XRP: Commodity Money Engineered for Lightning Liquidity on the XRPL

Published at 2025-11-12 17:11:36

Proponents argue XRP functions like commodity money tailored for liquidity provision: it is the native token of the XRPL, built for fast finality, low transaction costs and automated pathfinding that routes value between ledgers and order books. Those protocol characteristics help reduce settlement friction and enable tighter spreads for market makers and payment rails.

Why it matters: using a native, highly liquid token on‑ledger can cut conversion time and slippage when moving value between currencies or assets, improving cross‑border payments and on‑chain trading. As XRPL-based applications and liquidity providers expand, XRP’s engineered role as a bridge asset is attracting attention from payments integrators and DeFi projects seeking cheaper, near‑instant settlement.

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