Societe Generale

XRP Ledger version 3.3.0 introduces a proposed Confidential Transfers amendment designed to encrypt balances and payment amounts for certain tokenized assets. The upgrade is aimed at institutional real-world asset issuers, though it still needs sustained validator support before activation.

Major financial institutions are moving deeper into stablecoin services as demand grows for regulated payment, custody, treasury and settlement rails. Standard Chartered and BNY are expanding USDC access while European lenders push euro-denominated alternatives to keep tokenized finance anchored in local currency.