XRP Meets Solana: Chaos, Memes, and a Wrapped Token 🤯

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Solana
SOL $137.9
24h volatility: 5.7% | Market cap: $77.50 B | Vol. 24h: $5.85 B

Guess who’s crashing the Solana party? 🎉 XRP, darling!
XRP $2.03
24h volatility: 1.3% | Market cap: $122.44 B | Vol. 24h: $2.98 B

Yep, XRP is waltzing onto Solana’s chain via a new wrapped asset called wXRP. 🌉 Hong Kong’s Hex Trust and LayerZero are the matchmakers here, handling the bridge and token issuance. Because why not add more acronyms to the mix? 🤓

wXRP will mirror native XRP at a 1:1 rate, and holders get to keep their redemption rights through the XRP Ledger. Solana, in a series of very serious tweets, gushed about XRP’s “proven use” and “strong liquidity.” 🥱 Meanwhile, we’re all just here for the drama.

BREAKING: XRP is coming to Solana 🔥

– Solana (@solana) December 12, 2025

Apparently, Solana’s speedy network will now let XRP play in lending markets, liquidity pools, and decentralized exchanges from day one. Because nothing says “welcome” like throwing you into the deep end. 🏊‍♂️

This bombshell dropped at the fifth Solana Breakpoint event, where Ripple’s Luke Judges spilled the tea. 🍵

Vibhu’s Redemption Arc: From XRP Enemy #1 to BFF 💖

Remember when Vibhu Norby of the Solana Foundation got roasted by the XRP Army in November? 😬 Well, he’s back with a redemption arc! After a “public learning process” (aka getting dragged on Twitter), he met XRP devs, community members, and even Ripple staff. Turns out, he now gets XRP’s “uniqueness.” 🌟

In November, I unexpectedly became enemy #1 of the XRP Army. 😈

Through the resulting public learning process, I had a chance to meet many OG devs, core community members, memelords, and the team at Ripple itself, and I came to an understanding of the uniqueness of XRP as an asset,… 💡

– vibhu (@vibhu) December 12, 2025

Now, Solana’s promising a deep liquidity pool for wXRP from day one. Because nothing says “sorry” like throwing money at the problem. 💸

With wXRP, users can dive into Solana’s DeFi playground: lend XRP for yield, join liquidity pools, buy tokenized assets, and avoid CEXs like they’re last season’s trend. 🛍️ Plus, wXRP stays self-custodied, so you can always bail back to native XRP if things get weird. 🚪

Ripple’s CTO David Schwartz chimed in, saying XRP on more networks boosts its utility while XRPL stays the main hub. 🌍 Oh, and wXRP is launching with over $100 million in total value locked. Casual. 💰

XRP at the “Flip Area”: Will It Break or Breakdown? 🎢

Analysts on TradingView are calling XRP’s current situation a “flip area.” 🪨✨ A chart shows XRP hovering near the lower border of a triangle, with two possible outcomes (because why make things simple?). According to analyst melikatrader94, it’s either a breakout toward $2.3+ or a breakdown to $1.80. 🪙

XRPusdt (Ripple): Triangle Breakout/Breakdown Outlook | Source: TradingView

So, will XRP soar or stumble? Only time (and the market’s mood swings) will tell. 🎭

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2025-12-12 12:08