XRP’s price (XRP-USD) nudged up 2.03% today to trade near $1.3221 after Ripple announced a new developer tool update. RippleX added support for the Machine Payments Protocol to its XRP Ledger AI Starter Kit. The open payment standard, co-created by online payment group Stripe and Tempo, allows automated software programs to send money across the web without human help.
The software update lets automated AI agents make instant payments using XRP or the RLUSD stablecoin. Instead of asking users to fill out online checkout forms, servers send prices straight to AI tools. The AI programs then approve payments and get access to web data or computing power within 3 to 5 seconds.
Ripple Is Aiming to Place the XRP Ledger in the Machine-to-Machine Economy
Ripple created the update to place its blockchain network, known as the XRP Ledger, inside the growing machine-to-machine economy. The tool lets software agents run one-time payments or continuous session payments using XRP directly. Users will also be able to set up repeating RLUSD payments after an upcoming system update passes.
Ripple aims to position XRP as a primary token for software programs buying data and cloud computing tools through this link with Stripe’s machine protocol. Developers can now build AI tools that pay for digital services as needed.
XRP’s Price Gets a Boost
This new update gives XRP a big push by changing how software tools use the token. Today’s 2% XRP price gain shows traders buying early because they expect AI agents to start purchasing coins in the coming months. Automated programs need digital tokens to run payment channels and cover daily tasks, so thousands of tools will need to buy and hold XRP to operate.
As more AI tools start using the network, more buyers enter the market while fewer coins are left for sale on public exchanges. Software programs keeping hold of their tokens while new tools try to buy what’s left pushes the price of XRP up over time.
