The XRP Ledger's Ethereum-compatible sidechain will launch in the second quarter

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Ripple announced at the APEX 2025 conference in Singapore that the EVM-compatible sidechain of the XRP Ledger (XRPL) will officially launch in the second quarter. Since the testnet of this sidechain started running at the beginning of the year, it has grown rapidly, with data from the development company Peersyst showing that 87 new entities have participated in the ecosystem construction, covering areas such as infrastructure, application development, and user growth.

EVM compatibility will enable the sidechain to seamlessly run decentralized applications and smart contracts based on Ethereum. After the mainnet launch, users will be able to achieve yields through DeFi applications such as liquidity pools. Ripple's Product Director Jaazi Cooper stated that this could be the largest user onboarding in the history of the XRP ecosystem.