Ripple’s privacy problem: Why banks still won’t touch XRP
Brad Garlinghouse spoke with a senior validator on the XRP Ledger to explain why institutions are still dissatisfied with privacy tooling.
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Years of hype but still no deal: SWIFT sidesteps XRP again
For years, XRP investors have targeted SWIFT but the interbank wire transfer giant just chose an Ethereum layer 2 blockchain instead.
— Brad Garlinghouse, Chris Larsen
XRP billionaire boys club: Tracking Ripple’s earliest insiders
Founders and early insiders of Ripple and its XRPL blockchain have sold billions of dollars worth of XRP since the network went live in 2012.
XRP spot ETFs were supposed to start trading today, got delayed
The XRP community cheered for Ripple after it believed the SEC approved the first spot XRP ETF today. Commissioners haven't approved.
— Blockchain, Google
Google’s blockchain team is building an XRP killer
Alphabet’s Google Cloud team is launching a layer 1 blockchain, GCUL, that could compete with the XRP Ledger across many features.
No, a judge won’t sign-off on SEC v. Ripple today
The SEC-Ripple lawsuit is over. Despite claims about another incoming sign-off today, the final order is already filed and in effect.
Ripple’s XRPL EVM mainnet is live — top exchange did $26 volume in a day
Ripple trumpeted “years of building and testing” to launch the XRPL EVM mainnet, which would usher in “a new era of cross-chain DeFi.”
Ripple co-founder explains why most banks don’t use XRP
XRP holders have celebrated Ripple’s banking partnerships for years, but David Schwartz admits that most banks don’t need the XRP token.
How XRP lost its first 32,569 ledgers — and why it matters
The XRP Ledger operated in 2012, yet founders and early developers claim to have permanently lost all of that data.
Ripple played Trump to pump XRP — now he’s cutting ties
Thanks to lobbying efforts that garnered a thumbs-up from Donald Trump, Ripple's XRP gained $44B in 75 minutes to hit a market cap of $173B.