The XRP Ledger went live with version 3.1.3 on Saturday, bringing the fixCleanup amendment to mainnet. The upgrade patches multiple areas of the network — including NFTs, Permissioned Domains, Vaults, and the Lending Protocol — in what developers describe as a housekeeping release that tightens core functionality.
The news arrives as XRP dipped to $1.33, caught in a broader crypto selloff ahead of U.S. PCE inflation data due later this week. Whether the upgrade can steady sentiment remains an open question.
Inside the patch
FixCleanup is a technical amendment — not a flashy feature drop, but the kind of maintenance that keeps the network from accumulating edge-case bugs. The changes touch four specific subsystems.
On the NFT side, the update addresses quirks in how token metadata is handled during certain auction scenarios. Permissioned Domains, a tool for regulated entities to control who can transact with them, also receives a stability fix. Vaults — the XRPL's mechanism for time-locked escrows — get a correction to how funds are released under specific conditions. And the Lending Protocol, which lets users lend and borrow assets on-chain, sees a tweak to its liquidation logic.
Developers flagged all four areas as low-risk during testing, but the cumulative effect should make the ledger more predictable for application builders.
XRP price slips into the red
The upgrade couldn't shield XRP from macro pressure. The token slid to $1.33 as traders rotated out of risk assets ahead of Friday's personal consumption expenditures report. The PCE print is the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge, and a hot number could dampen hopes for rate cuts later this year.
Bitcoin and ether also retreated, so the move isn't XRP-specific. Still, the timing isn't great for a network that's trying to attract DeFi volume with its upgraded Lending Protocol. A falling token price tends to cool user engagement in lending markets.
With fixCleanup live, the XRPL now has a cleaner foundation for whatever comes next. The next batch of amendments — including the long-discussed automated market maker (AMM) improvements — are still in the pipeline. No vote date has been set yet by validators.
For now, developers and node operators should confirm their infrastructure has updated to version 3.1.3. The network won't enforce the amendment retroactively, but running old software risks falling out of sync.
