Ripple has reached a notable milestone in its regulatory journey by acquiring full approval as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) from Luxembourg's Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier. This regulatory authorization, granted on Monday and following a preliminary clearance earlier in January, enables Ripple to broaden its scope of payment solutions and digital asset services throughout the European Union.
This latest certification builds on Ripple's growing presence in European regulatory circles, which includes a recent licensing and crypto asset registration received from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the United Kingdom. This UK approval aligns with governmental initiatives aiming to introduce comprehensive cryptocurrency regulations by the year 2027.
With this addition, Ripple now boasts over 75 global licenses, constituting one of the most extensive regulatory footprints in the cryptocurrency sector. The Luxembourg EMI license specifically empowers the expansion of Ripple Payments, a platform designed for cross-border financial transactions targeting clients such as banks, fintech entities, and large enterprises.
In parallel to regulatory progress, Ripple has also augmented its service offerings. Recently, it launched Ripple Treasury following the completion of its $1 billion acquisition of GTreasury in October 2025. This new platform enhances cash and digital asset management capabilities by integrating Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin to facilitate cross-border settlement processes.
Moreover, Ripple entered a multi-year collaboration with the LMAX Group last month, which includes a financing arrangement of $150 million. As part of this partnership, LMAX plans to incorporate RLUSD as collateral within its institutional trading environments.
Despite these developments signaling an expanding operational and regulatory infrastructure, the price performance of XRP has not reflected these positive sifts. While the token did experience a 4% uptick on Monday, it remains entrenched in a downward trajectory, recently testing the crucial support threshold around $1.60, a psychologically significant level that has historically provided some price stability.
A slip below the $1.60 mark could unleash additional selling pressure, as technical analysis shows a scarcity of structural support levels beneath this price point. Indicators such as the Supertrend and Parabolic SAR present bearish outlooks, with resistance levels positioned near $1.76 to $1.77 and then between $1.90 and $1.93. XRP will need to regain and hold above $1.76 to counteract the prevailing negative bias.
The contrasting trajectories of Ripple's regulatory achievements and XRP's market valuation underscore a fundamental issue. Specifically, Ripple's growth through regulatory compliance and licensed payment services does not necessarily generate a corresponding increase in demand for XRP tokens. Many of Ripple’s solutions, including its cross-border payment and treasury management platforms, can operate independently of XRP as a settlement instrument.
In essence, while the assembly of over 75 licenses fortifies Ripple’s institutional legitimacy and advances regulated cryptocurrency adoption infrastructures, this regulatory expansion does not directly translate to heightened utility or demand for the XRP token itself.