RippleX says it has expanded XRP’s retail footprint in Japan via a new Rakuten Wallet feature, according to NewsData.io’s Coinpedia repost.
The desk reports that users of Rakuten Wallet can convert Rakuten Points directly into XRP, trade the asset inside the app, and spend XRP across more than 5 million merchant locations. The article frames this as one of the largest real-world retail deployments of XRP to date.
The same source ties the rollout to a large consumer network. NewsData.io, via Coinpedia Fintech News, mentions more than 44 million Rakuten Pay users as the audience for the expanded access.
At face value, the update is about on-ramp and spending within an existing wallet and payments ecosystem, not a new token product. As with any crypto-linked feature in consumer apps, users should still treat XRP as an asset with market and platform risks, even when distribution expands.