Is Bitcoin Quietly Powering Ripple’s Liquidity Network?

A controversial theory by Versan Aljarrah, founder of Black Swan Capitalist, suggests that Bitcoin may be acting as digital collateral to support Ripple’s liquidity corridors. 

According to his hypothesis, BTC could be financing Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) system, playing a more active role than previously understood.

Bitcoin as Unseen Liquidity Support

If true, the theory challenges the idea that Bitcoin and Ripple operate in isolation. 

Instead, it hints at strategic ties between major digital assets, suggesting deeper integration within global financial infrastructure.

Aljarrah proposes that Ripple’s global payments network—built around XRP as a bridge asset for cross-border transactions—might be quietly backed by Bitcoin. 

What if Bitcoin is quietly financing @Ripple’s infrastructure? Acting as the digital collateral, $BTC could be moving stored value into liquidity corridors that @Ripple and others are building, all while $XRP is about to power the institutional rails coming online.

— Versan | Black Swan Capitalist (@VersanAljarrah) August 6, 2025

Under this view, BTC serves as collateral behind the scenes, injecting stored value into Ripple’s ecosystem to facilitate institutional payments.

He argues that this process could be happening without public acknowledgement, allowing Ripple to scale its system while leveraging Bitcoin’s relative value stability.

This reframes Bitcoin’s role from being just a “digital gold” asset to a key liquidity source for Ripple. 

It suggests that BTC may be more than a passive store of value, instead acting as a ramp into active financial infrastructure.

Toward a hybrid financial architecture

Aljarrah sees this possible interaction as part of a broader strategy. Bitcoin would act as a decentralized reserve, while Ripple uses its ODL technology to mobilize that value efficiently for real-time finance.

Ripple (XRP) as a solution for cross-border payments. Source: 

Such a structure could optimize the use of both assets and enable a hybrid financial architecture. This model would bridge crypto systems with traditional finance, potentially offering faster and more scalable international capital movement.

Aljarrah is no stranger to bold claims. In March, he suggested that global institutions had pre-set XRP’s price, stirring debate in the crypto community.

He also claimed that central banks might already be using XRP covertly, likening its current market value to a pre-IPO stage.