Ripple is set to revolutionize the XRP Ledger with the launch of an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible sidechain, slated for deployment in Q2 2025. This groundbreaking development was announced at the APEX 2025 conference in Singapore by Ripple’s CTO David Schwartz and Jaazi Cooper, Ripple’s Director of Product Management. The sidechain will seamlessly integrate XRP Ledger’s quick and cost-effective transactions with Ethereum’s smart contract capabilities, leveraging the evmOS stack currently tested on a private network. The project’s significance was highlighted in a tweet from Coinness Global (https://twitter.com/CoinnessGL/status/1932637675112321426).