On December 11, 2025, Hex Trust, in partnership with LayerZero and the Solana Foundation, announced that they will be launching the first fully backed wrapped XRP (wXRP) on Solana.
This 1:1 pegged token instantly unlocked Ripple’s massive liquidity pool inside Solana’s lightning-fast, ultra-low-cost ecosystem.
Within hours, the announcement exploded across Crypto Twitter, racking up over 50,000 likes and becoming one of the trending topics worldwide.
Why Does XRP Bridging to Solana Matter So Much?
For years, XRP holders suffered from limited decentralised finance access (DeFi).
While Ethereum and Binance Smart Chains (BSC) offered yield farming and lending, XRP remained largely confined to payments and centralised exchanges (CEXs).
Meanwhile, Solana became the undisputed king of retail DeFi and meme-coin trading.
By bringing XRP to Solana, developers suddenly gained access to billions of dollars in dormant liquidity that can now flow into high-performance protocols.
Lightning-Fast Cross-Chain Payments
Solana processes 65,000 transactions per second (TPS) at sub-penny fees. Thus, merchants and remittance companies can now settle XRP payments almost instantly while enjoying Solana-level speed.
Explosive DeFi Opportunities Protocols like Kamino, Jupiter, Drift, and Marginfi can immediately integrate wXRP as collateral, a liquidity-pair base, or a lending asset.
As a result, XRP holders can finally earn 8–30% annual percentage yield (APY) instead of letting tokens sit idle.
We all know that institutional money follows liquidity. Major institutions already hold billions in XRP for cross-border settlements.
Now, those same institutions can deploy treasury XRP into Solana-based structured products, stablecoin pools, and perpetual futures without selling the underlying asset.
How Does the wXRP Bridge Actually Work?
Hex Trust locks native XRP in audited custodial vaults. LayerZero’s ultra-light nodes then mint an exact 1:1 wXRP on Solana.
Users can redeem anytime by burning wXRP and receiving real XRP on the XRPL.
Transparency is guaranteed through on-chain proof-of-reserves and third-party attestations published hourly.
Immediate Impact Already Visible in the Data
- Within 24 hours, over millions of dollars in wXRP were minted.
- Jupiter Aggregator reported wXRP/USDC among its most traded pairs.
- Kamino Finance added wXRP lending markets offering above-average APY.
- Solana DEX volume spiked more than 20% as traders rotated into XRP-based pairs.
Why This Is Bigger Than Just One Token
The wXRP launch proves that legacy payment tokens can reinvent themselves inside modern DeFi ecosystems.
Furthermore, it sets a precedent for other old-school assets (think Stellar, Tron, or even stablecoins like USDT/USDC) to follow the same bridge path.
Thus, Solana strengthens its position as the universal liquidity hub for all of crypto.
What Should XRP Holders Do Right Now?
- Bridge XRP → wXRP via the official portal at wrap.xrp.hextrust.com
- Supply wXRP on Kamino, Drift, or Marginfi to earn yield
- Provide liquidity on Jupiter or Orca for trading fees + potential airdrops.
- Stake wXRP-based LP tokens in new farms launching daily
Final Thoughts: Will XRP Soar in 2026 and Beyond?
The arrival of Ripple’s native asset on Solana does not merely add another token—it fuses the world’s fastest payment rail with the world’s fastest smart-contract chain.
Therefore, retail traders gain better yields, institutions gain better efficiency, and developers gain unprecedented liquidity.
In short, December 2025 will go down in history as the month Ripple finally stormed into the DeFi revolution and actively made the entire crypto community stronger than ever.
These are reasons why Changelly analysts forecast XRP to trade between $5 and $20 in the next five years (2026-2030).
Ripple has been a part of the undervalued cryptocurrencies in the digital assets market. This move could be its breaking point in a world where millions of virtual currencies fight for liquidity.
