Ripple Executive Explains $XRP Vision at the Solana Event: Details

The Global Partner Success Lead at Ripple, Luke Judges, recently spoke at the Solana Breakpoint event, explaining the multichain vision of XRP.

In breaking news from the event, it was announced that XRP is coming to Solana, as Hex Trust and Layer Zero will connect and issue wXRP, a 1:1 backed representation of the native XRP asset designed to support DeFi activity and cross-chain utility.

💬 "New users, new demand, and market depth. Phantom users can now access XRP, and financial primitives like prediction markets and perps can now deeply integrate XRP." -@Ripple exec @luke_judges on why Solana is an exciting place to launch XRP — Solana (@solana) December 13, 2025

This move allows traders, holders, and institutions to use XRP within Solana's major DEXs, lending markets, and liquidity protocols while maintaining exposure to the underlying asset.

Furthermore, the use of wXRP will extend beyond the XRP Ledger and will be tradeable with RLUSD on Ethereum and other chains that support RLUSD. WXRP expands the DeFi utility of XRP by making it usable on supported blockchains, starting with Solana, Optimism, Ethereum, HyperEVM, and other chains for future integration.

During today's session at the Breakpoint event, Judges puts the cherry on top: "The 20 million Phantom wallet users can now access XRP, and perps can now deeply integrate XRP."

The recent step comes in response to the growing demand to use XRP across the broader crypto ecosystem and institutions.

🔸 Multichain vision of XRP Ledger

In a recent tweet, RippleX's Engineering Lead, J. Ayo Akinyele, shares his thoughts on the XRP Ledger, stating that $XRP