Ripple and Wormhole have announced a partnership that will let the XRP Ledger (XRPL) connect to over 35 top blockchains. This will help more than six million XRPL users move their digital coins and tokens across multiple blockchains using just one connected system. This change is happening on both the main XRPL mainnet and the XRPL EVM Sidechain. Through this setup, XRPL will be able to connect directly to blockchain networks like Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, and Polygon.
Wormhole is already used by over 200 apps and has moved more than $60 billion worth of assets. Now, this same system will let XRP and other XRPL-based tokens move freely across many chains without any problems. In the
press release, Ripple shared that the partnership is all about making things easier for developers and institutions. With this update, they can now create multichain apps for payments, real-world assets (RWAs), and DeFi, all from XRPL.
“If you want real mass adoption, interoperability is essential,” David Schwartz, Ripple CTO said in the announcement. “With this integration, tokens natively issued on the XRP Ledger are being set up for that reality by being able to move between blockchain networks while maintaining native issuance, and control.” Aside from moving tokens, Wormhole also allows cross-chain messaging. This means developers can send data between chains and trigger smart contracts from XRPL to other chains.
Robinson Burkey, Co-Founder of Wormhole, said, “We’re helping unlock even greater potential spanning all major blockchains for one of the most established blockchain networks in enterprise finance.” The new setup is built on RippleX’s latest update to XRP Ledger 2.5.0, which
recently rolled out with new features, including batch transactions, token escrows, and permissioned DEXs. These features help make XRPL more flexible and ready for institutional finance tools.