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Why RWA Tokenization and Onchain Credit Could Boost XRP Demand
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Despite XRP’s sharp decline from its mid-2025 peak, institutional adoption and developer activity on the XRP Ledger remain resilient.
Key facts
- The XRP Ledger ranks among the top three chains for RWAs, and Ripple’s stablecoin, RLUSD, surpassed $2 billion in market capitalization, with over half hosted on the XRPL
- The convergence of Ripple Labs’ favorable 2023 court decision and the broader regulatory tailwinds of a pro-crypto Trump administration fueled a powerful bull run, propelling XRP to an all-time high
- In recent months, XRP experienced a marked pullback, breaching the $1 support level in August this year
- Expanding on how emerging applications could generate durable demand, Torteman emphasized the ledger’s trajectory toward becoming a 24/7 compliance-grade settlement infrastructure for digital finance
Summary
The convergence of Ripple Labs’ favorable 2023 court decision and the broader regulatory tailwinds of a pro-crypto Trump administration fueled a powerful bull run, propelling XRP to an all-time high in mid-2025. In recent months, XRP experienced a marked pullback, breaching the $1 support level in August this year. Addressing how this growing enterprise footprint translates into structural demand for XRP, Odelia Torteman, head of digital assets at XRPL Commons, highlighted the ledger’s native architecture. “Accounts, and the objects they own on the ledger, such as trust lines, offers or escrows, require an XRP reserve.