Ripple Is In the Middle of Mastercard, Visa, BlackRock to Position XRP As the Bridge

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Over 140 companies launched Open USD (OUSD) on June 30. Ripple, Visa, Mastercard, BlackRock, and Google all signed on. The stablecoin uses consortium governance. No single company controls it, and partners share reserve earnings rather than one issuer keeping the yield.

Versan Aljarrah, founder of Black Swan Capitalist, posted about the launch and zeroed in on Ripple’s position within it. He pointed out that Ripple sits “right in the middle” of the announcement, positioning XRP as the bridge for moving that value globally.

A New Stablecoin With No Fees

OUSD charges nothing to mint or redeem. There’s no cap on issuance either. The entity behind it, Open Standard, distributes most reserve income back to the partner companies after a small management fee. That structure flips the usual stablecoin model, where the issuer keeps the yield and users get a flat dollar token in return.

For Aljarrah, the partner list itself tells the story. Ripple isn’t a bystander here. It’s embedded in the infrastructure layer, sitting alongside the companies that move money at the largest scale in the world.

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XRP’s Potential Role

The presence of Visa, Mastercard, BlackRock and Google signals that stablecoin infrastructure is moving from speculative territory into something closer to standard financial plumbing. Ripple’s spot in that group matters specifically to XRP holders.

If OUSD scales the way its backers intend, the network handling that value movement needs proven settlement rails. Ripple has spent years positioning XRP for exactly that role. The asset offers fast, low-cost cross-border settlement. A stablecoin with zero mint and redeem fees, backed by payment giants and asset managers, still needs a bridge to move efficiently between currencies and platforms.

That’s the connection Aljarrah drew. Whether OUSD becomes the dominant stablecoin or just one of several major players, Ripple’s presence in its launch group puts XRP in the conversation at the infrastructure level rather than the speculative one.

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