XRP Ledger’s Next Upgrade Is Almost Here — But Five Key Changes Are Up For Vote
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Key Takeaways:
- XRP Ledger’s v3.3.0 update introduces five major amendments for validator approval.
- Two key features return after being revised to fix earlier security flaws.
- The upgrades require 80% validator approval before they go live on mainnet.
Software releases and live network features aren’t the same thing on the XRP Ledger. This upgrade proves the distinction matters — the code is shipping next week, but two of its headline features have already failed once, and validators alone decide if they get a second chance.
CoinDesk reported on August 1, 2026 that the XRP Ledger’s upcoming xrpld 3.3.0 release brings five amendments to validator vote, including revised versions of Batch and Permission Delegation, both previously pulled after critical bugs were found.
What’s Actually in the Release
Jazzi Cooper, Head of Product at RippleX, outlined the update on July 31, framing it as a step toward putting tokenized assets to work across global transfers, trading, collateralization, and settlement. The five amendments are Confidential MPT, which brings zero-knowledge proofs to Multi-Purpose Token transactions so balances can be verified without being publicly revealed; Batch, which allows up to eight cross-account transactions to execute atomically, either all succeeding or all failing together; Permission Delegation, which lets an account holder grant narrowly scoped transaction permissions without handing over full signing authority; Sponsored Fees and Reserves, which would let institutions cover XRP transaction fees and reserve requirements on behalf of their users; and Dynamic MPT, which gives token issuers the ability to adjust certain token properties after launch.
Why Two of These Amendments Already Failed Once
Batch’s path here hasn’t been smooth. The amendment first reached validator voting back in February 2026, only for a bug bounty program to uncover a critical signature validation flaw serious enough that, in the wrong hands, it could have let an attacker move funds out of any account without ever needing that account’s private key. It was pulled before activation.
Permission Delegation was withdrawn around the same time after a separate vulnerability report. Both are returning in this release as revised implementations that have gone through another security review cycle. As with every XRPL protocol change, none of these five amendments activate automatically — each needs at least 80% approval from trusted validators sustained for two consecutive weeks before it becomes part of the live network.
The Chart Behind the Announcement
Looking at the seven-day chart, XRP climbed to a local high near $1.11 on July 27, then dropped sharply through July 28, falling to a low near $1.04. From there, price staged a choppy recovery, testing $1.09 on July 29 and again on July 31, before easing back to $1.06 as of August 1 — the same day this upgrade news was reported. The pullback suggests the market hasn’t yet priced in the upgrade as a near-term catalyst, consistent with how XRPL amendments typically play out over weeks rather than days.
What Comes Next
The xrpld 3.3.0 release itself is expected during the week of August 3-9, but that only starts the clock on validator review — it doesn’t guarantee any of the five amendments reach the mainnet. Given that Batch and Permission Delegation have already been sent back once for security flaws, validator operators are expected to scrutinize this round closely before committing their votes.
Whether the revised code clears that bar cleanly, or surfaces new issues during the two-week voting window, is what will determine how much of this release actually reaches production.
