Ripple’s developers have proposed a new lending protocol native to the XRP Ledger (XRPL), aimed at enhancing DeFi functionalities and providing users with additional earning opportunities.
The introduction of the XRPL-native lending protocol has generated significant excitement among XRP holders, with initial commitments to liquidity pools totaling over 820,000 XRP tokens.
Ripple’s ambitious developers have once again come up with an interesting new proposal in order to significantly boost the utility of Ripple’s XRP Ledger. This proposal introduces a new lending protocol native to XRPL while offering the XRP holders new ways to earn on XRPL.
On April 11, developers proposed a new lending protocol for XRPL, designed to facilitate peer-to-peer borrowing and lending of crypto assets directly on the XRPL network. This protocol aims to bolster XRPL’s decentralized finance (DeFi) functionalities, offering users greater accessibility to DeFi activities, reported Crypto News Flash.
The proposal, presented by RippleX developers Aanchal Malhotra and Vito Tumas, prioritizes flexibility and adaptability. It enables users to tokenize assets and earn interest by contributing tokens to a lending pool.
The XRPL-native lending protocol introduces several essential specifications, including XLS-64d, XLS-65d, and XLS-66d. XLS-64d enables the linking of a single pseudo-account to multiple ledger entries, streamlining balance tracking and token issuance.
Moreover, XLS-65d introduces a novel Pool ledger entry, representing a unified tokenized asset pool, simplifying interactions with minimal ledger entries. Finally, XLS-66d presents the lending protocol itself, utilizing XLS-65d to manage liquidity provider assets and facilitate peer-to-peer borrowing and lending.
The unveiling of the XRPL-native lending protocol has sparked considerable excitement among XRP holders. Following an amendment on April 11, initial commitments to liquidity pools totaled over 820,000 XRP tokens. However, recent data indicates a significant uptick, with over 1.8 million XRP tokens currently locked in liquidity pools.
Ripple CTO Backs the XRPL Lending Protocol
David Schwartz, Ripple’s Chief Technology Officer and one of the software engineers integral to constructing the XRP Ledger, has expressed his support for the proposed lending protocol. Schwartz conveyed his endorsement of the proposal on X, emphasizing that its adoption would introduce fresh utility to the XRPL.
He envisions the protocol as instrumental in empowering the native decentralized exchange (DEX) to play a pivotal role in providing more accessible, efficient, and transparent financial services. Schwartz’s backing highlights the importance of the proposed lending protocol in advancing the XRPL ecosystem.
On the other hand, the XRP Ledger continues to introduce new features to the platform. The XRP Ledger (XRPL) has recently introduced its Automated Market Maker (AMM) feature, aimed at improving liquidity and implementing mechanisms to decrease the total supply of XRP tokens. This progressive move also signifies a significant advancement towards adopting a deflationary model within the XRPL ecosystem, reported Crypto News Flash.
With the rollout of the XRPL AMM feature, a burning mechanism has been integrated. Thus, this mechanism initiates the reduction of XRP tokens each time market participants establish new AMM instances.
