{"id":79654,"date":"2026-04-07T12:31:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=79654"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:31:43","slug":"ripple-targets-africas-205-billion-crypto-market-but-xrp-cant-hold-1-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=79654","title":{"rendered":"Ripple Targets Africa&#8217;s $205 Billion Crypto Market But XRP Can&#8217;t Hold $1.30"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Ripple is expanding into Africa\u2019s $205 billion crypto market with RLUSD partnerships and custody solutions as <strong>XRP<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"XRP\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/XRP-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/xrp\/usd\">XRP<\/a>) tests the $1.30 support that has held multiple times over the past two weeks.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Africa Push<\/h3>\n<p>Sub-Saharan Africa <a href=\"https:\/\/ripple.com\/insights\/crypto-regulation-in-africa\/\">received<\/a> more than $205 billion in on-chain value between July 2024 and June 2025, a 52% year-over-year increase.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria ranked 6th and Ethiopia 12th in the 2025 Global Crypto Adoption Index.<\/p>\n<p>Ripple\u2019s RLUSD stablecoin has seen strong demand across Africa through partnerships with Mercy Corps Ventures in Kenya for aid delivery, plus Chipper Cash, VALR, and Yellow Card for institutional access.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Absa Bank signed a strategic partnership for Ripple Custody.<\/p>\n<p>Ripple\u2019s 2026 survey found 57% of finance leaders prefer partners that provide custody, orchestration, and compliance together rather than managing components separately.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Regulatory Wave<\/h3>\n<p>Eight African countries have implemented crypto-specific regulation, with more working toward formal &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/04\/51677009\/ripple-targets-africas-205-billion-crypto-market-but-xrp-cant-hold-1-30?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Ripple\" targets africa billion crypto market but xrp can hold>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ripple is expanding into Africa\u2019s $205 billion crypto market with RLUSD partnerships and custody solutions as XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) tests the $1.30 support that has held multiple times over the past two weeks. The Africa Push Sub-Saharan Africa received more than $205 billion in on-chain value between July 2024 and June 2025, a 52% year-over-year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-79654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}