XRP Ledger’s full carbon footprint is equal to only 1 transatlantic flight: research

While critics beat crypto for massive energy waste, the figures from XRP Ledger tell a different story.

Fresh data from an XRP Ledger Dunl validator emphasizes the minimum environmental impact of XRPL.

XRP Ledger’s Energy -Efficiency

The carbon footprint of the entire network is equal to only one Boeing 747 transatlantic flight, while a single XRPL transaction uses electricity that is comparable to feeding an LED light for just one millisecond.

From September 1, the network included Annual emissions of only 63 TCO₂e, where each transaction only produces 8.1 MGCO₂e. The use of electricity was just as minimal and registered 493,677 kWh annually, with each transaction only used 0.020 WH.

According to the official website of the XRPL, the XRP whides are the world’s first large global carbon-neutral public blockchain, which is designed to remain environmentally friendly without endangering security, decentralization or scalability.

In contrast to traditional block chains, the consensus mechanism of XRPL energy-intensive mining eliminates and the small amount of energy it consumes with carbon credits via EW Zero is an open-source tool with which blockchains can decompose by renewable energy all over the world.

Other milestones

The XRP whides closed the second quarter of 2025 on a record note, in particular in Real-World Assets (RWAS), where the market capitalization of the network reached $ 131.6 million, according to Messari. This growth was driven by new launches announced on XRPL Apex in Singapore, including the OUSG tokenized Treasury Fund of ONDO, the digital commercial paper of Guggenheim and the tokenized real estate of Ctrl Alt.

While Rwas Momentum yielded, the overall network activity presented a mixed image. Active user involvement delayed, as evidenced by a decrease of 41% in average daily active addresses up to 75,200, while new addresses fell 46.2% to 305,800. Daily transactions also fell 20% to 1.6 million. However, the total addresses grew up to 6.5 million by 4% quarter-on-quarter, while year-on-year statistics remained impressive, with daily active addresses with 165.5% and new addresses rise 219.8%.

Stablecoins remained a bright spot, led by Rlusd van Ripple, who jumped 49% quarter-on-quarter to a market capitalization of $ 65.9 million, and succeeded in strengthening its place as the largest XRPL Stablecoin. The ecosystem further expanded with new launches such as Circle’s USDC, USDB, Eurøp and XSGD.

In the meantime, NFTS made a strong comeback, because daily transactions rose nearly 227%, due to a ten-time increase in mint activity under the XLS-20 standard, which rose to nearly 13.5 million peppermints.