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XRPL Native Bridge Faces Shutdown as Ripple Eyes 10,000+ Lines of Dead Code

CoinGape·August 28, 2026·1 min read
XRPL Native Bridge Faces Shutdown as Ripple Eyes 10,000+ Lines of Dead Code

Ripple asked the XRP Ledger community to retire XLS-38, its long-pending native cross-chain bridge amendment. RippleX engineer David Fuelling published the formal recommendation on August 27, 2026, citing low developer demand and Axelar already handling the primary use case. XLS-38 was never activated on mainnet.

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