Ripple SVP of stablecoins and CEO of Normal Custody, Jack McDonald, reveals one key manner by which Ripple USD stablecoin, $RLUSD, scales throughout chains.
Citing a tweet by Messari on how Wormhole has emerged as a core multichain infrastructure powering over $70 billion in cross-chain quantity, McDonald highlighted interoperability as essential for institutional-grade Web3 infrastructure.
Interoperability is important for institutional-grade Web3 infrastructure. It’s how regulated property like $RLUSD can scale natively throughout chains and help real-world use instances. https://t.co/fpP7tXzCFo
— Jack McDonald (@_JackMcDonald_) January 24, 2026
The Ripple govt highlighted this as one of many methods $RLUSD can scale natively throughout chains and help real-world use instances. A multichain future is envisaged for crypto the place stablecoins exist wherever demand and utility are, serving institutional finance and the rising on-chain economic system.
Ripple has all the time had the aim of interoperability in thoughts, with $RLUSD being initially circulated on each $XRP Ledger (XRPL) and Ethereum, enabling cross-chain and DeFi alternatives.
Final December, Ripple introduced the launch of $RLUSD on its first Layer-2 networks as testing started on Optimism, Base, Ink and Unichain in partnership with Wormhole and its NTT token customary.
Previously 12 months, Hex Belief introduced the issuance of wXRP for cross-chain interoperability, permitting $XRP holders to make use of $XRP alongside $RLUSD as a premier buying and selling and liquidity pair on supported chains.
$RLUSD in highlight
This week, $RLUSD was listed for spot buying and selling on main crypto trade Binance. The itemizing included help for Ethereum, with $XRP Ledger (XRPL) coming quickly, and buying and selling pairs embrace $RLUSD/USDT, $RLUSD/U and $XRP/$RLUSD.
In January, cross-asset market LMAX introduced a multi-year partnership with Ripple, which integrates $RLUSD as a core collateral asset throughout LMAX’s institutional buying and selling infrastructure. This transfer permits LMAX’s international buyer base, together with top-tier banks, brokers and buy-side establishments to make use of $RLUSD for cross-collateralization throughout spot crypto, perpetual futures and CFD buying and selling.
Ripple stablecoin $RLUSD is anticipated to launch on extra chains this 12 months, a big step towards diversifying the stablecoin ecosystem and enabling a multichain future.
