Payments are naturally the ground most L1 blockchains are now targeting as a bridge from TradFi to DeFi. Ripple’s [XRP] $1 billion acquisition of GTreasury last year, for instance, was a major step in line with this strategy. Building on that move, Ripple and GTreasury have now teamed up to launch Ripple Treasury, aiming for faster cross-border payments by plugging XRPL rails into GTreasury’s enterprise-grade treasury software. Its native stablecoin, RLUSD, powers these payments by providing on-chain liquidity, faster settlement, and a seamless experience. However, with Ripple Treasury now in place, the system adds a full suite of enterprise-grade treasury tools like liquidity management, risk oversight, and payments, bringing blockchain speed straight into traditional finance.