Made in USA Inc acquires verification platform built on XRP Ledger and Hyperledger
A small company in Franklin, North Carolina, just made one of the more interesting bets in enterprise blockchain. Made in USA Inc., which has spent nearly three decades certifying that products are actually manufactured in America, is integrating the XRP Ledger into a new verification platform designed to catch counterfeit goods before they reach consumers.
What the deal actually involves
On June 26, Made in USA Inc. completed the acquisition of intellectual property and technology assets from its affiliate, Made in USA One LLC. The transaction was structured entirely in stock, with 5 million restricted shares changing hands, and was disclosed via SEC Form 8-K.
The technology stack combines public and private instances of the XRP Ledger with Hyperledger frameworks, AI-powered verification tools, IoT-enabled ERP systems, and Trusted Platform Module hardware security.
The public XRPL handles permanent, tamper-proof authenticity records that anyone can verify. The private XRPL stores sensitive business data that companies don’t want competitors seeing. The platform also includes what the company calls a modular “DataWallet” stack, which appears designed to give manufacturers and retailers a portable digital identity for their products.
Why counterfeiting is a $467 billion problem
The OECD estimates that global counterfeit trade runs at roughly $467 billion annually. That’s about 2.3% of all global imports.
Made in USA Inc. has been in the certification business for over 28 years. The company’s bet is that digitizing those certification processes with blockchain-backed records will make fraud significantly harder to pull off.
What this means for XRP and enterprise blockchain
What makes this particular deployment worth watching is the dual-ledger architecture. By running both public and private XRPL instances, Made in USA Inc. is trying to offer verifiable proofs to the public while keeping proprietary data locked down.
For the broader XRPL ecosystem, this represents one of the earliest enterprise-grade applications outside of payments and tokenization. The XRP Ledger has been gaining traction through its EVM sidechain launch and growing interest in XRP ETFs, but its enterprise utility narrative has mostly centered on cross-border payments. A supply chain certification use case adds a genuinely different dimension.
An all-stock acquisition at $25 million is modest by crypto standards. But the SEC Form 8-K filing gives it a layer of institutional legitimacy that many larger crypto deals lack.
Disclaimer: The content of this article solely reflects the author's opinion and does not represent the platform in any capacity. This article is not intended to serve as a reference for making investment decisions.
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