# Smart Contracts & Programmability: Next Wave! | David Schwartz - Ripple | Camila Russo - The Defiant

- Channel: [Ethereum Denver](https://streameth.org/ethereum-denver)
- Date: 2025-10-09
- Duration: 17:13
- Topics: ETHDenver, Crypto, Web3, Blockchain, Event, Conference, ETHDenver 2025, ETHDenver 2024, Bitcoin, Ethereum
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-3cSXjWDN2ic
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cSXjWDN2ic

## Description

As blockchain adoption accelerates, programmability is transforming how DeFi and RWAs are structured, issued, and utilized. Explore how developers leverage multi-chain strategies to build scalable, interoperable solutions. RLUSD—issued on XRPL & Ethereum—as one example, highlights how programmability drives utility & innovation.

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