The pilot includes Optimism, Base, Ink, and Unichain as part of a multichain expansion strategy.
\nFurther chain launches are planned next year, subject to regulatory approval in the US.
\nRLUSD has a $1.3 billion market cap and is seeing growing retail adoption since its launch.<\/p>\n
Ripple Labs is moving to broaden the reach of its US dollar-backed stablecoin, RLUSD, by testing it across several Ethereum layer 2 blockchains as part of a new pilot programme.<\/p>\n
The expansion<\/a> comes as the company waits for regulatory clearance to move toward a wider rollout planned for next year.<\/p>\n By extending RLUSD beyond its initial launch environments, Ripple is positioning the stablecoin for deeper integration into decentralised finance and institutional blockchain use cases.<\/p>\n The pilot also reflects a broader industry shift toward multichain infrastructure, where stablecoins are expected to operate seamlessly across multiple networks rather than remain confined to a single ecosystem.<\/p>\n The pilot is being carried out in partnership with Wormhole<\/a>, a crosschain interoperability protocol that enables assets to move between blockchains.<\/p>\n Under the arrangement, RLUSD will be tested on Optimism, Base, Ink, which is an Ethereum layer 2 developed by Kraken, and Unichain.<\/p>\n RLUSD was initially issued on the XRP Ledger and Ethereum. Ripple has indicated that expanding to layer 2 networks is a necessary step to support scalability, efficiency, and interoperability as blockchain activity increasingly shifts to lower-cost environments built on Ethereum.<\/p>\n The pilot phase is intended to evaluate how RLUSD functions across these networks before a broader launch, which remains dependent on regulatory approval.<\/p>\n A key technical aspect of the expansion is the use of Wormhole\u2019s Native Token Transfers standard.<\/p>\n According to Wormhole<\/a>, this approach allows RLUSD to move between blockchains as the same native asset rather than relying on wrapped or synthetic versions.<\/p>\n In many multichain models, tokens are locked on one chain while a wrapped version is created on another, which can fragment liquidity.<\/p>\n Wormhole\u2019s system is designed to maintain a single canonical version of RLUSD on each supported blockchain, with Ripple retaining control over the token contracts.<\/p>\n This structure is intended to preserve liquidity and simplify crosschain usage, which is particularly relevant for stablecoins expected to support payments, decentralised finance, and institutional settlement.<\/p>\n RLUSD was launched in December 2024 and currently has a market capitalisation of $1.3 billion, according to CoinGecko data<\/a>.<\/p>\n While it remains much smaller than established stablecoins, it has begun gaining traction among retail users.<\/p>\n By comparison, Tether\u2019s USDT has a market cap of $186 billion, Circle\u2019s USDC stands at $78 billion, and Sky Protocol\u2019s USDS holds $9.8 billion.<\/p>\n RLUSD adoption has been supported by integrations with platforms such as Transak and increasing use across self-custodial wallets, including Xaman.<\/p>\n Ripple views stablecoins as a key bridge between decentralised finance and institutional adoption, with RLUSD positioned as a compliance-focused option within a growing multichain landscape.<\/p>\n The post Ripple expands RLUSD stablecoin to Ethereum layer 2 networks<\/a> appeared first on CoinJournal<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The pilot includes Optimism, Base, Ink, and Unichain as part of a multichain expansion strategy. Further chain launches are planned next year, subject to regulatory approval in the US. RLUSD has a $1.3 billion market cap and is seeing growing retail adoption since its launch. Ripple Labs is moving to broaden the reach of its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ethereum"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Pilot targets Ethereum layer 2 ecosystems<\/h2>\n
Wormhole technology avoids wrapped assets<\/h2>\n
RLUSD growth and market position<\/h2>\n