really about, haha. Is stablecoin payment finally becoming a reality, or is it just another round of capital hype? Waiting for the next public chain team to join the fun.

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MemeCoinSavant

· 2025-12-12 04:50

ngl ripple's just playing 4d chess while everyone's arguing about regulation. 60+ licenses + rail's infrastructure = they're basically unstoppable at this point

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TerraNeverForget

· 2025-12-12 04:47

Ripple's move is indeed fierce; with over 60 licenses and a virtual account system, they are basically taking control of stablecoin payments.

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0xSunnyDay

· 2025-12-12 04:38

Ripple's move is well played; integrating upstream and downstream is about establishing a monopoly on the discourse.

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OldLeekMaster

· 2025-12-12 04:33

No wonder Ripple has been making such big moves lately—are they aiming to monopolize stablecoin payments? --- Spending 200 million just for a virtual account system? It seems Ripple has truly bet on the right horse. --- Over 60 compliance licenses—what a moat that is... No wonder they can be so bold. --- Stablecoin payments are heating up. It looks like the next acquisition target won't escape. --- If this wave of mergers and acquisitions is successfully integrated, Ripple's influence will definitely be different. --- Wait, I haven't heard about Rail before? Could this be Ripple playing a big chess game? --- Just piling up money can't build an ecosystem; key is in execution. --- Another wave of M&A is coming, and smaller platforms will have a tougher time. --- Ripple really has these compliance licenses, but how much they can be monetized remains to be seen. --- Stablecoin payments are truly a blue ocean. Ripple is probably a bit late to get involved now.

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