By Isaac • August 21, 2026 7:09 am •
Ripple is putting money behind a new institutional credit fund built around RLUSD, but the most important part of the story is not the headline partnership. It is the infrastructure the fund still needs before this becomes a live XRP Ledger lending product.
The proposed fund brings together Ripple, institutional lending platform Clearpool and credit manager Cicada Partners. According to CoinDesk, the plan is to make working-capital loans to fintech and payments companies, with borrowers receiving and repaying the loans in Ripple’s dollar-backed RLUSD stablecoin.
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Cicada is expected to find borrowers, set terms and monitor credit risk. Clearpool is building the lending infrastructure.
Ripple will participate as an investor alongside other institutions, not as a guarantor
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