The Ripple UK Approval Most People Missed
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When Ripple announced new approvals from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, the market reaction was muted. XRP barely moved, and many treated it as just another regulatory headline.
But buried in the wording was something far more significant: Ripple is now legally able to operate a full digital-asset payment stack inside one of the world’s strictest financial jurisdictions. That’s not just permission to “exist” — it’s permission to move regulated money using digital assets.
This kind of progress rarely shows up in price immediately, but it changes what institutions are actually allowed to do.
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“permission to move regulated money” is boring wording for something actually huge