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Ripple and Coinbase bring RLUSD to Coinbase Prime, Coinbase Exchange and the Coinbase retail app

Ripple and Coinbase announced on 28 October 2026 that retail and institutional clients can trade and manage Ripple USD (RLUSD) through Coinbase Prime, Coinbase Exchange and the Coinbase Retail app, with 1:1 conversion from U.S. dollars and other supported USD-denominated stablecoins.

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Key takeawaysFact

  1. 1S.
  2. 2dollars and other supported USD-denominated stablecoins.
  3. 3Deposits and withdrawals are supported on the XRP Ledger, Base and Ethereum, Ripple will provide liquidity on Base, and availability for Coinbase Global Exchange customers, including using RLUSD as collateral, will follow.
  • Stablecoins

Executive summaryFact

Ripple and Coinbase announced on 28 October 2026 that retail and institutional clients can trade and manage Ripple USD (RLUSD) through Coinbase Prime, Coinbase Exchange and the Coinbase Retail app, with 1:1 conversion from U.S. dollars and other supported USD-denominated stablecoins. Deposits and withdrawals are supported on the XRP Ledger, Base and Ethereum, Ripple will provide liquidity on Base, and availability for Coinbase Global Exchange customers, including using RLUSD as collateral, will follow. (Source: joint Ripple and Coinbase release published by Ripple.)

Primary source: Ripple ↗

Starting today, retail and institutional clients can trade and manage RLUSD through Coinbase Prime, Coinbase Exchange and the Coinbase Retail app, with 1:1 conversion from U.S. dollars and other supported USD-denominated stablecoins into RLUSD.

— Ripple, verbatimString-matched against the live page 2026-10-31

Key factsFact

Event
Product launch
Jurisdiction
US
Source
Ripple
Source tier
Tier 2 · Bank / FMI
Product
Custody & trading

Adoption statusFact

  • LiveCoinbase— RLUSD trading and management on Coinbase Prime, Coinbase Exchange and the Coinbase Retail app, 1:1 conversion from USD and supported USD stablecoins

See the bank adoption tracker

Who is affectedFact

Retail and institutional clients of Coinbase Prime, Coinbase Exchange and the Coinbase Retail app; Coinbase Global Exchange customers later.

Key datesFact

  • RLUSD available on Coinbase Prime, Coinbase Exchange and the Coinbase Retail app

More from the sourceFact

“Availability for Coinbase Global Exchange customers, including leveraging RLUSD as collateral, will follow.”

“Support for deposits and withdrawals across XRPL, Base and Ethereum offers users greater flexibility to move RLUSD across blockchain ecosystems.”

Verbatim from Ripple✓ string-matched against the live page 2026-10-31

Why it matters for banksAnalysis

Access through Coinbase Prime adds an institutional execution, settlement and custody venue for a stablecoin whose reserves, per Ripple, include U.S. dollar deposits and short-term U.S. Treasuries, which matters to banks that hold such reserves or convert client dollars into stablecoins.

Editorial analysis based on the facts above and the sources below; not legal or investment advice.

What remains uncertain

  • No date is given for availability to Coinbase Global Exchange customers, including use of RLUSD as collateral.

Sources and evidence

  • Official institutionalRipple ↗2026-10-28quote matched 2026-10-31

Evidence types: how we classify sources.

Evidence

Confidence
Medium The institution’s own statement; quote string-matched. Proves what the institution says, not independent confirmation.
Quote verified
2026-10-31 16:50 UTC
Archived snapshot
SHA-256 b91f3f15befaf307… · fetched 2026-10-29 · Wayback Machine copy ↗
Source type
Official institutional Ripple ↗
Change log (12)
  1. 2026-10-31 Verify run + data (2026-10-31 afternoon deploy): verifiedAt refresh on all items, verify snapshots, tracker source verifiedAt, history snapshot 2026-10-31, metr (59ae13f)
  2. 2026-10-31 Verify run + data (2026-10-31 morning deploy): verifiedAt refresh on all items (supersedes the uncommitted verifiedAt-only edits left by the failed 30 Oct night (41e27a5)
  3. 2026-10-30 Verify run + data (2026-10-30 evening deploy): verifiedAt refresh, verify snapshots, history snapshot 2026-10-30, metrics, stablecoins, W44 weekly refresh, gene (9a19611)
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  5. 2026-10-30 Verify run + data (2026-10-30 audio deploy): verifiedAt refresh, verify snapshots, history snapshot 2026-10-30, metrics, stablecoins, monthly report PDF (3e7b364)
  6. 2026-10-30 Verify run + data (2026-10-30 morning deploy): verifiedAt refresh, verify snapshots, evidence for ECB Cipollone T+1/Pontes and Korea FSC items, history snapshot (fe010e8)
  7. 2026-10-30 Verify run + data (leftover from 2026-10-29 22:30 run): verifiedAt refresh on 85 items and tracker sources, verify snapshots, history snapshot 2026-10-29, metri (e3c2c01)
  8. 2026-10-29 Verify run + data (2026-10-29 covers deploy): verifiedAt refresh, verify snapshots, history snapshot 2026-10-29, metrics, stablecoins, monthly report PDF (8ecdc47)
  9. 2026-10-29 Verify run + data (2026-10-29 evening deploy): verifiedAt refresh, verify snapshots, evidence for Galaxy item, history snapshot 2026-10-29, metrics, stablecoins (71c9301)
  10. 2026-10-29 Newsroom 2026-10-29 evening: Galaxy applies to the OCC to establish Galaxy National Bank, a proposed national trust bank for digital asset custody, trading and (1dfb963)
  11. 2026-10-29 Verify run + data (2026-10-29 midday deploy): verifiedAt refresh, verify snapshots, evidence for BoE tokenised-collateral, Ripple/Coinbase RLUSD and Securitize (a48b8c2)
  12. 2026-10-29 Newsroom 2026-10-29 midday: Bank of England consults on supervisory expectations for CCPs accepting tokenised collateral (bankofengland.co.uk, 29 Oct; closes 12 (ddfc37a)

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