Breaking: XRP Goes Live on Solana
News Breaking By Alex Dovbnya Fri, 17/04/2026 - 17:23 The integration, powered by LayerZero and Hex Trust, brings wrapped XRP (wXRP) into Solana's expansive decentralized finance ecosystem. Advertisement
The Solana network has integrated XRP, according to a Friday announcement.
AdvertisementThe integration, which has been in the works for several months, bridges the gap between two of the cryptocurrency industry's most prominent ecosystems.
The asset has been launched as a wrapped token, designated as wXRP.
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LayerZero is the leading omnichain interoperability protocol, which handles the bridging mechanics to securely transfer value between the native XRP Ledger and the Solana blockchain. Hex Trust is a digital asset custodian responsible for holding the underlying XRP reserves that back the newly minted wXRP tokens on Solana.
The announcement has noted that the XRP Ledger is specifically designed for "fast" and "low-cost" transactions. Now, XRP holders will be able to get exposure to Solana's vast DeFi ecosystem.
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The integration will inject fresh cross-chain liquidity into Solana's DeFi space.
It is worth noting that wXRP has been simultaneously rolled out across several of some of the leading applications of the popular "Ethereum killer."
wXRP is natively supported by the popular Phantom wallet. A slew of major decentralized exchanges and automated market makers (AMMs), including Jupiter Exchange, Meteora, and Titan Exchange, already support the wrapped token.
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