XRP Ledger Activates XLS-85, Extends Native Escrow to All Tokens

The XRP Ledger activated the XLS-85 amendment on Feb. 12, 2026, extending native escrow functionality beyond XRP to Trustline‑based tokens (IOUs) and Multi‑Purpose Tokens (MPTs) on mainnet ^[2][5][6].

The change was implemented in rippled v2.5.0 and enabled with validator support reported at 88% (30 of 34 validators), according to implementation and activation details shared at deployment ^[5].

Project maintainers and RippleX framed the upgrade as broadening XRPL’s settlement primitives to allow secure, conditional on‑chain settlement for assets ranging from stablecoins to tokenized real‑world assets ^[3][5].

Market infrastructure is already adapting: Binance completed technical integration to enable deposits of Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin on XRPL, following earlier support via Ethereum, with reporting noting a roughly $1.5 billion market cap and about $200 million in daily volume for the token ^[4].

Observers have suggested the XLS‑85 activation could pave the way for increased institutional use of XRPL‑issued assets, though commentary notes any wider market impact, including on XRP’s price, remains to be determined ^[2].

With XLS‑85 live on mainnet, XRPL now supports native escrow for all issued tokens, a technical foundation that supports on‑ledger conditional settlement for stablecoins and other issued assets and that is already seeing exchange integration activity ^[5][4].