Ripple Mints 12 Million RLUSD as Senate Prepares to Vote on Stablecoin Bill

• Ripple mints 12M RLUSD after a month-long pause, just days before the Senate’s GENIUS Act vote.
• The timing hints at a strategic move, possibly signaling Ripple’s confidence in upcoming regulation.
• RLUSD trading volume jumps 30%, as the total supply nears 405M across Ethereum and the XRP Ledger.

Ripple has suddenly re-entered the stablecoin spotlight, minting 12 million new RLUSD tokens after a month-long pause, timed perfectly with a critical moment for U.S. crypto regulation. The fresh minting comes just days before the U.S. Senate is set to vote on the GENIUS Act, a proposed law that could dramatically reshape the legal landscape for stablecoins like RLUSD.

This seemingly routine on-chain event is generating outsized attention across the crypto community, as many speculate that Ripple’s move is far more than a simple supply adjustment, it could be a strategic signal of what’s to come.

According to the Ripple Stablecoin Tracker, exactly 12 million RLUSD tokens were minted within the last 24 hours, marking Ripple’s first stablecoin issuance in over a month. This follows a previous stretch of aggressive minting in April and May when as much as 38 million RLUSD were minted in a single day. That surge was followed by a deliberate pause in early May, widely seen as a cooling-off period to allow market equilibrium and gauge adoption trends.