Ripple Can Serve As Bridge Between Traditional Finance And Blockchain, Exec Says

by | Mar 10, 2026 | General

Markus Infanger, SVP of RippleX, on Tuesday said XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) is evolving beyond payments as institutional interest grows, with crypto ETFs emerging as a potential bridge between traditional finance and blockchain markets.

RippleX Outlines Three Strategic Priorities

In an interview with The Block, Infanger outlined the company is focusing on three major priorities for 2026.

First, the firm plans to expand institutional decentralized finance (DeFi) on the XRP Ledger.

Tokenized real-world assets on the network have already grown to about $2 billion.

Ripple is developing infrastructure including lending protocols, atomic swaps, privacy features and programmable escrow to support use cases such as collateral mobility, stablecoin payments and institutional finance.

Second, Ripple aims to strengthen the XRP developer ecosystem, supporting builders and working closely with groups such as the XRP Ledger Foundation to improve network resilience and scalability.

Third, the company plans to integrate the XRP Ledger more deeply into its financial services stack, including custody, treasury and prime brokerage solutions, positioning the network as infrastructure for issuing, exchanging and settling value..

ETFs Seen As Key Bridge For XRP

Infanger said crypto exchange-traded funds could play an important role in the future of XRP, describing ETFs as a bridge between traditional finance and digital assets that could unlock new institutional capital.

He added that XRP, one of the oldest cryptocurrencies, has evolved from a payments-focused asset into a potential settlement, liquidity and collateral layer for global finance as traditional and digital markets converge.

According to a recent report from CoinShares, XRP has recorded $123 million in year-to-date fund inflows, surpassing the $117 million seen in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) investment products during the same period.

Meanwhile, Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) funds saw about $340 million in outflows, while Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) remained the only major asset with stronger inflows, totalling around $170 million.

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