{"id":7157,"date":"2026-03-03T11:02:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=7157"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:02:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:02:47","slug":"xrpl-targets-40b-bitcoin-and-ethereum-options-market-with-new-sidechain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=7157","title":{"rendered":"XRPL targets $40B Bitcoin and Ethereum options market with new sidechain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A proposal circulating in the XRP Ledger (XRPL) community is aiming at one of crypto\u2019s most entrenched trading businesses: options.<\/p>\n<p>The idea is to build a purpose-built XRPL sidechain that feels \u201cHyperliquid-like,\u201d a venue designed for exchange-grade execution, then connect that activity back to the XRPL base layer through bridging.<\/p>\n<p>In the proposal\u2019s document, Hyperliquid has shown that a dedicated chain can bootstrap deep derivatives liquidity if it gets the execution engine, risk controls, and incentives right.<\/p>\n<p>This move is notable because it signals a broader shift in how parts of the XRPL ecosystem may compete in decentralized finance.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of trying to match general-purpose DeFi ecosystems app-for-app, the network and its developers want to focus on a specialized financial primitive where market structure matters more than breadth.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, that primitive is derivatives, and more specifically, options.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed__media\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/xrp-hyperliquid-sidechain-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"XRP faces a brutal 2026 paradox as XRPL adoption surges and the token captures little value\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyload\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/xrp-hyperliquid-sidechain-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"XRP faces a brutal 2026 paradox as XRPL adoption surges and the token captures little value\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed__body\"> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">XRP faces a brutal 2026 paradox as XRPL adoption surges and the token captures little value<\/h3>\n<p class=\"cs-article-embed__summary\">As XRPL spearheads financial innovation with tokenization and stablecoin adoption, XRP faces challenges in becoming the core liquidity asset.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Mar 2, 2026<\/span> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-divider\">\u00b7<\/span> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Oluwapelumi Adejumo<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Why the timing matters<\/h2>\n<p>The backdrop is a derivatives market that has become one of crypto\u2019s biggest liquidity battlegrounds.<\/p>\n<p>Data from CoinGecko estimates that the total perpetual futures trading across centralized and decentralized venues reached $92.9 trillion in 2025, while Perp DEX volume jumped 346% to $6.7 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>That level of growth has altered the strategic map for blockchains that once sat outside the core DeFi conversation. If a network can host the flow, it can capture the fees, the users, and a larger share of market relevance.<\/p>\n<p>Hyperliquid has become the clearest example of that shift.<\/p>\n<p>By focusing on a trading-centric stack, including tight execution, coherent risk design, and an order book model that feels familiar to exchange users, it has grown into one of the sector\u2019s most important on-chain venues.<\/p>\n<p>DefiLlama\u2019s data show Hyperliquid posting hundreds of billions in 30-day perpetual futures volume, billions in open interest, and tens of millions in rolling-month earnings.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_521865\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-521865\" style=\"width: 532px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-521865\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-03-083939.jpg\" alt=\"Hyperliquid's key metrics\" width=\"532\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-03-083939.jpg 532w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-03-083939-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-521865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hyperliquid&#8217;s Key Metrics (Source: DeFiLlama)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That is the template the XRPL proposal is borrowing from, even though it targets a different corner of the derivatives market.<\/p>\n<p>The more important point is strategic. A successful trading venue does not need to be all things to all users. It needs to solve a narrow but valuable problem better than rivals do.<\/p>\n<p>For XRPL, the proposal suggests the opportunity may lie less in chasing general DeFi composability and more in building a derivatives venue where execution quality and liquidity depth define the product.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed__media\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/aster-avantis-perp-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"Perp DEX season: Avantis and Aster defy market downturn with impressive rallies\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyload\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/aster-avantis-perp-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"Perp DEX season: Avantis and Aster defy market downturn with impressive rallies\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed__body\"> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">Perp DEX season: Avantis and Aster defy market downturn with impressive rallies<\/h3>\n<p class=\"cs-article-embed__summary\">Avantis and Aster led newcomer performance as total value locked (TVL) migrated toward newer protocols despite sector-wide retracement.