Ripple announced two new partnerships with Figment and Securosys. They are aimed at expanding the capabilities of Ripple Custody, the company’s institutional digital asset custody solution.
Currently, Ripple is focusing on infrastructure development and strengthening areas related to payments, custody, and staking for institutional clients. The company aims to make these services as competitive as possible.
However, real-world adoption and price dynamics have yet to signal a breakthrough. Despite active infrastructure development, the market has not yet responded to these steps with increased interest or asset value.
Ripple Expands Custody Services Through Partnerships With Figment and Securosys
Ripple stated that the new partnerships are aimed at simplifying procurement and accelerating the launch of custody services for regulated financial institutions. The announcement came shortly after the company strengthened its custody division by acquiring Palisade and integrating compliance tools from Chainalysis.
As part of its collaboration with Figment, Ripple will add staking functionality. Institutional clients will be able to offer staking to their users without launching and maintaining their own validator infrastructure.
The solution is designed for banks, custody services, and other regulated organizations. It provides access to Proof of Stake networks while maintaining security and corporate governance requirements.
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Through Figment infrastructure, Ripple Custody clients will be able to support staking in major networks, including Ethereum and Solana.
“By combining Ripple’s enterprise custody technology with Figment’s secure non-custodial staking platform, we enable regulated organizations to offer clients staking rewards across multiple blockchain networks,” said Ben Spiegelman, vice president and head of partnerships and corporate development at Figment.
Separately, Ripple announced a partnership with Securosys. It is aimed at enhancing the security level of Ripple Custody. The platform now supports CyberVault HSM and CloudHSM.
This gives institutional clients the ability to deploy HSM solutions both on their own infrastructure and in the cloud.
Ripple notes that the integration of Securosys is aimed at solving longstanding HSM adoption challenges, including high costs, complex setup, and lengthy procurement processes.
The company also emphasized that connecting Securosys expands the list of supported HSM providers on the Ripple Custody platform. This gives more flexibility to organizations operating in multiple regulatory jurisdictions.
“Integrating our CyberVault HSM solution with Ripple Custody allows organizations to obtain an out-of-the-box enterprise solution that can be quickly deployed without unnecessary complexity while maintaining full control over cryptographic keys,” said Robert Rogenmoser, CEO of Securosys.
Institutional Focus Fails to Support XRP Amid Declining On-Chain Activity
While Ripple continues to strengthen infrastructure for institutional clients, on-chain metrics for the XRP Ledger show a moderate level of network usage. Data indicates that adoption rates remain restrained.
According to DeFiLlama statistics, the total value locked in the XRPL ecosystem has decreased from about $80 million at the beginning of January to around $49.6 million at the time of publication. This indicates a decline in activity in the network’s DeFi segment.
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Stablecoin data reflects a similar trend. According to DeFiLlama estimates, the total stablecoin capitalization on the XRPL network is about $415.85 million. There is growth, but it remains limited and gradual.
At the same time, a significant part of Ripple‘s institutional strategy is focused on custody services, settlements, and permitted financial use cases. These areas are not always reflected in classic DeFi metrics, including TVL.
At this time, the expansion of institutional use cases has only a limited impact on XRP market dynamics.
XRP price dynamics. Source: CoinMarketCap
Over the past month, the asset has lost nearly 32%, generally mirroring the overall market decline. At the time of publication, XRP was trading at $1.44, down 0.66% for the day.
