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<p><a href="https://x.com/Ripple" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@Ripple</a>'s <a href="https://x.com/search?q=%24RLUSD&amp;src=cashtag_click" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$RLUSD</a> stablecoin has posted a strong 2026 so far, capping a sustained run of growth with a new all-time high in circulating supply on May 20. Supply crossed $1.88 billion at its peak before pulling back modestly to around $1.77 billion, where it appears to be holding.</p>
<h2 id="a-year-of-steady-expansion">A Year of Steady Expansion</h2>
<p><cite>Circulating supply expanded from around $1.33 billion at the end of 2025 to successive new highs through 2026, even after a $128 million burn at the end of Q1 trimmed the float to $1.247 billion on March 31.</cite><cite>The rebuild from that low to a fresh record took less than four weeks.</cite> The latest milestone on May 20 pushed the supply beyond $1.88 billion, surpassing earlier April peaks and marking the highest level since the token's launch.</p>
<p><cite>$RLUSD is fully backed 1:1 by cash and U.S. Treasuries held in segregated accounts at BNY Mellon, with monthly third-party attestations and oversight from the New York Department of Financial Services and the Dubai Financial Services Authority.</cite> That compliance-first structure has been central to its growth story.</p>
<h2 id="institutional-demand-driving-growth">Institutional Demand Driving Growth</h2>
<p><cite>Much of the 2026 expansion has been driven by TradFi onboarding. On January 12, Ripple confirmed $RLUSD is being used as a settlement asset for BlackRock's USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), via Ripple's September 2025 partnership with tokenization platform Securitize.</cite><cite>Investors in BUIDL can now swap tokenized treasury fund shares directly for $RLUSD on-chain, around the clock.</cite></p>
<p><cite>The product was framed from day one as a compliance-first stablecoin built for cross-border payments, remittances, and enterprise settlement through Ripple Payments rather than DeFi yield farming.</cite><cite>The stablecoin has also benefited from improving U.S. regulatory sentiment toward crypto infrastructure in 2026, with recent developments surrounding stablecoin legislation and fintech banking access strengthening confidence in compliant issuers.</cite></p>
<p><cite>$RLUSD holds roughly 0.4% to 0.5% of the global stablecoin market, which stood at about $315 billion in early 2026, with Tether's USDT commanding around 58% share and Circle's USDC near 23%.</cite><cite>Ripple's pitch is regulated rails for institutions, not a liquidity arms race.</cite> For now, the supply data suggests that pitch is landing.</p>
<p><b>Sources:</b><br><a href="https://cryptonews.net/news/altcoins/32889918/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Ripple's RLUSD Just Hit a New All-Time High Supply, CryptoNews</a><br><a href="https://cryptonews.net/news/altcoins/32770189/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Ripple's RLUSD Sees Impressive Start to 2026, CryptoNews</a><br><a href="https://ripple.com/solutions/stablecoin/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Ripple USD (RLUSD) Stablecoin, Ripple.com</a></p>

Ripple's stablecoin holds strong after hitting new all-time high supply.

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