XRP Ledger Sees Nearly Half a Million New Accounts in H1 2026, Stablecoin Activity Drives Growth

The XRP Ledger has seen significant growth in the first half of 2026, adding nearly 490,000 new accounts to bring its total count to approximately 8.4 million.

This expansion is largely attributed to Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin activity, including deployment and minting during the period.

While not every account represents an active user, account growth is a crucial indicator of network expansion, signaling new apps, wallet creation, exchange activity, and developer ecosystem development.

The stablecoin connection provides context to this growth, as users may create accounts to interact with RLUSD balances, businesses and exchanges may create addresses for operations, and apps may onboard users through stablecoin payment flows.