Daily brief: Ripple AI wallets, Standard Chartered UAE trading

CoinDesk's daily briefing flags three developments: the prospect of further rate hikes this year, Ripple bringing crypto wallets for AI agents to the XRP Ledger, and Standard Chartered launching crypto trading for wealthy clients in the UAE.

• Ripple's integration lets developers embed wallets directly in payments apps so customers and AI agents can send XRP, RLUSD and other assets without managing their own keys; Ripple says agent payments already account for roughly 25% of XRPL activity.
• Standard Chartered has introduced bitcoin and ether trading for eligible professional investors in the UAE — the first international bank to offer it there and its first direct crypto-trading service for wealthy clients, run through Zodia Markets with in-house custody and settlement.

The briefing lands as markets weigh Fed policy, onchain AI-agent payments gain traction, and banks expand direct crypto offerings.