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XRP institutional adoption hinges on companies actually using the network to solve business problems, with Franklin Templeton’s Roger Bayston predicting the tipping point comes when businesses integrate blockchain into operations.
Bayston drew a parallel to Warren Buffett buying Dairy Queen stock because he consumed Dairy Queen products.
“I don’t think yet a lot of institutions understand how they can use these distributed ledger technologies inside of their information-based businesses,” he said on the Paul Barron podcast.
The breakthrough moment arrives when companies start using the XRP network to solve actual business problems—creating efficiencies or new opportunities.
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When businesses need to use XRP to append records onto the network and recognize the total addressable market potential, that’s when institutional investment follows.
Franklin Templeton reached this conclusion by trying to use distributed ledger technologies in their own securities business.
Once they unpacked how blockchains work, they realized these systems will be used by lots of information-based businesses over time, making the underlying networks valuable investments.
The SEC and CFTC jointly classified XRP as a commodity alongside Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana , and Cardano on March 17, providing regulatory clarity institutional investors needed.
Bayston called the classification another step in the process rather than a single tipping point.
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The framework gives legacy custodians like Northern Trust, State Street, and Citi clarity on which assets they need to build operations around.
“Most institutional players want institutional quality custody,” Bayston said. The commodity designation allows custodians to understand what they need to build toward and which assets require focus.
Bayston warned that the $2.1 trillion private credit market showing 9.2% default rates with firms like Blackstone facing $6.5 billion in redemptions signals broader economic concerns that could delay digital asset adoption.
Credit impairments often precede equity valuation issues because liabilities sit above equity in a capital structure.
The private credit market and the entire crypto industry both developed post-2008 financial crisis, meaning neither has seen a full credit cycle.
Investors won’t rush to risk-on digital assets if credit markets signal deeper issues. They’ll sit on the sidelines until there’s understanding of how deep the problems run.
Digital assets must prove lower correlation or other investment benefits before attracting capital fleeing private credit.
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Bayston expects the CLARITY Act to pass but noted the crypto industry has louder lobbying support than legacy finance groups.
Banks rightfully point out concerns about monetary policy transmission mechanisms if yield-bearing stablecoins don’t serve the same economic function as traditional bank lending.
The legislation needs measured consideration of how money and monetary policy work throughout the economy, particularly during credit cycles when the Fed needs banks to lend more aggressively.
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