Evernorth: “Japan recognized XRP’s potential early… using it as payment infrastructure, not speculation”

Evernorth says Japan recognized XRP’s payment potential early and built a regulatory and business framework around it.

The SBI Ripple Asia consortium and later domestic partnerships helped XRP move into banking, retail bonds, travel payments, and settlement use cases.

Japan’s Financial Services Agency and industry coordination gave XRP a real-world role as payments infrastructure, not just a speculative asset.

The article says this model could shape how other markets approach crypto payments and stablecoin integration, including RLUSD.