Ripple Unveils Major XRP Enhancements in Seoul

Key Summary

Ripple has unveiled several key upgrades to its XRP Ledger, including confidential transfers enabled by zero-knowledge proofs, aimed at expanding institutional and automated use cases. The new functionality will allow financial institutions to keep sensitive transaction workflows private while maintaining network validation and regulatory compliance. Additionally, Ripple is developing infrastructure for AI agents, with verifiable identities, permissions, and spending controls, and secure smart wallets capable of holding XRP and stablecoins. The company reports 11 million XRPL transactions generated by AI agents, and the XRP Ledger's settlement speed of three to five seconds makes it suitable for machine-to-machine payments.