Actor Matt Damon and Water.org co-founder Gary White joined Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse on the Ripple Swell main stage on Thursday to discuss how digital payments can speed up funding for clean water projects. The session focused on how Ripple Payments and the RLUSD stablecoin help Water.org move money to communities more quickly. Water.org says its work has mobilised $8.2 billion in capital and reached 92 million people worldwide. The non-profit uses small loans and financing tools to help families get access to safe water and sanitation. During the event, Garlinghouse also described XRP as the gold standard for institutional payment rails, according to posts shared from Swell.

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