AEON Partners with Ripple to Enable Real-World Payments Using RLUSD Stablecoin

HONG KONG, June 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AEON, the next-generation crypto payment framework, has announced a strategic partnership with Ripple to integrate XRP and Ripple USD (RLUSD), Ripple's USD-denominated enterprise-grade stablecoin. This collaboration marks a significant step in advancing the utility of compliant, dollar-backed stablecoins in real-world transactions.

With this partnership, AEON Pay, AEON's Web3 mobile payment platform, now supports XRP and RLUSD across online and offline payment environments. Users can seamlessly use RLUSD to pay for everyday purchases including dining, retail shopping, top-ups, and more, all via AEON Pay Telegram Mini App and dapp integrated in leading wallets like Bitget Wallet and TokenPocket. Initially, this will empower offline payments across 20 million merchants in Southeast Asia at 10000+ consumer brands like UNIQLO, Mcdonald's, PizzaHut and Starbucks, with rollout plans targeting Africa, Latin America, and other emerging markets soon after.

Ripple USD (RLUSD) is designed with trust, liquidity, and compliance at its core. Each RLUSD token is fully backed by U.S. dollars and other cash equivalents, offering users a dependable stablecoin for cross-border payments and everyday use. Built by Ripple, a pioneer in enterprise blockchain with a global regulatory footprint, RLUSD is positioned to meet the needs of financial institutions, enterprises, and developers seeking secure and scalable digital dollar solutions.

This partnership combines Ripple's stablecoin expertise with AEON's extensive real-world payment network, advancing both parties' shared mission of driving mass adoption of digital assets. By bringing compliant, blockchain-based payments to millions of users and merchants, AEON and Ripple are paving the way toward a future where crypto payments are practical, efficient, and globally accessible.

About Ripple USD (RLUSD)

Ripple USD ("RLUSD"), issued by Standard Custody & Trust Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ripple Labs, is a USD denominated stablecoin created with trust, liquidity, and compliance at its core. Each RLUSD is backed by at least an equivalent amount of U.S. dollars and other cash equivalents. RLUSD is purpose-built for cross-border payments and delivers efficient access to digital dollars.

As an industry leader for over a decade, Ripple has a proven track record of delivering breakthrough blockchain solutions at scale. Strong ecosystem relationships built over a decade facilitates RLUSD's broad accessibility for use by financial institutions, enterprises and developers. Ripple's commitment to regulatory compliance, combined with its global license portfolio, enables RLUSD users to transact with confidence. RLUSD delivers the reliability of USD combined with the efficiencies of blockchain technology in a liquid, compliant manner.

About AEON

AEON is the next-generation crypto payment framework, built for AI to drive intelligent, automated payments across Web3 and simplify how crypto works in real life. With omni-chain support, AEON's AI Payments system allows intelligent agents to manage and automate transactions, payments, subscriptions, and remittances for users.

With offerings like Web3 Mobile Payment that allows users to pay with crypto across 10,000 brands at 20+ million retail merchants in SEA, Africa and Latin America, Online Web3 Payment, Swap Pay, and a growing suite of AI-integrated payment services, AEON aims to create a future of crypto finance that's intelligent, scalable, and borderless, where AI meets real life through seamless, scalable payments for next billion of users.

Website | X | Telegram | Medium

SOURCE AEON