Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse outlined a broader credit architecture for the XRP Ledger, pointing to lending and yield-generating infrastructure as part of the network’s next phase. The approach would expand Ripple and XRP beyond payments and settlement, with XRPL being positioned to support institutional credit directly on-chain.
Brad Garlinghouse at the Evernorth closing bell ceremony.
Ripple contributing XRP to Evernorth to support the community and on chain activity
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The model would allow capital to be deployed through lending infrastructure rather than remaining limited to transfers or passive holdings. Garlinghouse’s comments point toward a system where liquidity can support borrowing and yield opportunities, while credit becomes another financial primitive available to institutions using the XRP Ledger.
The architecture is still developing and depends on the necessary XRPL infrastructure and network changes reaching implementation. The next milestone will be turning the credit framework into usable on-chain products, making protocol deployment and institutional adoption the key developments to watch as Ripple broadens XRPL’s role in financial markets.
Source: Vet.
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