XRPL Commons, Flare, and EasyA Join Forces at the Harvard Hackathon to Unlock the Next Generation of DeFi and Cross-Chain Finance
Cambridge, MA, September 4th, 2025, Chainwire
XRPL Commons, Flare and EasyA announced today a strategic collaboration focused on accelerating the growth of DeFi and cross-chain asset innovation on the XRP Ledger.
The XRP Ledger (XRPL), operating securely and at scale for over a decade, is recognized as one of the most efficient and liquid blockchains in the world. With its low-cost, high-speed settlement, inherent support for tokenization, and rapidly growing ecosystem of DeFi solutions, XRPL remains a foundation for real-world blockchain innovation. Its recent expansion with an EVM sidechain opens further composability and programmability, XRPL is now rapidly evolving into a broader financial infrastructure for tokenization and DeFi applications.
“The XRPL stands out for speed, liquidity, and its enterprise-grade infrastructure. Integrating Flare brings true composability, expanding our foundation into a full-fledged DeFi ecosystem,” said Odelia Torteman, Director of Corporate Adoption, XRPL Commons. “The combined strengths of XRPL’s liquidity-rich platform and Flare’s decentralized data unlock new DeFi possibilities. Developers gain the ability to connect asset tokenization use cases securely to external data – a leap toward wide-scale adoption.” – Odelia Torteman, Director of Corporate Adoption, XRPL Commons
By connecting XRPL’s strengths with Flare’s decentralized oracles and interoperability protocols, builders at Harvard will explore solutions such as:
- Tokenized Assets & RWAs – Issuing and managing tokenized financial instruments on XRPL, powered by verifiable data from Flare.
- Cross-Chain Finance – XRPL liquidity backing lending, structured products, and event-driven contracts enhanced through Flare proofs.
- Composable Infrastructure – Designing dApps that leverage XRPL’s liquidity and Flare’s external data to bridge the gap between blockchain and the real world.
Max Luck, Head of Growth, Flare added: “We’re building strong, strategic relationships in the XRPL ecosystem – aligning events, education, and integration with product rollouts to connect Flare’s tech to the broader XRPL network.This hackathon forges a direct loop between XRPL and Flare infrastructure, bringing economic utility, staking yield, and developer adoption to the XRPL ecosystem.”
About EasyA
EasyA is the Web3 engine powering the world’s leading blockchains. Its mission is to accelerate the development of Web3 applications and the overall adoption of Web3. The EasyA app has over 1 million users and partners with over 350 of the world’s best blockchain clubs (from Harvard to Stanford, and Cambridge to Oxford), forming the launchpad for the latest generation of Web3 applications. Today, the EasyA ecosystem is worth over $4 billion, and EasyA has become the trusted partner of the world’s leading blockchains like Ripple, Solana, Sui and many others.
About XRPL Commons
XRPL Commons is dedicated to advancing the XRP Ledger ecosystem via scaling initiatives, supporting builders, innovators, enterprises, and projects in expanding XRPL’s utility across diverse use cases and applications. Our mission is to create the optimal conditions for success and scale across the XRPL ecosystem.
About Flare
Flare is the blockchain for data, providing developers with decentralized interoperability, cross-chain proofs, and low-latency oracles to power the future of cross-chain DeFi and data-driven applications.