Ripple Announces Major Privacy Upgrade For XRP Ledger – What To Know
Ripple’s Senior Director of Engineering, J. Ayo Akinyele, has announced a significant privacy upgrade for the XRP Ledger (XRPL). In a blog post published in October 2025, Akinyele explained that the goal is to protect sensitive transaction details while still following global regulations. Akinyele shared the full roadmap in the official blog post, describing how […]
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The XRP Ledger (XRPL) activated its “Credentials” amendment on September 4, 2025 at 03:51:21 UTC, bringing a native, standards-aligned identity layer to the base protocol and enabling KYC/AML-aware flows directly on-chain. The upgrade follows the XRPL’s amendment governance model—an 80%+ validator supermajority maintained for two weeks—culminating in an EnableAmendment event that permanently switches the new […]