American FinTech firm Ripple has announced that Travalex Bank — a subsidiary of Travelex, which is the world’s largest exchange business specialist — in Brazil has started using its XRP-powered On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) solution. ODL uses XRP as a bridge currency, “enabling instant and low cost settlement without the need to hold pre-funded capital in a destination market.” Travelex is apparently “the first bank registered and approved by the Central Bank of Brazil to operate exclusively in foreign exchange.” Ripple’s press release went on to say that “Brazil has taken a proactive approach to regulating the cryptocurrency industry by advancing legislation to create a framework that both protects consumers and fosters innovation” and that “crypto adoption in Latin America is growing quickly as consumer interest and institutional investment surged in 2021.” It seems that “more than $780 billion payments are sent into Brazil annually, making it an opportu...