A massive change in power is taking place within the blockchain space, and Ripple’s XRP Ledger is quietly becoming the most powerful force in the tokenization race. In July alone, tokenized asset issuance on the XRP Ledger surged from $5 million in January to more than $118 million, representing a 2,260% increase.
This explosive growth, confirmed by both on-chain data and recent commentary by crypto commentator Pumpius, shows that the era of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) on the XRP Ledger is becoming reality.
XRP Ledger Rising Quietly
According to Pumpius, who shared data on the social media platform X, the recent surge is not just hype but a reflection of real institutional migration. Banks, fintech firms, and private companies are now quietly issuing tokenized bonds, real estate titles, and commodities directly on the XRP Ledger.
Unlike blockchains such as Ethereum that often struggle with high gas fees or Solana, which has faced reliability issues, XRPL offers the kind of enterprise-grade performance needed to handle large volumes of tokenized assets. Particularly, Ripple’s XRPL can process up to 1,500 transactions per second and do so with extremely low fees.
According to the data in the image below, Ripple’s RWA value started 2025 around $5 million, with the majority coming from OpenEden’s T-bills on the XRP Ledger. However, this value is now sitting around $118 million with many other tokens of real-world assets.
The $118 million worth of RWAs now tokenized is only a glimpse of the potential. Some analysts have forecasted that up to $5 trillion worth of real-world assets will be tokenized by 2030. Even if just 1% of that amount flows through the XRP Ledger, XRP’s current price levels could become a mere baseline.
In the words of Pumpius, this turns XRP’s price narrative from speculation into mathematics. The infrastructure, according to him, is already live and handling institutional load. As such, the “$5 to $1000 XRP” prediction isn’t just fantasy if the XRPL becomes the backbone of RWA settlements.
RLUSD And The Role Of The XRP Ledger
One of the important developments pushing XRPL into the spotlight is RLUSD, Ripple’s stablecoin, which has already attracted interest from major Wall Street custodians like BNY Mellon. Interestingly, Pumpius also mentioned an example of how the XRP Ledger is expanding its use cases into high-value data markets beyond traditional finance.
This example is the integration of the DNA Protocol, a project bringing genomic identity and healthcare-related RWAs onto the blockchain. This initiative introduces a new dimension of use cases for the XRPL, one that intersects with the trillion-dollar healthcare and biotechnology sectors.
Beyond these developments on the XRP Ledger, Spot XRP ETFs could hit the US market anytime soon. Their eventual launch is expected to do wonders for XRP and possibly send its price above double digits. Meanwhile, according to Ripple CTO David Schwartz, XRP’s current price valuation is not a true measure of its utility. Recent updates have seen the cryptocurrency finding usage beyond the XRP Ledger and into the EVM sidechain.
Featured image from Getty Images, chart from Tradingview.com
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