Ripple to invest $5M to expand its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI) in six APAC countries, totaling over $11 million in funding in Asia.
New focus areas of UBRI expansion include AI agents, RWA tokenization, and zk-SNARKs.
Ripple strengthening academic partnerships in South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Australia to nurture blockchain talent.
Initiative emphasizes student-led innovation in top Asian universities and explores real-world blockchain applications.