A newly disclosed U.S. patent filed by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has sparked significant discussion within the XRP community. The patent, titled ‘Systems, Methods, and Storage Media for Managing Digital Liquidity Tokens in a Distributed Ledger Platform’ (US20250078162A1), outlines a system for creating and managing tokenized liquidity across multiple blockchain networks. While not directly mentioning XRP, the document references Ripple’s distributed ledger technology as an example of compatible systems for cross-chain functionality. Analysts are particularly excited about the patent’s potential to unlock institutional adoption of blockchain technologies.