Ripple Labs Inc. is making significant progress in Asia, highlighted by its participation in the WebX 2024 conference in Tokyo, Japan.
This event, focusing on Web3 innovation across industries, provided Ripple with an opportunity to showcase its ongoing advancements in the payments sector.
Marcus Infanger, Senior Vice President of RippleX, spoke at the event, highlighting the growing importance of tokenization in traditional finance.
Real-World Assets (RWA) tokenization is a hot topic in the blockchain world, with major financial players such as BlackRock and Franklin Templeton leading the way. Ripple is now positioning itself to catch up, having recently partnered with Archax to enter the tokenization market.
Although no major product has been announced yet, Ripple has already begun testing, recently tokenizing the US dollar with its stablecoin RLUSD.
At the conference, Ripple received recognition from Yoshitaka Kitao, CEO and chairman of SBI Holdings, one of Ripple’s longtime partners. This fueled speculation of a potential future collaboration between the two companies that could aid Ripple’s growth strategy in Asia.
As Ripple continues to build partnerships and expand its influence, the next few months will be crucial for the company.
Ripple was out in full force at @WebX_Asia – SVP @RippleXDev @markusinfanger took the stage discussing the growing opportunity for traditional finance with RWA tokenization, and we were honored to have SBI Holdings CEO and Chairman @yoshitaka_kitao stop by the Ripple booth.… pic.twitter.com/zrh2OPe2Zl
— Ripple (@Ripple) August 30, 2024
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