Ripple’s Quiet Rise: From Undercover Stablecoin to Top 100 Shock!

Alright, so Ripple’s RLUSD-yeah, that’s the dollar-stablecoin no one really pays much attention to-has managed to sneak past Zcash. Who knew, right? It’s now sitting pretty in 104th place, just chillin’ with a market cap of $602.6 million. Meanwhile, Zcash is sulking down in 106th, losing nearly 12% over the week. And yet, RLUSD still sticks to that “never go above a dollar” thing. It’s almost comedic. “Hey, I’m stable!” .

This whole switcheroo? Totally under the radar, as if nobody really cared. Just some steady growth-nothing flashy, just over 602 million tokens out there and a daily trading volume of $35.8 million. Sounds impressive? Yeah, but it’s more like the quiet kid in class who suddenly becomes Class President. Meanwhile, some of these fancy mid-cap altcoins, with their big price tags, are basically throwing tantrums, unable to keep investors interested during the market slowdown. Tell me about it.

And Zcash? Oh, it’s just the latest victim of the “legacy privacy coins” cascade. They’re losing their charm-nobody’s making it rain with privacy anymore. ZEC is now worth 36 bucks, which is cute, but it’s getting trounced in trading and cap by this “not-supposed-to-do-anything” stablecoin that just refuses to budge from a dollar. Go figure.
Really makes you think about the magic of stability, huh?

RLUSD vs. the other invisible giants

What’s hilarious is RLUSD makes this leap amid a crowd of barely-glimpsed stablecoins-like PayPal USD and First Digital USD-that are creeping up quietly, probably in your blind spot. But now, suddenly RLUSD is neck-and-neck with them. Looks like Ripple’s little experiment is turning into something more than a backend “meh” utility. It’s actually growing. Go figure.

If these mid-tier tokens keep melting away, RLUSD will probably be knocking on the top 100’s door soon. Not because everyone suddenly notices it, but because it’s just-staying steady. Sometimes, in this wild West of crypto, stability is the new cool. Who would have thought?

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2025-08-05 15:27