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XRP Ledger Activates Amendment Requiring Mint Permission for Burn-Only Delegates
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The XRP Ledger activated an amendment on Nov. 4 requiring mint permission for burn-only delegates, alongside updates to automated market maker, vault and loan rules, and has since patched a disclosed bug that could have let token-burning permissions be used to mint new tokens, with XRP itself unaffected. Separate lending amendments remained unenabled as of Nov. 5. On the same day, Franklin Templeton’s real-world assets on the Stellar network surpassed $1.1 billion, while share issuance on the XRP Ledger stands at around $200 million (193 million sgBENJI tokens) concentrated in a single wallet, underscoring the competitive gap in the…

Franklin Templeton’s Stellar RWA Holdings Top $1.1B, Outpacing XRP Ledger

The value of real-world assets (RWA) under management by Franklin Templeton on the Stellar network surpassed $1.1 billion on November 5, 2026, according to a report by crypto-economy.com.

XRP Ledger Comparison

Share issuance on the XRP Ledger stands at around $200 million, represented by 193 million sgBENJI tokens, the report said. That issuance is concentrated in a single wallet.

The figures point to a gap between the two networks in Franklin Templeton’s RWA activity, with Stellar’s holdings well above the roughly $200 million recorded on the XRP Ledger.

XRP Ledger Amendment Activity

Separately, the XRP Ledger activated an amendment on Nov. 4 requiring mint permission for burn-only delegates, alongside updates to automated market maker, vault and loan rules. The network has since patched a disclosed bug that could have allowed token-burning permissions to be used to mint new tokens. XRP itself was unaffected.

Lending amendments remained unenabled as of Nov. 5, according to the report.