Swap XRP to ETH: Ripple to Ethereum exchange

XRP moves value; Ethereum does things with it. Holders coming in this direction generally want access to stablecoins, contracts and applications that the XRP Ledger deliberately does not provide, and this route funds an Ethereum address without an exchange account standing in the middle.

You cannot send your whole XRP balance — the account must retain the network’s base reserve, and a transaction that would breach it is rejected. On the Ethereum side, the received ETH is both the asset and the fuel: every subsequent action costs gas from the same address, so size the swap with that in mind rather than to the exact amount you plan to deploy.

Holders running this generally received XRP and want to do something with it that the XRP Ledger does not support. It is a capability upgrade rather than a rebalance. Plan the amount around the account reserve you cannot send and the gas you will need on arrival, or the balance lands unable to do the thing you moved it for. Enter the XRP to convert, XRP to ETH, and the widget shows what arrives before you send.

To convert XRP to ETH, enter the exchange amount in the widget. The ETH converter tool then shows the estimated amount you will receive. That figure is the XRP to ETH conversion rate from the best of our partners at that moment, with every fee already taken off. It is a receive amount, not a mid-market price. The widget doubles as a XRP to ETH exchange and price calculator: change the amount and the XRP to ETH conversion updates with it, with no order created.

The rate moves with market conditions across the cryptocurrency market, so the estimated amount is only current until you confirm. At that point it is priced once more, and the order is created at the rate you were shown. Converting Ripple costs nothing beyond that figure except one thing: the Ripple transaction fee your own wallet pays to send the deposit. On some chains those are called gas fees. They depend on network conditions, not on us.

The exchange process has one manual step, which is sending the deposit. Everything after it is automatic. Once the exchange is completed, the ETH is in your wallet and the swap's data is purged. If something looks wrong before then — a deposit below the minimum, a transfer on the wrong network — the support team can be reached with your swap link. The refund address you set is where funds return.

Minimum amount

The live minimum amount of XRP for this pair is shown in the widget before you confirm. It moves with network conditions rather than being a fixed figure, and there is no maximum.

Network fee

The fee for delivering ETH to your wallet is already inside the receive amount. The one cost outside the quote is the Ripple network fee your own wallet pays to broadcast the deposit.

Exchange rate

The XRP to ETH exchange rate is compared in real time across several partners when you enter the amount, and re-priced server-side the moment you confirm, so the rate you see is the rate the order is created with.

Confirmations

The exchange runs once the XRP deposit has the network confirmations the partner requires, and Ripple produces a block every ~4 sec. How many it waits for depends on the amount, so the tracking page shows the live count.

Every XRP to ETH swap is processed automatically as soon as the required blockchain confirmations land — no manual approval, no review queue, no waiting period we impose. Exchange Ripple to Ethereum here and there is no account step either, so your Ethereum leaves for your wallet as fast as network conditions allow.

• Send the destination tag with your deposit. Ripple deposits carry a destination tag alongside the address; a deposit sent without the one shown to you is not automatically matched to your swap.
• Set a refund address. It is where funds go back to automatically if the swap cannot complete. Without one a refund is still possible, but you have to contact support with your swap link and a return address first — see refund handling.

This swap needs no account, no email and no identity document, because there is no mechanism here to collect them. What is stored is the amount, the destination address and the refund address — the minimum needed to execute and, if necessary, reverse the exchange — and it is purged once the swap finalizes.

Private mode routes the exchange so that no single party sees both ends of it, at the cost of slightly more spread and one extra settlement hop. The full architecture, and what it deliberately does not promise, is on the privacy page.

1. 01
   Pick the pair and amount

   Set how much XRP you want to exchange. The widget quotes live across our partners and shows the best ETH receive amount.

2. 02
   Give two addresses

   Your ETH destination address, and a XRP refund address in case the swap cannot complete. No account, no email, no identity check.

3. 03
   Send the deposit

   Transfer the XRP from your own wallet to the address shown. Nothing is held on your behalf — it is forwarded on arrival.

4. 04
   Receive your coins

   Once the deposit confirms, the exchange executes and the ETH is sent to your address. Follow it the whole way on the tracking page.

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