Ripple to buy stablecoin platform Rail for $200 million


FILE PHOTO: The logo of blockchain company Ripple is seen at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo

(Reuters) -Ripple will buy stablecoin payments platform Rail for $200 million, the company said on Thursday, weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a law that raised expectations cryptocurrency tokens are about to enter the mainstream.

Ripple, a crypto company that is closely associated with the token XRP and issues its own stablecoin called RLUSD, has invested heavily in stablecoin infrastructure in recent months.

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