The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has adopted the XRP Ledger (XRPL) for a proof-of-concept mechanism to verify the authenticity of official statistics using blockchain. Researchers evaluated low fees and fast processing, recording the hashes of datasets including GDP and inflation rates directly on-chain. The initiative addresses a gap in SDMX by providing tamper-resistant verification of redistributed data. Future applications where verified economic data could be linked to bonds and derivatives are contemplated. The design is compatible with Ethereum and permissioned chains and does not represent a formal adoption of XRPL by BIS. Researchers generated SHA3-512 fingerprints for datasets, grouped them into a Merkle tree, and anchored the root on XRPL, while a signed W3C Verifiable Credential identified the publisher so users could confirm authorship and integrity with a single ledger lookup. Only fingerprints were recorded on-chain, preserving confidentiality and allowing one entry to cover thousands of datasets. Prototype measurements showed median publication times of 3 to 5 seconds and verification times of 1 to 2 seconds; every anchoring transaction carried a fixed 10 drops, or roughly 0.00001 XRP, solely as a network fee. BIS released the reference implementation as open source through BIS Open Tech. The paper frames XRPL as infrastructure for this test because of low fees, fast finality and available developer resources.