The proposed xrp-solana bridge will enable $122 billion of xrp liquidity to flow into solana's defi ecosystem. this significantly expands xrp's utility beyond its traditional payment focus, allowing holders to engage in lending, liquidity provision, rwa investments, and more on solana dapps. for solana, it means a potential influx of new users and capital.
The announcement comes from a solana foundation representative (vibhu norby) during solana breakpoint 2025, a major community event. the bridge will utilize established technologies like layerzero and hextrust with a non-custodial design, lending credibility to the project.
For xrp, increased utility and integration into a vibrant defi ecosystem like solana can drive demand, reduce selling pressure, and potentially lead to price appreciation. for solana, a significant inflow of liquidity and users from the xrp community would boost its ecosystem and tvl, positively impacting sol's price.
While initial sentiment may create short-term price movements, the full realization of benefits from this bridge – widespread adoption of xrp in solana defi, significant liquidity migration, and sustained new user engagement – will unfold over a longer period.
Cover image via u.today Read U.TODAY on Google News XRP liquidity to flow into Solana: Announcement Community shows moderate optimism Advertisement A total of $122 billion of liquidity in XRP, a Ripple-linked cryptocurrency and the fifth largest digital asset, might soon be able to seamlessly migrate to Solana (SOL). As announced by Solana Foundation's representative, a bridge between Solana (SOL) and XRP Ledger is on the way. XRP liquidity to flow into Solana: Announcement Solana Foundation is building a permissionless bridge to XRP Ledger to integrate Solana into the XRPFi ecosystem. The announcement was made by the Foundation's Vibhu Norby amid Solana Breakpoint 2025, the biggest Solana community conference. In November, I unexpectedly became enemy #1 of the XRP Army. Through the resulting public learning process, I had a chance to meet many OG devs, core community members, memelords, and the team at Ripple itself, and I came to an understanding of the uniqueness of XRP as an asset,… https://t.co/BnfRhFQV6E HOT Stories Crypto Market Prediction: XRP's Engines Are Hot Enough for a Rally, Ethereum (ETH): One More Price Surge Attempt, Shiba Inu (SHIB) Does Not Want to Stop at $0.000008 Important Date for XRP Holders Revealed, Bitcoin OG Bets $392 Million on Ethereum, Dogecoin Jumps 61% in Volume — Crypto News Digest Ripple CEO Reacts to Bank Charter Approval, Slams Banking Lobby BREAKING: Tether Announces Proposal to Acquire Juventus — vibhu (@vibhu) December 12, 2025 As explained by Vibhu in his X post, with this bridge, XRP will be available in Solana (SOL) dApps like a regular Solana-based asset. It means that XRP liquidity will be able to debut in every DeFi protocol on Solana (SOL). Advertisement Namely, XRP holders will be able to earn yield by lending their coins, act as liquidity providers with XRP-SOL and other pairs, buy tokenized stocks and RWAs, participate in prediction markets and much more. The bridge will be launched using LayerZero and HexTrust tech developments with non-custodial design from day one: And like any good bridge, your XRP on Solana is always redeemable 1:1 for XRP on the ledger itself. It is self-custodial from end to end. Advertisement As a result, the XRP community will be able to benefit from their holdings with no need for routing on centralized exchanges, Vibhu concluded. Community shows moderate optimism The announcement was met with general optimism by both the XRP army and the Solana community. Enthusiasts from both camps believe that XRP integration with Solana (SOL) will bring more users and liquidity to Solana DeFi. As covered by U.Today previously, this September, XRP Ledger received one more mechanism of integration with Ethereum Virtual Machine blockchains. You Might Also Like Sat, 09/20/2025 - 10:19 First-Ever XRP-Backed Stablecoin Kicks Off: Details By Vladislav Sopov The first ever stablecoin that can be minted with XRP as a collateral went live on EVM L1 Flare. Thanks to Flare's DeFi Enosys, XRP-backed assets can be used in DeFi on EVM. #XRP News #Solana News