Key Notes
- Reece Merrick announced the extension of Ripple and Garanti BBVAโs existing custody alliance.
- This marks further expansion of Rippleโs acquisition of Metaco in 2023.
- Ripple recently secured an EMI license from Luxembourg.
Ripple Managing Director Reece Merrick took to X to announce an extension of the blockchain payment firmโs collaboration with Garanti BBVA, a Turkish financial institution. The latter intends to continue using Rippleโs institutional-grade custody technology to secure major crypto assets, including Bitcoin
BTC
$89 020
24h volatility:
1.0%
Market cap:
$1.78 T
Vol. 24h:
$39.79 B
, Ethereum
ETH
$2 929
24h volatility:
2.1%
Market cap:
$353.32 B
Vol. 24h:
$23.39 B
, and XRP
XRP
$1.91
24h volatility:
2.0%
Market cap:
$115.98 B
Vol. 24h:
$2.17 B
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Rippleโs Metaco Finds a Place with Garanti BBVA
In his X post, Merrick described Garanti BBVA Kripto as โour Turkish partner,โ citing that the new deal is an extension of an existing relationship with Ripple Labs. By choosing to continue with Rippleโs custody technology, this banking giant is attesting to the vote of confidence that it has in the San Francisco-based blockchain payment company.
โThis renewal is a massive vote of confidence in our joint vision for secure, compliant digital asset infrastructure,โ Merrick wrote on X. He added that Garanti BBVAโs retail customers will continue to get access to secure transfers and storage for XRP, BTC and ETH, among other crypto assets.
Garanti BBVA made its foray into the crypto space in late 2024 after it undertook a pilot program with Ripple and IBM. It had about 14,000 early adopters at this initial stage. At the time, this collaboration was designed to enable the bank to securely build, deploy, and manage institutional-grade key management infrastructure.
This strategic deal gave the bank the avenue to offer services covering BTC, ETH, AVAX
AVAX
$12.16
24h volatility:
1.2%
Market cap:
$5.24 B
Vol. 24h:
$261.68 M
, USDC, CHZ, XRP and SOL
SOL
$127.2
24h volatility:
2.2%
Market cap:
$71.99 B
Vol. 24h:
$3.67 B
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This saw the bank utilizing Rippleโs Metaco for key management and governance operations, backed by IBMโs hyper-secure LinuxONE servers. Therefore, this latest extension marks further expansion of Rippleโs acquisition of Metaco in 2023.
Ripple Secures Green Light Letter in Europe
Apart from this GarantiBBVA Kripto deal, Ripple has achieved other milestones this year. Last week, it received a โGreen Light Letterโ from the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF).
This is a preliminary approval for an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license in Luxembourg. It added to its portfolio of over 75 global regulatory licenses.
The regulator has completed its legal review of the application but the license is yet to be fully authorized.
The company is still expected to fulfill specific operational requirements to receive final authorization. Once the full authorization is granted, Ripple gets โpassportingโ rights to offer services across the entire European Economic Area.
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