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Ripple's Lending Protocol: Institutional Utility or Market Narrative?

What happened

Ripple has initiated testing for its native lending protocol on the XRP Ledger. While the upgrade seeks to enable institutional-grade credit infrastructure, its immediate impact on XRP price and liquidity is likely to be…

What we think

The most likely outcome is a neutral market response, with a 55% probability of XRP remaining range-bound as the market prioritizes macro liquidity over technical upgrades.

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Ripple's Lending Protocol: Institutional Utility or Market Narrative?

We explain what happened and what could follow. We do not forecast prices.

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