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A weekly structured briefing on the XRP ecosystem. We ask the same five questions every week so that trends are comparable over time — and so the answers are easy to scan, cite and pick up by AI answer engines. If you only read one column, this is the one.


Weekly Intelligence · Aug 16, 2026

Weekly Intelligence — August 16, 2026

Network: 2.64M daily transactions and an 8-week high in active accounts. Stablecoins: RLUSD at $1.28B and accelerating. DeFi: AMM breadth without depth, RLUSD becoming the quote asset. Payments: two new corridors. Plus a scorecard reviewing last week's outlook (5 for 5) and detailed next-week triggers.

Published Aug 16, 2026 · ~12 min read

The five questions

  1. Network — How healthy is the XRP Ledger? Transactions, accounts, settlement, events.
  2. Stablecoins — How is RLUSD performing? Supply, issuance/redemptions, adoption.
  3. DeFi — What happened in XRPL DeFi? AMM pools, DEX volume, new projects.
  4. Payments — What changed in Ripple's payment network and settlement corridors?
  5. Outlook — What deserves attention in the next seven days?

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