What if the XRP Ledger supported native XRP staking? That’s the question J. Ayo Akinyele, senior director of engineering at Ripple, asked on Tuesday in a new blog post that explores ways to expand the $128 billion XRP token’s utility. The XRP Ledger is a public blockchain launched in 2012 that uses the XRP token to pay for transactions. Introducing staking for XRP could help align incentives among the validators who run the network and token holders. “The real question isn’t how big the rewards might be ...