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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