Made in USA Inc. Taps XRP Ledger for Counterfeit-Proof Verification Platform

Franklin, North Carolina-based Made in USA Inc., which has been certifying products as American-made for nearly three decades, has acquired intellectual property and technology assets from its affiliate, Made in USA One LLC. The deal involves integrating the XRP Ledger into a new verification platform designed to catch counterfeit goods before they reach consumers.

The transaction was structured entirely in stock, with 5 million restricted shares changing hands, and was disclosed via SEC Form 8-K on June 26. 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.

Made in USA Inc.’s bet is that digitizing those certification processes with blockchain-backed records will make fraud significantly harder to pull off. Counterfeiting is a $467 billion problem, according to the OECD, accounting for about 2.3% of all global imports.