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Sep 23, 2025<\/span> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-divider\">\u00b7<\/span> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Gino Matos<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h2>The XRPL sidechain focuses on options, not perpetuals<\/h2>\n<p>That distinction matters because perpetual futures are already crowded. Options are not.<\/p>\n<p>However, liquidity in crypto options remains heavily centralized, with Coinbase-owned Deribit widely viewed as the dominant venue. The company claims to account for about 85% of the $40 billion BTC and ETH options activity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_521878\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-521878\" style=\"width: 1447px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-521878\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-03-090237.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin Options Open Interest \" width=\"1447\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-03-090237.jpg 1447w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-03-090237-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-03-090237-1024x363.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-03-090237-768x272.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1447px) 100vw, 1447px\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-521878\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-03-090237.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin Options Open Interest \" width=\"1447\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-03-090237.jpg 1447w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-03-090237-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-03-090237-1024x363.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-03-090237-768x272.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1447px) 100vw, 1447px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-521878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bitcoin Options Open Interest Market (Source: CoinGlass)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That concentration reinforces itself. Market makers cluster where the order flow is deepest, and order flow gravitates to the venues with the tightest spreads and the most dependable liquidity.<\/p>\n<p>The XRPL sidechain pitch is trying to wedge into that structure by emphasizing features that are less common in crypto-native options products.<\/p>\n<p>One of the main differentiators is support for American-style options, which can be exercised before expiry. Much of the crypto options market, especially on centralized platforms, is built around European-style exercise at expiry.<\/p>\n<p>That distinction will not matter to every trader, especially at launch. But it does matter for some hedging and structured strategies, and it gives the proposal a more TradFi-like profile.<\/p>\n<p>For an ecosystem that has spent more time building payment rails than derivatives infrastructure, that is part of the point.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal also makes clear that this is not meant to be a low-risk testing ground, as it includes margin functionality and leverage of up to 200x.<\/p>\n<p>In practical terms, that means the proposal is not describing a cautious options sandbox.<\/p>\n<p>It describes a high-performance venue that would compete for serious derivatives traders, the kind who care about execution speed, reliability, and capital efficiency as much as they care about product design.<\/p>\n<p>That is where the opportunity becomes real, but so does the difficulty.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed__media\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bitcon-magnet--1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin\u2019s $55 billion options market is now obsessing over one specific date that forces a $100k showdown\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyload\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bitcon-magnet--1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin\u2019s $55 billion options market is now obsessing over one specific date that forces a $100k showdown\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed__body\"> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">Bitcoin\u2019s $55 billion options market is now obsessing over one specific date that forces a $100k showdown<\/h3>\n<p class=\"cs-article-embed__summary\">The options curve is loaded for Dec. 26\u2014and the unwind after.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Dec 13, 2025<\/span> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-divider\">\u00b7<\/span> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Andjela Radmilac<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Risk engines and liquidity are the real test<\/h2>\n<p>Building a derivatives sidechain is easier to describe than to operate because two hard problems sit at the center of any serious derivatives venue.<\/p>\n<p>The first is the risk engine. Options and leveraged trading require consistent mark pricing, dependable oracles, liquidation systems, and margin models that hold up under stress.<\/p>\n<p>If American-style exercise is part of the design, the venue also has to handle assignment and exercise edge cases cleanly.<\/p>\n<p>These are not back-office details. In volatile markets, they become the product.<\/p>\n<p>Trading systems rarely fail in a contained way. If a venue misprices risk, freezes during sharp moves, or cannot process liquidations reliably, traders and market makers can quickly lose confidence.<\/p>\n<p>That is one reason Hyperliquid\u2019s success has mattered so much. It not only offered throughput but also provided a cohesive trading experience that persuaded liquidity to stay.