PANews reported on April 14th that Rakuten Wallet, Rakuten's cryptocurrency platform, announced the launch of XRP as a spot trading and payment asset. Users can directly exchange Rakuten points for XRP and use it for everyday consumption in Japan via Rakuten Cash/Pay. This integration brings XRP into Rakuten's e-commerce and payment network, which covers approximately 44 million users, over 3 trillion points (approximately US$23 billion), and more than 5 million merchants.