Ripple plans to launch XRPL EVM sidechain in 2025

Odaily News Ripple officially released a key announcement on the X platform, saying that Ripple and the XRP community are committed to bringing new programmability to the XRPL development ecosystem in 2025 through the XRPL EVM sidechain (already in progress), including smart contracts, and exploring native functions on the XRPL mainnet. In addition, the metaverse startup Futureverse has partnered with Ripple Custody to securely custody its assets. Futureverse has adopted the XRPL NFT standard, uses XRP as the Gas token on its Root network, and integrates with the XRPL DEX to provide network liquidity.