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XRP Secures Institutional Credit: A Killer Use Case Unlocked
13 Sep
Summary
- XRP now serves as collateral for institutional credit lines.
- New lending protocol enables XRP to function as productive working capital.
- Institutional partners have underwritten nearly $1.8 billion for XRPL deployment.
Jazzi Cooper, RippleX Head of Product, announced this week that XRP is now a significant collateral instrument for institutional credit. This development, enabled by the XLS-65 and XLS-66 lending protocol on the XRP Ledger, represents a "killer use case" beyond its traditional payment functions. The protocol allows market makers and institutional traders to use XRP as collateral for credit lines without selling their existing holdings.
The lending protocol introduces Single Asset Vaults, facilitating fixed-term, fixed-rate lending. This enables institutions to leverage XRP as productive working capital while retaining control over off-chain underwriting and compliance. Legal commentator Bill Morgan highlighted that this use case only became viable after the SEC lawsuit concluded and the lending protocol launched on XRPL.
Infrastructure for this utility continues to advance, with Lending Protocol v1.1 set to ship with XRPL version 3.4.0 soon. Institutional partners like Clearpool and Cicada Partners have already committed nearly $1.8 billion in loans, positioning themselves around this evolving ecosystem. With a market cap of approximately $2.42 billion for RLUSD, further liquidity is added, solidifying XRP's transition from a bridge asset to a core collateral instrument.