<\/p>\n<p>The second problem is liquidity concentration. Derivatives markets tend to be winner-take-most as traders care about spreads, depth, and uptime.<\/p>\n<p>A new venue can launch with sophisticated technology and still remain irrelevant if it cannot attract market makers and enough two-way flow.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cs-inline-newsletter-69a6b8d622ab6\" class=\"cs-inline-newsletter\" data-inline-newsletter=\"\">\n<div class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__inner\">\n<div class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__content\"> <span class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__eyebrow\">CryptoSlate Daily Brief<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__title\">Daily signals, zero noise.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__copy\">Market-moving headlines and context delivered every morning in one tight read.<\/p>\n<p> <span><i class=\"fa-regular fa-bolt\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> 5-minute digest<\/span> <span><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> 100k+ readers<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__form-shell\">\n<p class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__privacy\">Free. 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Welcome aboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That makes the XRPL proposal as much a distribution and credibility challenge as a technical one.<\/p>\n<p>In that sense, the sidechain pitch is not simply about copying Hyperliquid\u2019s architecture.<\/p>\n<p>It is about replicating the flywheel that made Hyperliquid matter in the first place: execution quality leads to liquidity, liquidity improves execution, and stronger execution draws more flow.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the XRPL sidechain would rely on a trust-minimized bridge design using XPOP-style proofs and a high validator-signature threshold of around 80%.<\/p>\n<p>That is a strong safety posture on paper, but it also turns validator coordination into a first-order operational issue. High thresholds may reduce certain attack surfaces, but they can also create liveness risk if validators do not participate consistently or if coordination becomes a bottleneck.<\/p>\n<p>For many blockchain applications, that would be a manageable inconvenience. For a derivatives venue, it is a far more serious problem.<\/p>\n<p>Downtime during calm conditions is one thing. However, downtime during a liquidation cascade is something else entirely.<\/p>\n<p>A platform promising a Hyperliquid-like trading experience is implicitly promising reliable operations when markets are disorderly, not just when they are quiet.<\/p>\n<h2>XRPL\u2019s compliance tooling could shape the bet<\/h2>\n<p>The proposal arrives as XRPL has been building more explicit compliance-oriented primitives.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, the XRPL has implemented institutional-facing features like the Permissioned Domains and DEXs. <\/p>\n<p>While it is unclear whether or not this option&#8217;s sidechain is explicitly designed for permissioned liquidity pools, the broader direction is increasingly clear: XRPL is building tools that could support open infrastructure with segmented access layered on top.<\/p>\n<p>That matters in derivatives, where regulatory and compliance scrutiny tends to be intense, especially for retail-facing, high-leverage products.<\/p>\n<p>One plausible long-term design is not a purely permissionless venue or a purely closed one, but a structure that can support permissionless experimentation alongside permissioned institutional pools.<\/p>\n<p>That would fit more naturally with XRPL\u2019s existing identity than a direct attempt to become a general-purpose DeFi chain.<\/p>\n<p>In light of this, the commercial opportunity that the options market provides is large enough to make the attempt worth watching.<\/p>\n<p>Using DefiLlama\u2019s rolling-month metrics for Hyperliquid, a rough implied take rate on volume lands in the low single-digit basis points range.<\/p>\n<p>On that basis, a niche venue on XRPL would generate $0.1 billion to $1 billion in rolling 30-day derivatives volume, translating into tens to a few hundred thousand dollars a month.<\/p>\n<p>However, a venue that reaches $10 billion to $50 billion in rolling 30-day volume could generate low single-digit millions to low tens of millions per month under similar assumptions.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the bigger prize would come later. Deribit has reported hundreds of billions in annual options volume in recent year-end updates.<\/p>\n<p>Capturing even 1% to 5% of that notional would represent a meaningful business, but only if the platform can keep spreads tight and systems dependable through volatile periods.<\/p>\n<p>So, if the proposal advances from concept to testnet with credible specifications, audits, validator participation, and early liquidity programs, it would amount to a serious attempt to reposition XRPL in one of crypto\u2019s most competitive arenas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-bottom\">\n<div class=\"post-mentions-and-posted-in\">\n<div class=\"post-info-block post-mentions\">\n<header><span class=\"post-info__label\">Mentioned in this article<\/span><\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>DeFi,Derivatives,Featured,Market,Technology,Trading,deribit,Hyperliquid,xrp,XRPLderibit,Hyperliquid,xrp,XRPL#XRPL #targets #40B #Bitcoin #Ethereum #options #market #sidechain1772535767<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A proposal circulating in the XRP Ledger (XRPL) community is aiming at one of crypto\u2019s most entrenched trading businesses: options. 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