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Wellgistics Health to integrate XRP into payment infrastructure
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Wellgistics Health, a healthcare infrastructure company, will integrate XRP (XRP) and related technologies into its payment network to streamline transactions between pharmacies, medical suppliers and prescription medication manufacturers, the company said in anannouncementon May 8.
Wellgistics cited the finality time of XRP transactions and reduced transaction costs, which are fractions of a penny, compared tolegacy financial architecturelike automated clearinghouse (ACH) payments or wire transfers, as reasons for using XRP. Brian Norton, CEO of Wellgistics Health, said in the announcement:
"I believe that the future winners in healthcare will not be the companies with the biggest buildings, they will be those with the fastest rails, cleanest data, and most efficient platforms. We are betting on infrastructure — not inertia.”The integration of XRP willreduce cross-border frictionand allow transactions between different businesses in the supply chain to settle instantly, in real time, the announcement reads.
Blockchain payment rails and cryptocurrencies can significantly reduce international transaction costs, giving rise to business opportunities that were previously out of reach or too expensive to implement and opening up global trade for residents in developing economies.
Other cryptocurrencies like stablecoins and altcoins still feature a third-party issuer, but have the benefit of trading on blockchain payment rails, through the internet, without markets closing.
Banks and legacy financial institutionspushed back against the GENIUS stablecoin billin March 2025, arguing that stablecoins would erode the banking industry's market share of financial services and eventually drive out banks altogether.
US Senator Elizabeth Warren also fought to include several provisions in the bill that would force any stablecoin firm that wants to do business in the United States to issue their stablecoin with the oversight of an established financial institution.
The bill, hailed as a bipartisan success,failed to advanceto a floor vote on May 8 after pushback from Democratic senators.
Wellgistics cited the finality time of XRP transactions and reduced transaction costs, which are fractions of a penny, compared tolegacy financial architecturelike automated clearinghouse (ACH) payments or wire transfers, as reasons for using XRP. Brian Norton, CEO of Wellgistics Health, said in the announcement:
"I believe that the future winners in healthcare will not be the companies with the biggest buildings, they will be those with the fastest rails, cleanest data, and most efficient platforms. We are betting on infrastructure — not inertia.”The integration of XRP willreduce cross-border frictionand allow transactions between different businesses in the supply chain to settle instantly, in real time, the announcement reads.
Blockchain payment rails and cryptocurrencies can significantly reduce international transaction costs, giving rise to business opportunities that were previously out of reach or too expensive to implement and opening up global trade for residents in developing economies.
Legacy banking system pushes back against crypto innovation
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) disintermediate banks and financial institutions by providing peer-to-peer transactions over a trustless network of decentralized nodes that are censorship-resistant and give the holder self-sovereignty over their money.Other cryptocurrencies like stablecoins and altcoins still feature a third-party issuer, but have the benefit of trading on blockchain payment rails, through the internet, without markets closing.
Banks and legacy financial institutionspushed back against the GENIUS stablecoin billin March 2025, arguing that stablecoins would erode the banking industry's market share of financial services and eventually drive out banks altogether.
US Senator Elizabeth Warren also fought to include several provisions in the bill that would force any stablecoin firm that wants to do business in the United States to issue their stablecoin with the oversight of an established financial institution.
The bill, hailed as a bipartisan success,failed to advanceto a floor vote on May 8 after pushback from Democratic senators.
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