The XRP Ledger added 489,739 new accounts in the first half of 2026, bringing the total to about 8.4 million accounts. This growth is linked to Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin activity, including deployment and minting during the period. The account count does not necessarily reflect active users, as wallets may be inactive, used for testing, or created by exchanges. This trend fits XRPL’s strategy to broaden its role beyond XRP transfers into stablecoins, tokenized assets, and payments. The quality of activity from these new accounts will be key to assessing their real impact on the network.
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