Building the Rails: How Ripple's $3 Billion Bet Is Reshaping Finance From São Paulo to the World

Ripple President Monica Long sits down with Mariana Maria Silva, Editor of Future of Money at Exame, to discuss how Ripple’s unprecedented acquisition strategy — spanning prime brokerage, stablecoin infrastructure, and treasury management — is assembling a full-stack financial platform for the institutional era. The conversation will explore Ripple’s recent stablecoin launch, why Brazil’s advanced fintech ecosystem makes it a strategic hub for digital payments, and how these moves position Ripple to support the entire payments lifecycle for banks, corporates, and fintechs across Latin America and beyond.