Ripple Labs President Monica Long said in January 2026 that many Fortune 500 companies could embrace crypto exposure by the end of 2026, framing XRP as a programmable "gold standard" alongside Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin. The article cites $76 billion in annualized B2B stablecoin payments on the XRP Ledger last year and notes an estimate of about $700 billion sitting idle on corporate balance sheets as a potential opportunity. It also points to Coinbase Research data that 60% of Fortune 500 firms were already running blockchain pilots.