Speaking in a public X Spaces session on September 17, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson outlined a set of behind-the-scenes discussions and integration pathways aimed at bringing XRP and Ripple USD closer to Cardano’s stack, describing a “package for XRP” that spans wallet support, a DeFi execution layer, and a standards-based route for Ripple’s stablecoin to deploy across multiple ecosystems.

“We’ve had a few calls with the Ripple USD team. We’ve talked to Flair, we’ve talked to John Deaton, you know, we’ve talked to Brad [Garlinghouse], and we’ve definitely had discussions with a variety of people from the XRP ecosystem. And we want to build a package for XRP,” Hoskinson said, framing the outreach as part of a broader cross-ecosystem strategy rather than a single bilateral tie-up.

Cardano Founder Unveils Plans For XRP And RLUSD

On the product side, Hoskinson said the plan begins with user-level access and extends into application deployment and liquidity. “Lace [wallet] will support XRP as one of the improved emergency support,” he noted, adding that “we have a DeFi layer for XRP that uses Midnight Cardano. So it’s very easy to use XRP smart contracts and deploy XRP applications without requiring foundation changes to XRP’s design.” He positioned that approach as a way to let XRP developers ship without altering the XRP Ledger’s base-layer architecture.

The Cardano founder also described exploratory workstreams with projects adjacent to the XRP ecosystem. “As certain XRP projects like Flair, we’d like to find a path to get them into the Cardano banking system,” he said, indicating that teams building on or around XRP could be onboarded to Cardano infrastructure if technical and commercial conditions are met.

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Author: Jake Simmons