XRP Ledger adds delegated controls for accounts

• The XRP Ledger’s permission delegation feature lets account owners grant specific permissions to other accounts.
• Delegation can support controlled access without sharing an account’s master private key.
• The feature could help institutions manage stablecoins and tokenised funds with more granular account permissions.

The XRP Ledger activated PermissionDelegationV1_1 on 8 October, enabling accounts to grant other accounts specific transaction permissions.

The upgrade lets businesses separate payment processing from compliance tasks while keeping primary account keys offline.

The feature supports operational tasks such as issuing tokens, managing trustlines and authorising customers without giving delegates full account control.

Each delegated account can receive up to 10 permissions, restricting which transaction types it can perform rather than setting spending limits.

Account owners can change or revoke delegated permissions, while delegates sign transactions using their own keys and pay associated transaction fees.

The upgrade arrives as the XRP Ledger hosts tokenised assets and Ripple USD (RLUSD), supporting potential institutional uses for the network.

A separate security warning remains in place for the PaymentBurn permission, which could allow delegated accounts to create issued tokens under certain conditions.

Following the update, XRP was trading down 0.7% at $1.40.