🚀 Crypto Craze in Africa: Ripple Rides the Wave! 🌊

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Well, bless my stars and garters! 🌟 In a recent squawk from the Twitter roost, Ripple’s bigwig, Reece Merrick-the fella who wrangles the Middle East and Africa-declared they’re makin’ a splash like a frog in a hurricane. 🦆💨 Seems Ripple’s got “tremendous traction” in Sub-Saharan Africa and Turkey, where folks are hoppin’ onto the crypto wagon faster than a hound on a rabbit trail.

Now, ain’t that a kicker? 🤠 The Ripple CEO himself chimed in, sayin’ these regions are adoptin’ crypto quicker than a cat on a hot tin roof. And why’s that, you ask? Well, in places where inflation’s got folks tighter than a tick and currencies are crashin’ like a barn in a tornado, crypto ain’t just a fad-it’s a lifeline. 🛟

Sub-Saharan Africa & Turkey are adoptin’ crypto faster than a greased pig at a county fair.

In regions where money’s worth less than a snowball in July, crypto’s the only game in town.

Let’s chew the fat: Sub-Saharan Africa: Transactions jumped 52% to $205B…
– Reece Merrick (@reece_merrick) November 25, 2025

Merrick, that sly fox, 🦊 laid out the numbers like a poker hand: Sub-Saharan Africa saw transactions skyrocket 52% to $205 billion from July 2024 to June 2025, with stablecoins hoggin’ 43% of the action. And Turkey? Well, the lira’s been takin’ a nosedive worse than a rookie tightrope walker, losin’ 80% of its value since 2021. With inflation at 70%, half the adults are clutchin’ crypto like it’s the last biscuit at supper. 🍪

Merrick reckons Ripple’s makin’ hay while the sun shines, thanks to regulatin’ winds blowin’ their way. 🌞 Back in March, Ripple shook hands with Chipper Cash, a payments outfit with five million customers across nine African nations, to sling cross-border payments like a cowboy tossin’ lassos. 🪢

And let’s not forget Ripple’s drought insurance pilot in Kenya, which wrapped up in June. They insured 517 pastoralists (70% of ’em women) against drought usin’ RLUSD. Now that’s what I call a good deed in a dirty world. 🌍

XRP News: The Wild Ride Continues! 🎢

XRP shot up like a rocket 🚀, gainin’ 9% and touchin’ $2.28, thanks to them new ETFs sparkin’ optimism. At press time, it was up 7.21% in the last 24 hours, sittin’ pretty at $2.20. Franklin Templeton and Grayscale’s ETFs debuted on NYSE Arca, givin’ folks regulated U.S. access to the asset. And the Bitwise XRP ETF? It saw a cool $118 million inflows in the past week. That’s more money than a catfish has whiskers! 🐟

CME Group’s spot-quoted XRP futures are set to land on December 15, pendin’ regulatory hoopla. Mark your calendars, folks-it’s gonna be a hootenanny! 🎉

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2025-11-25 15:50