Ripple pledges $5 million to develop blockchain talent in APAC, including Kyoto University and Tokyo University

Ripple Labs will provide an additional $5 million in funding for blockchain research and talent development in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.
On the 10th (local time), Ripple announced through a blog that $5 million will be allocated to universities in six countries to train blockchain talent in the APAC region.
The company said it plans to provide new funding to universities in Taiwan and Australia. The funding will be used through the company's University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI).
The funding follows Ripple's donation of $25 million to U.S. education nonprofits last month.
Ripple has raised $1.1 million through a six-year partnership with South Korea's Yonsei University, as well as Japan's Kyoto University and the University of Tokyo.
It has provided $1.5 million to the University of Tokyo and more than $3 million to Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Yang from NTU's College of Computing and Data Science
Professor Liu is currently working on developing an AI agent network based on the XRPformer ledger.
"Behind the scenes, we are accelerating the development of a modular, collaborative blockchain-based AI platform," he said. "This innovation will be a key turning point in defining the future of AI."
In Taiwan, the National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (NKUST) will join the UBRI program to conduct joint research on tokenization of real assets (RWA).
"We are excited to partner with Ripple to explore the potential of real-asset tokenization on the XRPformer ledger," said Professor Huang.
In Australia, in addition to the Australian National University, which has been an existing partner, Victoria University will also join as a new partner.
The amount of aid was increased to $1.3 million.