Ripple makes Etherium compatible with XRPL, reducing yet again XRP's usefulness .

Ripple is set to launch an Ethereum-compatible sidechain on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) in Q2 2025, bringing Ethereum’s smart contract capabilities into the XRP ecosystem. The news was announced at the APEX 2025 conference in Singapore by Ripple CTO David Schwartz and product lead Jaazi Cooper. It’s being seen as the biggest step yet in expanding what’s possible on XRPL.