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Ripple Labs (now known as Ripple) is a San Francisco-based technology company, founded in 2012 by Chris Larsen and Jed McCaleb, that offers enterprise blockchain products on the XRP Ledger, using its XRP cryptocurrency and the RLUSD stablecoin for cross-border payments. In 2018, the company gained international traction by powering banking integrations like Japan's MoneyTap and Santander's One Pay FX, though its CEO's predictions that major banks would widely adopt XRP by 2019 did not materialize. The firm has faced significant SEC investigations for regulatory violations, but it made large political donations to Donald Trump, and his second administration subsequently softened SEC oversight of the company. To expand its footprint, Ripple made aggressive acquisitions, including Metaco in 2023 and Rail, Hidden Road, GTreasury, and Palisade in 2025, totaling billions of dollars. Despite being labeled a "crypto zombie" by Forbes in 2024 for its slow disruption of the SWIFT network and low fee generation, the company contributed a massive $4 billion to the cryptocurrency industry between 2023 and 2025.