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Ripple has released an updated version of its XRPL AI Starter Kit, now at version 1.1, which adds support for the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP). MPP is a standard co-authored by Stripe and Tempo designed for software agents to pay for services without a traditional checkout flow. The release also introduces support for the Open Wallet Standard, providing developers with a common interface to manage wallets across multiple blockchains.
Developers can now build AI agents that pay for data, computing power, and other online services using XRP or RLUSD, Ripple’s dollar-pegged stablecoin. This development carries more structural significance than immediate commercial impact. The software remains in beta, Ripple’s announcement did not name any commercial customers using the new MPP integration, and no payment volume data was disclosed.
XRP Ledger is now a supported in the Open Wallet
Standard, and a settlement option in @tempo and @stripe’s Machine Payments Protocol via the new XRPL AI Starter Kit.
Payments stream over native Payment Channels and settle in one transaction.
Deterministic finality. Predictable… pic.twitter.com/DvH50u5gHH— XRP Ledger Foundation (@XRPLF) September 16, 2026
This move represents Ripple building out payment infrastructure ahead of demonstrated demand.
MPP operates on a simple loop: a service responds to an agent’s request with a price, the agent authorizes the payment, and the service delivers the requested resource. There is no human approval of a checkout screen; the transaction is simply another step in the agent’s workflow.
Ripple is not betting exclusively on one standard. It already added support for x402, a separate web-payment protocol, in June, and MPP now joins it rather than replacing it. This approach acts as a hedge rather than a commitment to a single winner, reflecting an environment where the agentic-payments space has not yet settled on a dominant rail.
The same logic underpins why AI systems are increasingly used to assess XRP’s prospects: utility narratives now compete directly with speculative ones for the token’s valuation case.
How the Payment Mechanics Actually Work?
A business already building on Stripe and Tempo’s open protocol can now offer XRP or RLUSD payments through Ripple’s integration without re-architecting around a new blockchain. One-time payments support both XRP and issued tokens, such as RLUSD, out of the gate.
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Ongoing payment sessions are more limited: they currently require XRP specifically. The intended use case involves an agent depositing XRP once, running hundreds of paid queries, and authorizing incremental spending after each response. The provider collects the accumulated total without putting every individual query on-chain.
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Extending that session model to stablecoins depends on a proposed ledger upgrade that has not yet shipped, meaning RLUSD-denominated payment channels are not yet live.
The Open Wallet Standard addresses a different problem: key management across chains. It allows agents to request transactions without directly accessing private keys, with safeguards such as spending limits and approved destinations built into the interface.
Ripple News: Positioning and What’s Still Missing
Supporting both x402 and MPP gives developers a route onto the XRP Ledger regardless of which payment standard they adopted first. This is the real strategic value here, beyond the news: Ripple is inserting XRP and RLUSD into applications whose developers chose their payment protocol before choosing a blockchain, rather than trying to convince them to adopt XRPL-specific tooling from scratch.
So, what’s missing? The kit remains beta software. No named commercial customer is using the MPP integration, and Ripple has published no payment-volume figures to indicate actual usage.
Agentic payments will be multi-platform and multi-rail. Our job is to make XRP and RLUSD first-class options wherever developers are building.
The latest XRPL AI Starter Kit expands support for the open standards developers are converging on: Open Wallet Standard, MPP from Tempo…— Jazzi Cooper (@jazzicoop) September 16, 2026
The near-term catalyst to watch is not this release itself, but whether the proposed ledger upgrade enabling stablecoin payment sessions actually ships, and whether any developer building on MPP or x402 discloses real transaction flow through XRPL. Until then, this is Ripple securing optionality in a standards race that hasn’t been decided, not confirmation that agents are paying in XRP at any meaningful scale.
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