Ripple is bringing its regulated RLUSD stablecoin to MENA’s biggest crypto market

- Ripple is shipping RLUSD to Turkey, because nothing says "stablecoin" like a currency in freefall. With the lira doing its best impression of a falling elevator, Turks are already using crypto to survive inflation. Now Brad Garlinghouse wants to sell them a regulated digital dollar via BiLira and Bitlo. It’s not charity; it’s an institutional wedge. While moonboys chase memecoins, Ripple is playing 4D chess with compliance, targeting corporate liquidity that actually pays taxes. Ankara’s new tax net forces everyone onshore, so why not use the compliant option? RLUSD isn’t here to save the economy; it’s here to monetize the panic. Smart money moves where the rules are clear, even if those rules are designed by bureaucrats who think blockchain is a type of pasta.